A History of Railroading in Western North Carolina
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| Rating | : | 4.27 (946 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0932807879 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 191 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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He lives in San Angelo, Texas.. About the AuthorCary Franklin Poole is the former associate dean of students at Mars Hill College, where he taught more than a dozen sessions of "Whistletops in Western North Carolina" for the school's Elderhostel program
Added to the textual histories are more than three hundred photographs and illustrations, including timetables and maps for most of the lines discussed.. In this work, the most comprehensive of its kind, the author examines in engaging narrative and wonderful photography the development of the area’s complete railroading industryClass 1 railroads, short lines, industrial and mining roads, and logging lines
"The material covered the subject area well and filled in more than one hole in my understanding of railroads in one of my favori" according to Feldmar Twomblebee. The only thing keeping this from getting five stars was the small font and its color that made it a bit of a physically difficult read. The material covered the subject area well and filled in more than one hole in my understanding of railroads in one of my favorite parts of the country for short line railroads.. "Western North Carolina Rails" according to George W. Newport. A good cross section of the railroads which build Western North Carolina.. Immensely-interesting and informative! A Customer "History of the Carolina & North-Western Railway" is an immensely- interesting and informative work.Matthew C. Bumgarner, a lifelong rail enthusiast, examines 140 years of the rise and fall and rise again of this resilient shortline railway, which once had nearly 150 miles of track through North and South Carolina.From its prosperous days in the early 1900s to its final years in the late 1940s, the C & N-W carried everything from people and freight to logs and livestock.Bumgarner writes with warmth and concision--a prose style that marvelously matches the book's crisp maps and large, historic photographs.Rail fans
Cary Franklin Poole is the former associate dean of students at Mars Hill College, where he taught more than a dozen sessions of "Whistletops in Western North Carolina" for the school's Elderhostel program. He lives in San Angelo, Texas.