Railroads Of Meridian
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Author | : J. Parker Lamb |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 201 |
Release | : 2012-07-05 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 0253005965 |
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“Lively, well-written and informative . . . It will be of great interest to fans of railroads in the deep South and their motive power and operations.” —Railfan & Railroad This generously illustrated narrative follows the evolution of dozens of separate railroads in the Meridian, Mississippi, area from the destruction of the town’s rail facilities in the 1850s through the current era of large-scale consolidation. Presently, there are only seven mega-size rail systems in the United States, three of which serve Meridian, making it an important junction on one of the nation’s four major transcontinental routes. The recent creation of a nationally prominent high-speed freight line between Meridian and Shreveport, the “Meridian Speedway,” has allowed the Union Pacific, Kansas City Southern, and Norfolk Southern railroads to offer the shortest rail route across the continent for Asia-US-Europe transportation. “This volume [is] an excellent presentation, in addition to being a railroad history story that ends on a positive, upbeat note.” —Michigan Railfan “An excellent contribution to the history of railroads in the South. Southern railroading in general has been a chronically neglected subject.” —Herbert H. Harwood, Jr., author of The Lake Shore Electric Railway Story “Chronicles Meridian’s intriguing 155-year history as a center of railroad activity.” —The Meridian Star
Author | : J. Parker Lamb |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 202 |
Release | : 2012-07-05 |
Genre | : Photography |
ISBN | : 0253005922 |
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This generously illustrated narrative follows the evolution of dozens of separate railroads in the Meridian, Mississippi, area from the destruction of the town's rail facilities in the 1850s through the current era of large-scale consolidation. Presently, there are only seven mega-size rail systems in the United States, three of which serve Meridian, making it an important junction on one of the nation's four major transcontinental routes. The recent creation of a nationally prominent high-speed freight line between Meridian and Shreveport, the "Meridian Speedway," has allowed the Union Pacific, Kansas City Southern, and Norfolk Southern railroads to offer the shortest rail route across the continent for Asia-US-Europe transportation.
Author | : Selma and Meridian Railroad Company |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 12 |
Release | : 1866 |
Genre | : |
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Download The Charter of the Selma & Meridian Railroad Co Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Author | : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Claims |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 3 |
Release | : 1882 |
Genre | : Railroads |
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Download Settlement of an Account with the Vicksburg and Meridian Railroad Company, &c Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Author | : Union Pacific Railroad Company (1862-1880) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 86 |
Release | : 1867 |
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Download The Great Union Pacific Railroad Excursion to the Hundredth Meridian: from New York to Platte City ... Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Author | : Selma and Meridian Railroad Company |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 11 |
Release | : 1868 |
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Download Plan of Organization of the Selma & Meridian Railway Company, and Its Agreement with the Mortgage Bondholders, Creditors and Stockholders of the Selma and Meridian Rail Road Co Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Author | : Confederate States of America. Provisional Congress |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 10 |
Release | : 1862 |
Genre | : Railroad law |
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Download An Act to Provide for the Connection of the Railroad from Selma, in Alabama, to Meridian, in Mississippi Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Author | : William D. Middleton |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 313 |
Release | : 2012-06-28 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 0253005949 |
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The photographer shares over 200 images from his sixty-year career covering railroad tourism across the world, plus the stories behind them. In this lavishly illustrated memoir, William D. Middleton invites readers to climb aboard and share with him sixty years of railroad tourism around the globe. Middleton’s award-winning photography has recorded events such as the final days of American Civil War locomotives in Morocco and the start up of the world’s first high-speed railway in Japan. He has photographed such great civil works as Scotland’s Firth of Forth Bridge and the splendid railway station at Haydarpasa on the Asian side of the Bosporus, while closer to home he has been recognized for his significant contribution to the photographic interpretation of North America’s railroading history. On Railways Far Away presents over 200 of Middleton’s favorite photographs and the personal stories behind the images. It is a book that will delight both armchair travelers and those for whom the railroads still hold romance. Praise for On Railroads Far Away “Few American chroniclers of the international railroad scene have shown the versatility and insight of William D. Middleton. As an author and a photographer (not to mention a professional engineer), he demonstrated an uncanny ability to connect all the dots in railroading, from all corners of the world. In this book he does it with an inimitable personal touch.” —Kevin P. Keefe, publisher, Classic Trains magazine “Middleton will go down as the only producer of popular railroad history . . . who was able to present such a broad coverage of railways during his lifetime. . . . There has never been a person with his wide range of talents (as a researcher, writer, and photographer), his personal discipline to be a steady producer of historical publications, and his unrivaled zeal to record railroad activity in interesting spots around the globe. Many have excelled in one or even two of these categories, but no one has ever come close to his overall record. It will take a generation for the breadth, depth, and significance of his total contribution to be appreciated.” —J. Parker Lamb, author of Railroads of Meridian
Author | : Howard Bahr |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : FICTION |
ISBN | : 9781496810502 |
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The riveting story of a lost way of life along a great southern railroad
Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 64 |
Release | : 1867 |
Genre | : Pacific railroads |
ISBN | : |
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