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History of Railroading in Western North Carolina, A by Cary Franklin Poole w DJ
History of Railroading in Western North Carolina, A by Cary Franklin Poole
Hard Cover with dust jacket
Copyright 1995
191 pages
A History of Railroading in Western North Carolina by Cary Franklin Poole
CONTENTS
Dedication, Acknowledgments, and Thanksv
Introduction vii
Southern Railway, Affiliated Lines, and Acquisitions 1
Tallulah Falls Railway47
Asheville & Craggy Mount Railroad, Asheville & Northern Railroad, Asheville & Southern Railroad 52
"Can't and Never Will": Remembering the Carolina & North-Western 58
Transylvania Railroad 68
Clinchfield Railroad 77
The Black Mountain Railroad & the Yancy Railroad96
East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad, Linville River Railroad 105
Marietta & North Georgia Railroad 121
Cliffside Railroad 127
Glover Machine Works134
The Lawndale Railway & Industrial Company 136
Logging in Western North Carolina 140
Mount Mitchell Railroad 147
Tennessee & North Carolina Railroad 152
Graham County Railroad, Buffalo & Snowbird Railroad, Champion Fibre Company Railroad 164
Appalachian Railway 172
Tuckasegee & Southern Railroad 174
Bee Tree Lumber Company & Railroad 177
Laurel River & Hot Springs Railroad, Madison County Railroad 181
Norwood Lumber Company & Railroad 185
Kitchen Lumber Company189
Remote and inaccessible in the mid 1800s, Western North Carolina's Southern Appalachia area held some of America's most beautiful scenery. It also contained much of the nation's most valuable resources. But the mountains stood in the way, both to exploitation of those resources and to prosperity for the people of the region. One industry changed all that. Railroading.
In this work, the most comprehensive of its kind, Cary Poole examines, in captivating narrative and wonderful photography, the development of railroading in the region. Painstaking research has produced histories for twenty-seven of Western North Carolina's most interesting and influential lines. The work examines the area's complete railroading industry-Class 1 railroads, shortlines, industrial and mining roads, and logging lines.
In each case, the author begins with the conception or chartering of the line, then draws the reader through the road's construction and operation, finishing either with the company's closing or its present disposition as a functioning railroad. Numerous anecdotes and personal stories from the region's natives and former railroad employees have been included to create a thoroughly enjoyable work.
Added to the textual histories are over three hundred photographs and illustrations, including timetables and maps for most of the lines discussed. The photographs (most of them never before published) come from private collections and various archives.
Lines included in the work are the Appalachian; Asheville & Craggy Mount; Asheville & Southern; Bee Tree Lumber Company; Black Mountain and the Yancey; Buffalo & Snowbird; Carolina & North-Western; Champion Fibre Company; Cliffside; Clinchfield; East Tennessee & Western North Carolina; Graham County; Kitchen Lumber Company; Laurel River & Hot Springs; Lawndale; Linville River; Madison County; Marietta & North Georgia; Mount Mitchell; Norwood Lumber Company; Southern; Tallulah Falls; three Tennessee & North Carolinas; Transylvania; and Tuckasegee & Southern railroads.
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