APPALACHIAN Coal Mines & Railroads In Color: KENTUCKY - C&O, L&N, CRR, Southern

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Appalachian Coal Mines and Railroads in ColorVol. 1 : Kentucky by Stephen M. TimkoPhotography by Everett N. YoungThis is a NEW BOOK - Not a used book.Book is wrapped and mailed in a top-quality, durable container.A Railroad Bookmark is included with each book.We try hard to be the NUMBER 1 Railroad Book Dealer on ebay with 1,500+ titles.Order before 3:00 pm (ET) for same-day postal mailing.-- 200+ all-COLOR Photos -Those who know, know that Everett Young is the man to go to for heavy-duty coal railroading. Join him for a look at the hollows and mountains of Kentucky where the coal was abundant and rare power everywhere.Broken down into areas, book covers C&O/CSX's Big Sandy lines, L&N/CSX Eastern Kentucky and Cumberland Valley lines, CRR/CSX from Elkhorn City to the state line; Southern/NS around Middlesboro and N&W/NS Buchanan Branch plus lines into Pike and Martin County.There are also many photos of coal loadouts and coal company owned locomotives used to switch cars at these loading points.South East Coal Co. even had a fleet of locomotives and hoppers for hauling their coal on the L&N.The era includes 1970 to the present day.Contents:Chesapeake & Ohio, Chessie System, CSX, pp. 4-63;Clinchfield Railroad, Chessie System, CSX, pp. 64-71;Louisville & Nashville, Chessie System, CSX, pp. 96-120;South East Coal Co., pp. 121-124 read more