#246 • ALABAMA RAILROADS

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Alabama Railroads is the first extensive history of standard work on the subject. It i engaging read, full from the chartering of the of soutbern cntrepreneurs in pursuit % profits, tbeir Jut- the state $ railway system , 1830,to the (CIu and fatlures in building major ratlways in tbe State Tuscumbia Railway Company in Jantary latter half of the 2Och and many minor ones &S well, and an engaging tale of tbe marurity of the system in the Amtrak assumed control ofthe nation $ birth of Birmingham $ tron steel industry: century when service This volume of Alabama $ rich rail JAMES A WARD passenger history traces the development of all the major lines University of Tennessee-Chatranooga 4S well as the most prominent short lines: Along the Thanks sbould be to the author by all railroad gten way we meet the varied cast of colorful characters who for bis book On Alabama $ railroad beritage bistorians pioneered the railway system that serves the state reader will discover Alabana bas an important The today: place in tbe development of America $ railroad system: Written in nontechnical language with more JJOHN W: CORNS; President than [00 rare and vintage illustrations from the Birmingham Railroad Heritage I9ch and early 2Oth centuries, Alabama Railroads places Alabama $ rail heritage n d national context Historians and railroad entbuslasts will appreciate and allows students of southern history a5 well aS anld profit from Wayne Cline$ Alabama Railroads: enchusiasts [0vicw chis South state Finally in tbe pager of & single book, We (an follow tbe rilroad development of tbe States railroads and visualize tbe from an entirely fresh perspeccive. patterns of trade tbey created. Tbis d Jolid work Cline$ profusely illustrated Alabama Railroads fills soutbern railway bistory His survey of ROBERT DAVID WARD An important In will Kerle as tbe Georgia Southern University Alabama $ railroad development THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA PRESS Tuscalonsa, Alabama 35487-0380 Isbn 0-8173-0812-1. Wayne Cline