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Narrow Gauge
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Along the ET&WNC Volume I Author: Johnny Graybeal Publisher: Publisher: Tarheel Press; (March 1, 2001)
This book is the first of a multi-volume series by acclaimed East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad historian Johnny Graybeal, detailing the southeast's most beloved narrow-gauge railroad. The series highlights the day-to-day operations of the railroad as seen by the men who worked the line. Historians and modelers alike will relish the vintage rolling stock details, equipment drawings, exquisite maps and dozens of never-before-published photographs.
Volume I covers early narrow gauge locomotives of the line. See the Watauga Cranberry and Unaka as never before, as well as Numbers 4, 5 & 6. Switcher Number 7, Linville River 28 and the geared locomotives of the Linville River Railway are also featured. Spec sheets, drawings and modeling hints are all provided. Over 100 photos, maps & drawings Softcover, 132pp.
Photos, drawings, and rare company documents bring the story of these little known engines into clear perspective. As a bonus, a modeling section presents the various kits and materials available to recreate the prototype in small scale. This is an essential must have book for fans of narrow gauge railroading.
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Only a handful of books in the field of railroad history have become the standard reference work in a particular area... These magisterial efforts not only contain the basic facts and information about their subject, but also are heavily illustrated with photographs, drawings, and maps, creating an encyclopedia format. What sets these studies apart from and above similar efforts are strongly and persuasively argued theses and themes. To those select volumes should be added American Narrow Gauge Railroads... This is an excellent work, and the author and publisher both deserve accolades. ?Railroad History
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Colorful East Broad Top Author: Mallory Hope Ferrell Publisher: Heimburger House Publishing Company; (August 1995)
All-color, 88-page softbound 8 1/2 x 11 book depicts this unique 3-foot-gauge coal hauler in the '40s and '50s. For 83 years, the EBT connected a remote region of south central Pennsylvania with the outside world. This deluxe book features vintage locomotives, freight and passenger cars, mines, facilities and more.
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The narrow gauge railroad arrived in the United States in the late nineteenth century. Based on the Welsh two-foot gauge, the American narrow gauge was expanded by railroad engineers to a three-foot gauge that became the standard track width for narrow gauge railroads in the United States. Maine, however, adopted the two-foot gauge that was developed by George E. Mansfield in Massachusetts. The narrow track width was ideally suited to the mountainous terrain, and the maneuverability of the trains proved highly beneficial to companies and passengers traveling to remote locations. The narrow gauge railroad served Maine for over fifty years until the early 1940s.
Maine Narrow Gauge Railroads is a comprehensive pictorial record of the history of the narrow gauge railroad in Maine. From the one-hundred-twelve-mile Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad to the five-mile Kennebec Central, Maine Narrow Gauge Railroads features the toylike miniature trains of Maine as they appeared at different stages in their history. The Bridgton and Harrison Railroad, the Monson Railroad, and the Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway lines are documented within, as well as the current restoration projects that are under way.
Robert L. MacDonald is a founding member and historian of the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Company and Museum and is a member of the collections committee. He is a retired sales representative for the Canadian National Railways in northern New England and a longtime member of the 470 Railroad Club. He has authored two books on narrow gauge railroads and is a feature writer for a publication on short-line railroads.
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From the roots of narrow-gauge steam in Wales to the modern steam-powered tourist trains of Pennsylvania, New Mexico and Colorado, this wonderful title features coal-consuming behemoths and the men and women who keep them chugging along tracks that measure just two or three feet in width. The historic equipment and procedures still used by these lines lend a timeless aura to photography that's sure to transport readers back to the days before diesel power.
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The history of the narrow gauge railroads--the Canajoharie & Catskill Railroad, the Catskill Mountain Railway, the Catskill & Tannersville Railway and the Otis Elevating Railway that steamed through the Catskill Mountains.
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A Regional Study of the Technology of Thomas and Martin Carter
This long-awaited study, the magnum opus of a leading railroad historian, describes the conception, construction, and early operation of the first narrow gauge railroads in northern California. It is lavishly illustrated by some 600 photographs and drawings, almost three-quarters of which have never before been published.
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