Description: Southern Railway Appalachia Division by Ed Wolfe, Pub by HEW Enterprises, 2010, 416 pages, color laminated hardcover, 8.5x11. Signed by author on title page. A most impressive book.... Book weighs 5 lbs. 380+ b&w photos - 75+ maps - 80+ timetables & schedules - 75+ miscellaneous tables, charts and sketches. "This is a well researched book on the Southern Railway's Appalachia Division which served the area of southwest Virginia and northeast Tennessee . The book begins with the early history of the area, the routes, predecessor lines, and progresses into the late steam era and early diesel era.This massive (and impressive) hardbound book contains the detailed history of the Southern Railway 's famed Appalachia Division (Bristol, Virginia/Tennessee to St. Charles, Virginia via Appalachia and Mountain City, Tennessee via Elizabethton) from initial construction plans in the 1850s until the end of the Division in 1985 to the Southern and Norfolk & Western.Predecessor lines covered include the Virginia and Kentucky Railroad (V&K), Bristol Coal and Iron Narrow Gauge Railway (BC&I), South Atlantic and Ohio Railway (SA&O) , Bristol Elizabethton and North Carolina Railroad (BE&NC), Virginia and Southeastern Railway (V&SE), Virginia and Southwestern Railway (V&SW) and others. Coverage highlights include compound mallet and simple articulated operation, Lonesome Pine Special passenger service, dieselization, purchase of Interstate Railroad, unit train operation, track sketches, more." Contents:Acknowledgments, Memoriam, BackgroundVirginia &Tennessee RailroadVirginia & Kentucky RailroadAtlantic, Mississippi & Ohio RailroadBristol Coal & Iron Narrow Gauge RailroadSouth Atlantic & Ohio RailroadBristol, Elizabethton & North Carolina RailwayVirginia & Southwestern RailwaySouthern Railway-Appalachia DivisionAppendix BibliographyIndex A copy of this book recently sold for $300. And (hard to believe) another copy sold for $925 in Dec 2020. As far as I can tell there is only 1 copy available right now on Ebay, Amazon, or any internet booksellers, and for some reason it is priced at an unGodly $4995.00 THIS copy actually looks brand new. Contents are stiff like it's never been read. Heavy Media Rate shipping is $14.00 and includes insurance. It will be well packed and shipped in a sturdy reinforced heavy duty box.
Price: 199.95 USD
Location: Marlton, New Jersey
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Year: 2010
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
