Download or read book Richmond Railroads written by Jeff Hawkins and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the second half of the 20th century, the railroads that operated in the Mid-Atlantic region offered a wide variety of subject matter for railroad enthusiasts and photographers to marvel at. A prime location to witness this activity was in Richmond--a railroad melting pot. As with any major city, the railroads played a significant role in Richmond's growth and development. As a result of being served by five different railroads, a labyrinth of railroad infrastructure emerged, including the Triple Crossing, a world-renowned landmark. Millions of travelers have passed through Broad Street and Main Street Stations on famous streamliner passenger trains such as the Silver Meteor and the George Washington. Images of Rail: Richmond Railroads documents the past 60 years of railroading in the Capital City, which has seen drastic changes as a result of corporate mergers, urban development, and technological advances.
Download or read book The Richmond Alleghany Railroad in Virginia written by Richmond and Alleghany Railroad Company and published by . This book was released on 1881* with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad s Passenger Service 1937 1973 written by William E Griffin Jr and published by TLC Publishing. This book was released on 2001-01-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Griffin tells the story of this fascinating 113-mile long railroad that linked the Atlantic Coast Line and Seaboard Airline railroads south of Richmond, Virginia, with the whole Northeastern US via Washington, D.C. Filled with excellent photos of the RF&P's own passenger cars which were parts of the 'pooled' fleet operating between NY and Florida, as well as its own equipment operating in local service over its own short line. Contains material on the through trains from the Northeast and the South, photos of stations and operations, and the RF&P's own great E8 diesels.
Download or read book Richmond Fredericksburg Potomac Railroad written by William E. Griffin and published by T L C Pub. This book was released on 1994 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rails in Richmond written by Carlton Norris McKenney and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rails in Richmond written by Carlton Norris McKenney and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Response to the President of the Richmond Fredericksburg Potomac Railroad Co to Certain Resolutions of Inquiry written by Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rules for the Government of the Transportation Department of the Richmond Danville R R Leased and Operated Lines written by Richmond and Danville Railroad Company and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad written by Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad and published by . This book was released on 1899* with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Iron Confederacies written by Scott Reynolds Nelson and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2005-10-12 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During Reconstruction, an alliance of southern planters and northern capitalists rebuilt the southern railway system using remnants of the Confederate railroads that had been built and destroyed during the Civil War. In the process of linking Virginia, the Carolinas, and Georgia by rail, this alliance created one of the largest corporations in the world, engendered bitter political struggles, and transformed the South in lasting ways, says Scott Nelson. Iron Confederacies uses the history of southern railways to explore linkages among the themes of states' rights, racial violence, labor strife, and big business in the nineteenth-century South. By 1868, Ku Klux Klan leaders had begun mobilizing white resentment against rapid economic change by asserting that railroad consolidation led to political corruption and black economic success. As Nelson notes, some of the Klan's most violent activity was concentrated along the Richmond-Atlanta rail corridor. But conflicts over railroads were eventually resolved, he argues, in agreements between northern railroad barons and Klan leaders that allowed white terrorism against black voters while surrendering states' control over the southern economy.
Download or read book Deed the Richmond and Danville Railroad Co to Isaac Davenport Jr Geo B Roberts written by Richmond and Danville Railroad Company and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Report of the Richmond and Petersburg Railroad Company to the Board of Public Works written by Richmond and Petersburg Railroad Company and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Official Proceedings of the Richmond Railroad Club written by Richmond Railroad Club and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes constitution, list of members, etc.
Download or read book Mountain Resorts and Summer Homes on the Richmond Alleghany Railroad and Norfolk Western R R and Ches Ohio Railway in the Beautiful James River Valley Southwest Virginia and in the Blue Ridge and Alleghany Mountains Reached Via Richmond Alleghany Railroad written by Richmond and Alleghany Railroad Company and published by . This book was released on 1881* with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Collapse of Richmond s Church Hill Tunnel written by Walter S. Griggs Jr. and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2011-10-18 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the facts and mysteries surrounding the history and collapse of Richmond, Virginia's Church Hill Tunnel. A must for fans of railroad and Richmond history. Richmond, the capital of the Confederacy, was in shambles after the Civil War. The bulk of Reconstruction became dependent on the railways, and one of the most important links in the system was the Church Hill Tunnel. The tunnel was eventually rendered obsolete by an alternative path over a viaduct, and it was closed for regular operation in 1902. However, the city still used it infrequently to transport supplies, and it was maintained with regular safety inspections. The city decided to reopen the tunnel in 1925 due to overcrowding on the viaduct, but the tunnel needed to be strengthened and enlarged. On October 2, 1925, 190 ft. of the tunnel unexpectedly caved in, trapping construction workers and an entire locomotive inside. In recent years, there has been a renewed interest in the tunnel and the mystery surrounding its collapse. There were cave-ins and sink holes above the surface for decades after the tunnel was sealed up, and in 1998, a reporter from the Richmond Times-Dispatch did an investigation, trying to determine the current condition of the tunnel. In 2006, the Virginia Historical Society announced its efforts to try and excavate the locomotive and remaining bodies.
Download or read book By laws of the Richmond and Danville Railroad Company written by Richmond and Danville Railroad Company and published by . This book was released on 185? with total page 3 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Annual Report of the Railroad Commissioner of the State of Virginia written by Virginia. Railroad Commissioner and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
