Rails Through Dixie
Title | Rails Through Dixie PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 176 |
Release | 1965 |
Genre | Railroads |
ISBN |
Rails Across Dixie
Title | Rails Across Dixie PDF eBook |
Author | Jim Cox |
Publisher | McFarland |
Total Pages | 477 |
Release | 2010-11-17 |
Genre | Transportation |
ISBN | 0786461756 |
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.
Footprints Through Dixie
Title | Footprints Through Dixie PDF eBook |
Author | Joseph W. Gaskill |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 202 |
Release | 1919 |
Genre | United States |
ISBN |
Ohio Boys in Dixie
Title | Ohio Boys in Dixie PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 48 |
Release | 1863 |
Genre | Chattanooga Railroad Expedition, 1862 |
ISBN |
Rescue by Rail
Title | Rescue by Rail PDF eBook |
Author | Roger Pickenpaugh |
Publisher | U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages | 276 |
Release | 1998-01-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780803237209 |
A chronicle of the massive Federal troop movement by rail, which sent reinforcements to a besieged Chatanooga in 1863, details the strategic importance of the Union's superiority in technology and mobility over the forces of the Confederates under Longstreet. UP.
Vital Rails
Title | Vital Rails PDF eBook |
Author | H. David Stone |
Publisher | Univ of South Carolina Press |
Total Pages | 392 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781570037160 |
Spanning more than one hundred miles across rice fields, salt marshes, and seven rivers and creeks, the Charleston & Savannah Railroad was designed to revolutionize the economy of South Carolina's lowcountry by linking key port cities. This history of the railroad records the story of the C&S and of the men who managed it during wartime.
Records and Briefs of the United States Supreme Court
Title | Records and Briefs of the United States Supreme Court PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 1304 |
Release | 1934 |
Genre | Law reports, digests, etc |
ISBN |