Download or read book Nashville Chattanooga St Louis Railway written by Richard E. Prince and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2001-08-27 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Steam Freight and Passenger Trains--NC&StL Ry.Steam Locomotive Diagrams
Download or read book Nashville Chattanooga St Louis A History of The Dixie Line written by Dain Schult and published by TLC Publishing. This book was released on 2003-03-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating railroad stretching from Memphis to Atlanta, the NC&St.L has a history beginning in 1840, and stretching through the Civil War to a merger with its parent line in 1957. The photos, diagrams, and maps presented in this book will help you understand the development and operation of the line as a key link between Memphis and the Appalachians. The railroad used Mikados, Pacifics, and Mountain types, as well as the first 4-8-4s in the South. Leading the way were the bullet-nosed, semi-streamlined J3 class 4-8-4s known as the "Yellow Jackets". Also featured in the book are model railroads that use the NC&St.L as a prototype. Written in an easily readable style, this book will interest all fans of railroading in the South.
Download or read book Railway Age written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 1398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dixie Limited written by Joseph R. Millichap and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2021-12-14 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the South, railroads have two meanings: they are an economic force that can sustain a town and they are a metaphor for the process of southern industrialization. Recognizing this duality, Joseph Millichap's Dixie Limited is a detailed reading of the complex and often ambivalent relationships among technology, culture, and literature that railroads represent in selected writers and works of the Southern Renaissance. Tackling such Southern Renaissance giants as Thomas Wolfe, Eudora Welty, Robert Penn Warren, and William Faulkner, Millichap mingles traditional American and Southern studies—in their emphases on literary appreciation and evaluation in terms of national and regional concerns—with contemporary cultural meaning in terms of gender, race, and class. Millichap juxtaposes Faulkner's semi-autobiographical families with Wolfe's fiction, which represents changing attitudes toward the "Southern Other." Faulkner's later fiction is compared to that of Warren, Welty, and Ellison, and Warren's later poetry moves toward the contemporary post-Southernism of Dave Smith. These disparate examples suggest the subject of the final chapter—the continuing search for post-Southern patterns of persistence and change that reiterate, reject, and perhaps reconfigure the Southern Renaissance. As we enter the twenty-first century, that we recall how much the twentieth-century South was shaped by railroads built in the nineteenth century. It is also important that we recognize how much our future will be determined by the technological and cultural tracks we lay.
Download or read book The Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the United States Porto Rico Canada Mexico and Cuba written by and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 2098 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rails Across Dixie written by Jim Cox and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2010-11-17 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering legendary and obscure intercity passenger trains in a dozen Southeastern states, this book details the golden age of train travel. The story begins with the inception of steam locomotives in 1830 in Charleston, South Carolina, continuing through the mid-1930s changeover to diesel and the debut of Amtrak in 1971 to the present. Throughout, the book explores the technological achievements, the romance and the economic impact of traveling on the tracks. Other topics include contemporary museums and excursion trains; the development of commuter rails, monorails, light rails, and other intracity transit trains; the social impact of train travel; and historical rail terminals and facilities. The book is supplemented with more than 160 images and 10 appendices.
Download or read book Encyclopedia of North American Railroads written by William D Middleton and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2007-04-06 with total page 1295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lavishly illustrated and a joy to read, this authoritative reference work on the North American continent's railroads covers the U.S., Canadian, Mexican, Central American, and Cuban systems. The encyclopedia's over-arching theme is the evolution of the railroad industry and the historical impact of its progress on the North American continent. This thoroughly researched work examines the various aspects of the industry's development: technology, operations, cultural impact, the evolution of public policy regarding the industry, and the structural functioning of modern railroads. More than 500 alphabetical entries cover a myriad of subjects, including numerous entries profiling the principal companies, suppliers, manufacturers, and individuals influencing the history of the rails. Extensive appendices provide data regarding weight, fuel, statistical trends, and more, as well as a list of 130 vital railroad books. Railfans will treasure this indispensable work.
Download or read book The Official Railway Guide written by and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 1468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book DeFord Bailey written by David C. Morton and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bailey is largely forgotten today, a victim of the recording industry's emphasis on the blues during the 1920s--a decision which segregated forever "black" folk music from "white" folk music. Bailey was from an African American mountain culture that shared much of its musical heritage with its Anglo-Saxon neighbors, producing a unique hybrid which Bailey called "black hillbilly." A virtuoso on the harmonica, guitar, and banjo, Bailey became one of the Grand Old Opry's earliest stars during the 1920s, only to be fired from the Opry in 1941 during one of the Opry's more repressive eras. Bailey's story is told mainly in his own words through interviews conducted by his longtime friend Morton, with Wolfe (English and folklore, Middle Tennessee State Univ.) providing cultural and historical background. The authors' stated goal was to write a book of universal appeal, and indeed the work is a fascinating cultural history. -- Library Journal
Download or read book Interstate Commerce Commission Reports written by United States. Interstate Commerce Commission and published by . This book was released on 1939 with total page 1036 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the United States Puerto Rico Canada Mexico and Cuba written by and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 1542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Also time tables of railroads in Central America. Air line schedules.
Download or read book Report of the Railroad Commission of Georgia written by Georgia Public Service Commission and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 742 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Western Atlantic Railroad written by Todd DeFeo and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2019-07-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The State of Georgia chartered the Western & Atlantic Railroad in 1836. The railroad aided in the development and growth of many communities between Atlanta and Chattanooga, Tennessee. In constructing the railroad, workers created a winding route that cut its way across the North Georgia landscape. During the Civil War, both armies used this vital artery, and it was the setting for one of the war's most iconic events, the Great Locomotive Chase. The state still owns the Western & Atlantic and has leased it since 1870. The line remains an essential part of North Georgia and is a backbone of the region's industry. As Atlanta ponders its transportation future, it is important to remember that without the Western & Atlantic, Atlanta would not be the city it is today.
Download or read book Library of Congress Catalogs written by Library of Congress and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 1016 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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