Coal Trains: The History of Railroading and Coal in the United States
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.70 (663 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0760333599 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-30 |
| Language | : | English |
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From the Inside FlapFor more than a century and a half, coal mining and railroading have been irrevocably linked in the United States. In this illustrated history, Brian Solomon and Patrick Yough examine the railroads and hardware that have brought coal from mine to mill, pier, and power plant. From the first modest coal trains in the East to today’s high-horsepower unit-train operations in the West, Solomon and Yough present a concise history of American coal haulers illustrated with dozens of period and contemporary photographs depicting dozens of railroads and the drama of very long—and very heavy—trains powering up mountain grades and charging across barren prairies.While exploring topics ranging from the colorful but now defunct anthracite roads of eastern Pennsylvania to today’s AC-traction diesels that work Wyoming’s thriving Powder River Basin, Solomon and
In this authoritative book spanning the whole of that history, from the mid-nineteenth century to present, noted rail author Brian Solomon explores the railroads and hardware that have transported the fossil fuels that made America work. From the first, U.S. Taking up topics ranging from the colorful but now-defunct “anthracite roads” of eastern Pennsylvania to today’s AC-traction diesels that work Wyoming’s thriving Powder River Basin, Solomon reveals how for 150 years the unique demands of coal—and America’s demand for coal—have prompted new railroad technologies.. Brilliant period and contemporary photographs convey the drama of the enterprise: the very long—and very heavy—trains powering up mountain grades and thundering across barren prairies.At sites from the eastern and western U.S., past and present, readers see giant double-headed Norfolk and Western steam locomotives moving Appalachian coal in Virginia; modern CSX diesels dragging unit coal trains over the well-groomed former Chesapeake & Ohio main line; BNSF’s SD70MACs with more than 100 hoppers in tow; Rio Grande locomotives snaking through the Rocky Mountains; and coal trains working full-throttle up Colorado’s Tennessee Pass, cresting the Continental Divide at 10,000 feet above sea level. railroads have carried coal from mine
"Great review of coal trains in the US" according to Gene Bowker. Railfanning in the Southeast United States I see a lot of coal trains on the CSX and NS railroads. I have learned a few of the reporting marks, but I never really knew much about the history of coal carrying on the American Railroads.Over Memorial Day, I visited the Elkhorn Inn in Langraff, West Virginia which is located on the NS . Coal trains, its history! Mark Hi!This book was really interesting reading if you are interested in how the railroad industry is very close connected to the coal mines and how the rolling equipment has been developing through the decades in the states and threw out the world to become of what it is today, a very effective transportation hauler of coal in today's. "The History of Coal and The Railroads That Hauled It" according to Frederick S. Goethel. The subtitle of this book fits it well the History of Railroading and Coal in the United States. It demonstrates well the fact that each was really very dependent upon the other for evolution and survival.The book is broken into sections based on the type of coal and where it is found. The earliest coal was anthracite, so the book