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 r

Since the opening of the first permanent railway in 1833, hundreds of railroad companies have operated in North Carolina. Rail transportation, faster and more e

Telling the story of Tweetsie Railroad and the East Tennessee Railway, this book documents the history of the standard gauge ET & WNC after the narrow gauge was

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