Seaboard Air Line Passenger Service: The Streamlined Era (Signed)
Language: English
Published by TLC Publishing, 2011
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Antique Mall Books, Smyrna, GA, U.S.A.Antique Mall Books
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Signed and inscribed by author. LIKE NEW, no dust jacket as issued. No marks and tight binding. 176 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm. . . . . . . . TABLE OF CONTNETS: 1.) Historical Overview -- 2.) Peace and Modernization -- 3.) Stability, Then Evolution -- 4.) The Final ACL Years -- 5.) Postscript: SCL and Amtrak -- 6.) Local, Connecting, and Mixed Service -- 7.) Special Passenger Train Service -- 8.) Consists -- 9.) Passenger Locomotives & Equipment -- 10.) Colorful Coast Line. . . . . . . . . . The book chronicles the passenger operations of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad (SAL), a major southeastern U.S. carrier, focusing on its final decades before the 1971 creation of Amtrak. The volume highlights the railroad?s reputation for quality service under its slogan *the Route of Courteous Service.* It details the dramatic shifts from the 1930s to the late 1950s, including the transition from steam to diesel locomotives, the rise of lightweight streamlined trains, and the decline of traditional local passenger services. Presented largely in chronological order, the book gives special attention to named trains, streamliners, and everyday locals, supported by numerous photographs and illustrations that bring the era?s equipment, routes, and operations to life. Goolsby, a noted southeastern railroad historian and author of related works on the Atlantic Coast Line, draws on his expertise as a board member of the ACL & SAL Historical Society to deliver a detailed yet accessible account aimed at rail enthusiasts. The book serves as both a visual record and a narrative of how one railroad adapted to changing times in the mid-20th century passenger rail landscape.…
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- Title
- Seaboard Air Line Passenger Service: The Streamlined Era (Signed)
- Author
- Larry Goolsby
- Publisher
- TLC Publishing
- Publication year
- 2011
- Condition
- Like New
- Binding
- Hardback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0939487985
- ISBN 13
- 9780939487981
- Item weight
- 37 ounces
- Seller catalogs
- Transportation::Railroads
Before the coming of Amtrak in 1971, the Seaboard Air Line Railroad was long recognized as having some of the best long-distance passenger trains in the country. Billing itself as “the Route of Courteous Service” Seaboard took great pride in running trains that the public would like the first time and would want to ride again and again. This book focuses on the last decades of Seaboard’s existence. The 1930s through the late 1950s in particular witnessed many dramatic changes – the replacement of steam with diesels, the ascendancy of lightweight trains, and the last hurrah of the once-familiar local passenger train. This is a chronological account, although special treatment has been given to Seaboard’s lightweight trains, other named trains and locals.
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About the Author
Larry Goolsby is a southeastern railroad historian and author of two previous books, Atlantic Coast Line Passenger Service – The Postwar Years and Atlanta, Birmingham & Coast. He is a board member of the ACL & SAL Historical Society and edits the Society’s quarterly magazine, Lines South. He works as legislative director for the American Public Human Services Association.
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