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Southern Railway | Format: Hardcover, 160 Pages Item: 143022 ISBN: 9780760325452 SpecsIllustrations: 106 color & 51 b/w photos Size: 8.25 x 10.625 Weight: 2.125 lb. Edition: First Published: December 15th 2007 DC: AP List Price: $36.95 $27.71All discounts based on list price. No trade discounts available from sale price. In Stock |
Few railroads are as deeply associated with the regions they serve as the Southern Railway. This illustrated account of the venerable Southern is both the story of the railroads 88-year tenure as the transportation force in the region and a fascinating chapter of Southern history.
The Southern Railway--the first major U. S. railroad to completely convert to diesel--eventually incorporated some 150 individual predecessor railroads into its system.
Author Tom Murray explores this complex prehistory before examining the Southern's nearly nine decades of freight and passenger service, right up to its 1982 merger with Norfolk & Western to form Norfolk Southern. Financier J. P. Morgan makes an appearance in the story, which takes in points of interest such as the 21.5-mile trestle across Louisianas Lake Pontchartrain and legendary passenger trains like the Crescent and the Southerner.
Wonderful archival photos capture the railways motive power and rolling stock against the regions cityscapes and scenic countryside. The book also includes system maps, period ads, and timetables. |
Tom Murray has worked in the rail industry since 1970. Following graduation from New York University, he held positions with the Boston & Maine, Soo Line, CSX, and Southern Pacific. The publisher of Rail Stock Watch, Murray is also a columnist for TRAINS magazine, as well as the author of four previous MBI Railroad Color Histories: Canadian National Railway, The Milwaukee Road, Canadian Pacific Railway, and Illinois Central Railroad. He lives in Santa Maria, California. |
Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1 Southern Railway’s Family Tree, 1847–1894 Chapter 2 Consolidation and Growth, 1894–1913 Chapter 3 The Fairfax Harrison Era, 1913–1937 Chapter 4 Surviving Financial Crisis and War, 1937–1952 Chapter 5 Setting the Standard for Efficiency, 1952–1967 Chapter 6 Southern Railway’s Passenger Trains Chapter 7 Adjusting to New Realities, 1967–1982 Sources Index |
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