Southern Railroad Man

von

Ward, James AHrsg.

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Englisch

NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVerschienen am01.04.1994

Nimrod J. Bell worked as a conductor for several southern railroads in their formative period, from 1857 to 1894. After his career was cut short by an accident, he wrote his memoirs detailing his first glimpses of some of the earliest trains in the South and his thirty-eight years as a conductor. Published in Atlanta in 1896, his book offers a firsthand account of working conditions on the railroads, operational procedures, wartime railroading, and passenger travel during Reconstruction.mehr

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KlappentextNimrod J. Bell worked as a conductor for several southern railroads in their formative period, from 1857 to 1894. After his career was cut short by an accident, he wrote his memoirs detailing his first glimpses of some of the earliest trains in the South and his thirty-eight years as a conductor. Published in Atlanta in 1896, his book offers a firsthand account of working conditions on the railroads, operational procedures, wartime railroading, and passenger travel during Reconstruction.

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ISBN/GTIN978-0-87580-184-1

ProduktartBuch

EinbandartGebunden

FormatGenäht

Verlag

NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIV

Erscheinungsjahr1994

Erscheinungsdatum01.04.1994

SpracheEnglisch

MasseBreite 159 mm, Höhe 235 mm, Dicke 23 mm

Gewicht549 g

Artikel-Nr.12653202

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GenreGeschichte/Politik

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Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of ContentsPreface Introduction by James A. Ward 1. My First Recollection of Railroad Talk 2. On Western and Atlantic Railroad, 1846-1862 3. East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad, 1862-1863 4. A Trip Back to Georgia, 1863 5. Through South and North Carolina, 1864-1865 6. After General Lee Surrendered, 1865-1868 7. Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad, 1868-1871 8. Operating the Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad 9. South and North Railroad of Alabama, 1871-1872 10. Back on the Alabama and Chattanooga Road, 1872-1876 11. East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad, 1876-1895 12. Railroads and Employees 13. Passenger Trains and Conductors 14. Old Stories and Other Things Connected with Railroads 15. Right and Wrong Notes Indexmehr

Kritik

"Those interested in a view of railroading practiced more than a century ago ... will find much of interest here."--"National Railway Bulletin"
"A rich picture of southern travel, tradition, and culture of a century ago."--"Lexington Quarterly"
"An invaluable record of changing operational procedures, the development of technology and, above all, the conditions of work of railway staff in the formative years, the Civil War era from 1861 to 1865 and the boom and slump years of the post-war period."--"Journal of Transport History"mehr