Description: The Southern Railway, Georgia, Images of Rail, Paperback Go inside the transition from steam to diesel, the pinnacle of rail travel and the development of the South through much of the 20th century.The Southern Railway was the pinnacle of rail service in the South for nearly 100 years. Its roots stretch back to 1827, when the South Carolina Canal & Rail Road Company was founded in Charleston to provide freight transportation and America's first regularly scheduled passenger service. Through the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the Great Depression, rail lines throughout the South continued to merge, connecting Washington, D.C. to Atlanta and Charleston to Memphis. The Southern Railway was born in 1893 at the height of these mergers. It came to an end in 1982, merging with Norfolk and Western Railway to become Norfolk Southern Railway. The history of the railway lives on, however, and Norfolk Southern continues to "serve the South." In 2003, the Southern Railway Historical Association selected the Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History as the repository for its extensive archives. Included in this collection are hundreds of professional quality, black-and-white photographs taken by company photographers throughout the railway's history. While a few of these images have been seen by the public, the vast majority have not.
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Location: Columbia, South Carolina
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
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Brand: Unbranded
MPN: 9780738516417
Book Title: Southern Railway
Item Length: 9.2in
Item Height: 0.3in
Item Width: 6.5in
Author: Dick Hillman, Southern Railway Historical Association, Southern Museum Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History, C. Pat Cates, Sallie Loy
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Subjects & Themes / Regional (See Also Travel / Pictorials), United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, FL, GA, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), Railroads / History, Railroads / Pictorial
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication Year: 2004
Genre: Photography, Transportation, History
Item Weight: 0.7 Oz
Number of Pages: 128 Pages