Slow Train to Yesterday By Archie Robertson Last Glance at the Local Hard Cover

Description: RailroadTreasures offers the following item: Slow Train to Yesterday By Archie Robertson Last Glance at the Local Hard Cover Slow Train to Yesterday By Archie Robertson 187 Pages Copyright 1945. A last glance at the local. Hard Cover with dust jacket (dust jacket is torn / very damaged) SEE PHOTOS CONTENTS I Train of Thought1 II Root, Hog, or Die 5 III Slow Train to Yesterday30 IV The Waters Rose and Took Her Track65 V Life Is Like a Mountain Railway89 VI The Smoking-Car99 VII Pitcher and Bowl107 VIII The Passing of the Five-Fifteen124 IX Sparks Fly Upward138 X The Last of the Mohicans151 XI The Icing on the Brakeman's Shoes164 Appendix: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, Mixed179 LIST OF PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE OLD TO THE NEWFacing page 116 The Erie & Kalamazoo, a Pioneer Railroad L. C. Handy Studios, Washington The Village Depot of the Early Eighteen Hundreds L. C. Handy Studios, Washington The Drummer's Latest Yarn From `O'er Rail and Cross-Ties with Gripsack' by George L. Marshall, 1891 The Colorado & Southern's `Old 71'Farm Security Administration The Virginia & Truckee's Ornate Coach Farm Security Administration Engine No. 9 at Corydon JunctionCary Robertson The Interurban Trolley of By-Gone DaysS. D. Maguire The Model T Ford on RailsLinwood W. Moody Survivor: The Suncook Valley, N.H.John B. Allen Survivor: `The God Forgot' of the Georgia & Florida D. W. Tungmeyer Survivors Serve Local Industry: Louisville, New Albany & Corydon D. W. Yungmeyer Survivors Serve Local Industry: The Monson Railroad Hugh Boutell The Commuters Train Today New Tork, New Haven & Hartford Railroad WHAT RIDING THE LOCAL IS LIKE Facing page 146 The Brass Band Greets the Excursion TrainD. W. Tungmeyer Fans from Buffalo on the Arcade & AtticaPettus Kaufman Excursion with the East Broad Top Railroad & Coal Co. Hugh Boutell A Ride with `Tweetsie'Hugh Boutell The Public Takes the CabooseCary Robertson Inside the Caboose Cary Robertson A Trip on the Twice-Weekly of the Denver & Rio Grande G. M. Best Rio Los Animas Canyon from the Twice-WeeklyG. M. Best The Doodle BugHenry M. Tischler Through the Covered BridgeElwin K. Heath If You Stayed Over NightFarm Security Administration And if You Ate DinnerFarm Security Administration The Brakeman at Journey's EndRailroad Magazine THE FAN AND HIS MODELFacing page 160 The Re-creation of a Civilization - the Model Village Mountain-View, Model Railroad Suburb Model Headquarters for a Shortline The Model Limited Sets Out The Model Limited is Stopped by a Wreck The Fans Build Living MonumentsThree Lions DUST JACKET INTRODUCTION FROM Maine to Georgia, from Virginia to Colorado, the short-line railroads live but rarely prosper. Once they were the thriving grand-daddies of the big roads; now they are relegated to the backwoods, most colorful survivors of the Rail Age. ARCHIE ROBERTSON rode these trains and tells us about them. Behind the engine that folks in Blowing Rock, North Carolina, indulgently call Tweetsie, on the creaking fifty-year-old coach of Maine's Blueberry Express, through the isolated Moffat Tunnel with the Denver & Salt Lake, he observed not only trains of a bygone era but the people who still ride and love them, the farmers, miners, `drummers,' lumbermen, commuters, and `fans.' AT first glance this would seem to be simply the story of the short-line railroad. `But' (Robertson says of his book), `it's more than a book about railroads. It's about a people and a way of life. It's a book about a sweet and dying kind of travel; an Old America that is still with us while the Drummers' Home at Murphy, North Carolina, sends its porter down to meet "No. 2."' IN addition to the main narrative, there is a complete `picture story' of what it would be like to take a trip on a short-line road. All pictures are of the actual item. There may be reflection from the lights in some photos. We try to take photos of any damage. If this is a railroad item, this material is obsolete and no longer in use by the railroad. Please email with questions. Publishers of Train Shed Cyclopedias and Stephans Railroad Directories. Large inventory of railroad books and magazines. Thank you for buying from us. Shipping charges US Shipments: Ebay will add $1.25 each additional items, there are a few exceptions. Ebay Global shipping charges are shown. These items are shipped to Kentucky and forwarded to you. Ebay collects the shipping and customs / import fees. Refunds may be issued if you add multiple items to your cart and pay with one payment. For direct postage rates to these countries, send me an email. Shipping varies by weight. Payment options Payment must be received within 7 days. Paypal is accepted. Terms and conditions All sales are final. Returns accepted if item is not as described. Contact us first. No warranty is stated or implied. Please e-mail us with any questions before bidding. Thanks for looking at our items.

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Location: Talbott, Tennessee

End Time: 2024-12-27T20:00:40.000Z

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