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Gainesville Midland and Her Sister Short Lines, The by Douglas van Veelen w/ DJ
The Gainesville Midland and Her Sister Short Lines by Douglas van Veelen
Hard Cover with Dust Jacket
426 pages
Copyright 2006
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 17
Historical Overview
Chapter 2 14
The Gainesville, Jefferson & Southern (1872-1904)
Chapter 336
Gainesville, Jefferson & Southern All-Time Locomotive Roster (includes Gainesville Midland narrow-gauge locomotives)
Chapter 442
GJ&S Equipment Roster
Chapter 544
The Walton Railroad (1872-1884)
Chapter 646
Monroe Railroad (1904-1917)
Chapter 750
Great Walton Railroad (1987 - present)
Chapter 852
The Gainesville & Dahlonega (1876-1909)
Gainesville Railroad and Power Co. (1909-1916)
Chapter 954
Bostwick Railroad
Chapter 1055
The Greene County Railroad
Chapter 11 67
The Gainesville & Northwestern Railroad (1912-1933)
Chapter 1276
The Gainesville & Northwestern Railroad All-Time Locomotive Roster
Chapter 1383
Athens Terminal Company
Chapter 1485
The Gainesville Midland Railway (1904-1936)
Chapter 15101
The Gainesville Midland Narrow Gauge
Chapter 16 105
The Gainesville Midland Railroad (1936-1959)
Chapter 17 122
Gainesville Midland All-Time Standard-Gauge Locomotive Roster
Chapter 18 156
GM Standard-Gauge Equipment Roster
Chapter 19 166
The Seaboard/CSXT Ownership (1959 present) '
Chapter 20 191
Final thoughts
Appendix A220
Belmont, Georgia
Appendix B224
Clermont, Georgia
Appendix C229
Gainesville
Appendix D307
Hoschton, Georgia
Appendix E 312
Jefferson 1916
Appendix F 321
Monroe
Appendix G363
Oconee Heights and Fowler Junction (Athens)
Appendix H366
Pendergrass, Georgia
Appendix 1369
Social Circle
Appendix J386
Talmo, Georgia
Appendix K389
Winder
Appendix L409
Steam Hauling of Revenue Freight on the GM
Appendix M423
Midland Memories from the Fifties
Appendix N425
Term Paper Footnotes
DUST JACKET INTRODUCTION:
"The Gainesville Midland and her Sister Short Lines" covers eight different railroads and touches on several more. This book has information mainly for the railfan, railroad historian, or the model railroader. For the non-railroad historian, the historical information contained in the maps in this book relating to the businesses and industries in the towns along the railroad is as interesting as the railroads themselves. The Sanborn Fire Insurance maps contained in the book start around 1880 and end in the 1960s. Through them, history can be traced from livery stables and cotton warehouses to motor inns and poultry industries. Some of the cities and towns focused on with maps and/or photos include Belmont, Clermont, Gainesville, Hoschton, Jefferson, Social Circle, and Winder.
The cover painting is by noted artist John Coker. In addition to painting, he operated steam locomotives in the Colorado Rockies on the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad. Starting from a photograph by W. F. Beckham Jr. of GM #207 taken in the 1950s, John was inspired to paint GM #209 pulling a freight train through the Georgia countryside. He tried to capture a hot sultry summer day by using soft colors.
The Gainesville Midland and her Sister Short Lines covers the Gainesville Midland Railway (1904-1936) and the Gainesville Midland Railroad (19361959). It also covers the Gainesville, Jefferson & Southern (1872-1904), the pre-GJ&S Walton Railroad (1872-1884), post-GJ&S Monroe Railroad (1904-1917), the Bostwick Railroad (1907-1912), the Greene County Railroad (1912-1942), the Gainesville & North Western Railroad (1912-1933), the Chestatee Railroad, the Gainesville & Dahlonega Railroad (18761909) and the Gainesville Railroad and Power Co.(1909-1916). The history of Georgia was and still is closely tied in with the railroads. The railroads of that era were similar to the Delta Airlines and Eastern Airlines of today. This book contains photos of the railroads I took in the 1970's and in 2000-2005.
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