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Author Lamb, J. Parker

Title Railroads of Meridian / J. Parker Lamb ; with contributions by David H. Bridges and David S. Price
Published Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (x, 162 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps
Series Railroads past & present
Railroads past and present.
Contents Antebellum beginnings -- A new start -- A new century -- Entrepreneur extraordinaire -- Roller-coaster ride -- A tumultuous decade -- Coming of age -- Postwar metamorphosis -- More changes -- Another renaissance -- Epilogue
Summary This generously illustrated narrative follows the evolution of dozens of separate railroads in the Meridian, Mississippi, area from the destruction of the town's rail facilities in the 1850s through the current era of large-scale consolidation. Presently, there are only seven mega-size rail systems in the United States, three of which serve Meridian, making it an important junction on one of the nation's four major transcontinental routes. The recent creation of a nationally prominent high-speed freight line between Meridian and Shreveport, the "Meridian Speedway," has allowed the Union Pacifi
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Railroads -- Mississippi -- Meridian -- History
TRANSPORTATION -- Railroads -- History.
TRANSPORTATION -- Railroads -- Pictorial.
Railroads
Mississippi -- Meridian
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Bridges, David H
Price, David S
ISBN 9780253005960
0253005965