Southern Railway Appalachia Division By Ed Wolfe 2010 Hard Cover SIGNED
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RailroadTreasures offers the following item: Southern Railway Appalachia Division by Ed Wolfe 2010 Hard Cover SIGNED Southern Railway Appalachia Division by Ed Wolfe 2010 Hard Cover SIGNEDCopyright 2010SIGNEDHard Cover416 PagesIndexedAssembling this history of the Southern's Appalachia Division has been a learning experience. Prior to undertaking the project, my knowledge of the division was primarily related to the portion of the division's history associated with the ...Interstate Railroad. I was only vaguely familiar with the remainder of the Virginia trackage and completely unfamiliar with the former Tennessee trackage. Although I had thought about compiling an Appalachia Division history for several years, I didn't feel I had an adequate background to do so. It was only upon the urging of good friend Kenny Fannon and his frequent question, "When are you going to write a history of the Appalachia Division?", that I decided to attempt the project.Of particular interest to me was the history of the division's predecessor lines. Although the Bristol Coal and Iron Narrow Gauge Railroad (BC&I), South Atlantic and Ohio Railroad (SA&O) and the Virginia and Southwestern Railway (V&SW) are often mentioned in area historical coverage, very rarely are the Virginia and Kentucky Railroad (V&K), Rogersville and Jefferson Railroad (R&J), Bristol, Elizabethton and North Carolina Railway (BE&NC), Pigeon Creek Railroad, Black Mountain Railway (BM), Holston River Railway (HRR), Virginia and Southeastern Railway (V&SE) and Bristol and North Carolina Railroad (B&NC) discussed. I was pleasantly surprised at the volume of materials related to some of these predecessor lines, particularly the Virginia and Kentucky Railroad, that was available. Each of these companies played an important part in what would become the Southern Railway's Appalachia Division.Another interesting aspect of the history was the people involved. Prior coverage has frequently mentioned John D. Imboden, John M. Bailey, John C. Haskell, George L. Carter, A. D. Reynolds and others. Yet, little or no background information on the qualifications and accomplishments of these men was presented; they just mysteriously arrived and departed the area rail scene. Thus, a brief biographical sketch of these frequently mentioned men is included. In addition, there are many men that have probably never been noted in relation to the area's rail development. This list includes: Charles Garnett, Albert H. Dorr, W. B. Thompson, Claudius Crozet, John B. Floyd, Jonas Wilder, Robert W. Hughes, D. H. Conklin and others; brief biographical sketches of these little known men are also presented. The accomplishments of all these men are quite impressive.Although every effort was made to find balanced photographic coverage of the division, coverage of some areas (Bulls Gap area, St. Charles area and the Tennessee trackage) is quite sparse. Mr. Crowe's Appalachia Division draft showed mimeographed copies of numerous photos related to the Tennessee trackage. Although Mrs. Crowe located several of the original photographs shortly before publication, some of the mimeographed copies for which no original photo was available were scanned to create sketch-like images. In fact, photographic coverage of the entire division was quite limited; many of the photographs used in this project have been used previously. Although sharp, well-exposed photographs were naturally preferred, many of the photographs are of less than optimal quality. I made use of what was available.Unfortunately, the original photographer for many of the photographs, particularly the steam era photographs, was not identified. Although every effort was made to identify the photographer and/or collection associated with the photograph, 1 want to thank those unidentified photographers and apologize for not being able to provide proper credit.Have a seat in your favorite easy chair. Get comfy. I've tried to assemble the division's history, including maps, in a logical order. To provide a break from the many details, the text is interspersed with Mr. Crowe's vignettes, biographical sketches and vignettes on various other aspects of the division. I hope you enjoy reading the history of the Southern's fabled Appalachia Division and its predecessors as much as I enjoyed assembling it.
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