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In this work, the most comprehensive of its kind, the author examines in engaging narrative and wonderful photography the development of the area?s complete railroading industry?Class 1 railroads, short lines, industrial and mining roads, and logging lines. Added to the textual histories are over three hundred photographs and illustrations, including timetables and maps for most of the lines discussed.
Included are the Appalachian; Asheville & Craggy Mount; Asheville & Northern; Asheville & Southern; Bee Tree Lumber Company; Black Mountain and the Yancey; Buffalo & Snowbird; Carolina & North-Western; Champion Fibre Company; Cliffside; Clinchfield; East Tennessee & Western North Carolina; Graham County; Kitchen Lumber Company; Laurel River & Hot Springs; Lawndale; Linville River; Madison County; Marietta & North Georgia; Mount Mitchell; Norwood Lumber Company; Southern; Tallulah Falls; three Tennessee & North Carolinas; Transylvania; and Tuckasegee & Southern railroads.
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Altoona Action is a brand new hardcover book that features thirty years of railroading in and around the city of Altoona, Pennsylvania. Altoona Action presents brilliant color and black & white photography of the Pennsylvania Railroad, Penn Central and Conrail, taken between the mid-1960?s and the mid-1990?s. In addition to Altoona, the book covers Horseshoe Curve, Gallitzin, Cresson, Tyrone and Spruce Creek.
To complement the beautiful photographs, there are histories of Gallitzin and the long-forgotten industrial town of Bennington. You will also learn of two ways in which the Pennsylvania Railroad harnessed the power of the atom for their own use! Additionally, there are old and new maps of the area and excerpts from timetables. At the end of the book is a complete index and bibliography which will come in handy for those who wish to research related topics. There is also a story written by a gentleman who came to Altoona to work for the P.R.R. in 1885, and recorded many details of what life in Altoona was like more than 100 years ago!
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This beautiful all-color book was published by The Railroad Press in July 2001. It recently won a 2002 Franklin Award from the Graphic Arts Association for outstanding print quality! This book covers the PRR, RDG, LV and CNJ, mostly in the early 1950's to the mid-'60's. Pennsylvania Railroad steam is in abundance in Enola and Northumberland in the early 1950's. Reading steam and early diesels are shown, along with early diesels of the Lehigh Valley and Central RR of New Jersey. You will find Decapods, Consolidations, Northerns, ALCO FA's, RS3's, RS11's, F3's, FP7's, GP7's and much, much more! This book is filled with a nice variety of classic images from the Anthracite Roads, including a nice mixture of mainline, branchline and yard photos. Anthracite Classics is an 8-1/2 x 11 ALL-COLOR book and contains 48 pages of photos, text, maps and index.
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The Interstate Railroads Mine Runs & Coal Trains. The author completes the story of the Interstate Railroad that he began in his first book in 1994. This volume details the coal mines, tipples, and switching operations - including coal trains and mine runs - that formed the backbone of this line's traffic. The Interstate connected with the Norfolk & Western, Southern, Louisville & Nashville, and Clinchfield. It funneled numerous Appalachian coal mine branches to these lines. Wolfe uses firsthand accounts and material taken from his father whom was an Interstate brakeman and conductor from 1937 to 1978.
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A complete treatise on how topography affected the major Pocahantas region railroads crossing of the Appalachian Mountain range. The C&O, N&W, Virginian and Clinchfield all had different approaches to crossing the rugged Appalachians. Great for modelers, any fan of the Pocahontas roads, and anyone interested in the Appalachian region.
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