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Rails Remembered Volume 1 by Louis M. Newton 1992 w/ dust jcket SIGNED
Rails Remembered Volume 1 by Louis M. Newton
Hard Cover with dust jacket (has creases/ wear. Back dust jacket is missing a small piece/ tear)
SIGNED
234 Pgs
1992 Copyright
Volume 1 of Rails Remembered is an account of the development of the author's interest in railroading. First, it provides some glimpses into the career of his grandfather as a Railway Postal Clerk during the waning years of the 19th century and the dawn of the 20th. Then, it covers several years of the career of the author's father during the heyday of the electric railway industry.
The bulk of the narrative, however, is a series of reminiscences of the author's railroad experiences from the mid-1930s through the year 1945, interwoven with bits of the industry's history. He admits that he was "bitten by the railroad bug" at an early age, even earlier than he can remember. During his boyhood years, he saw the railroads slowly stir from the doldrums of the Great Depression and then transport unprecedented volumes of traffic during the momentous years of World War II. Meanwhile, within the industry a revolution was occurring, hardly perceptible at first, as Diesel-electric power began to challenge steam.
The author recalls his observations of these events as his knowledge of and enthusiasm for railroading developed. From his hometown of Chattanooga, Tennessee, dominated by lines of the Southern Railway System, his horizons broadened to include other areas of the Southeastern United States. Some of the descriptions are of places and events well-known to railroad enthusiasts, others of locations and occurrences lesser known and in some cases even obscure. Separate chapters are devoted to the railroads of Raleigh, North Carolina, and the Birmingham, Alabama, area. The narrative also explores some construction projects commenced but never completed, as well as a few envisioned but never even begun.
The majority of the black-and-white photographs are from the author's own collection, including prints from the original glass plate negatives - still in existence - made by his father. Others are from the collections of railroad photographers such as Frank E. Ardrey, Jr., as well as the Norfolk & Western-Virginia Tech Collection and the Louisville & Nashville-University of Louisville Archives. Photographs include a number of street railway scenes, a variety of views of passenger and freight trains, both action and roster shots of steam locomotives, and pre-World War II Diesel-electrics.
CONTENTS
Introduction 1
1 - The Queen & Crescent2
2 - Ancestors of Light Rail8
3 - Bitten by the Railroad Bug - Intrigued by the Stevenson Extension 30
4 - Chattanooga - A Railroad Hub44
5 - Some Inside Views of Railroading62
6 - The Florida Sunbeam74
7 - Queen City Excursion86
8 - The Pittsburgh of the South?94
9 - Electric Ridgerunners and Mountainclimbers108
10 - The Diesel Invasion118
11 - Wartime Railroading - Serious Business 136
12 - 1944 - A Year of Change150
13 - The Rabun Gap Route and Its Neighbors to the North166
14 - Railroading in Raleigh178
15 - A Sudden Stop196
16 - Racing Through Georgia by Rail208
17 - An Introduction to Precision Transportation 218
Bibliography 233
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