Books on the Southern Railway
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- Related Lines: Embreeville Branch | Johnson City & Carolina | Johnson City Southern
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- Related Websites: Rails Across the Appalachians | Clinchfield.org
Southern Railway Book Recommendations
Here are the books I highly recommend as you explore the history and the operation of the Southern Railway. These books collectively, and many other sources, served as references for this website. If you have suggestions for additional books, please drop me a note on the contact form at the bottom of the page.
The Southern Railway: Ron Flanary, Scott Lindsey & David Oroszi – 2018
The Southern Railway – Road of the Innovators: Burke Davis- 1985
The Southern Railway System An Illustrated History: William Webb – 1986
Southern Railway Appalachia Division: Ed Wolfe – 2010
Southern Railway Through Passenger Service: Greg Stout – 2005
A History of Railroading in Western North Carolina: Carey Franklin Poole, 1995
Norfolk Southern 1995 Review: Scott Lindsey – 1995
Southern A Motive Power Pictorial: Paul Withers and Tom Sink – 1987
Southern Railway Varnish 1964 to 1979: Ralph Ward – 1985
The Southern Railway Handbook: Audrey Wiley & Conley Wallace – 1985
More Southern Railway information will be added to this page and others in the days ahead. Please let me know if you have any edits that should be made or any content you are willing to share by utilizing the comment form below. Would enjoy hearing from you if you have similar interests in the railroads, the region, or model railroading.
Southern-Railroads.org Sources and Resources
The following are excellent resources for those of you wanting to explore and learn more about the Southern Railway and its predecessors. These sources of information also serve as reference and historical materials for Southern-Railroads.org. Much of the content on the website is verified across multiple sources.
- Associations:
- Archives:
- The Center for Southeastern Railroad Research, Chattanooga TN
- Norfolk & Western Historical Society Archives, Roanoke VA
- Archives of Appalachia, Johnson City TN
- Personal maps, timetables, track charts, and memorabilia
- Books
- Davis: The Southern Railway, Road of the Innovators
- Drury: The Historical Guide to North American Railroads
- Flanary, Lindsey & Oroszi: The Southern Railway
- Grant: The Louisville, Cincinnati & Charleston Rail Road
- Graybeal: The Railroads of Johnson City
- Harshaw: Trains Trestles & Tunnels, Railroads of the Southern Appalachians
- Lindsey: Norfolk Southern 1995 Review
- Poole: A History of Railroading in Western North Carolina
- Reisweber: Southern Railway Power
- Scales: Natural Tunnel, Nature’s Marvel in Stone
- Stout: Southern Railway: Through Passenger Service
- Ward: Southern Railway Varnish 1964-1979
- Webb: The Southern Railway System: An Illustrated History
- Wiley & Wallace: The Southern Railway Handbook
- Withers & Sink: Southern: A Motive Power Pictorial
- Wolfe: The Interstate Railroad
- Wolfe: Southern Railway Appalachia Division
- Young: Appalachian Coal Mines & Railroads, Volume 2, Virginia
- Magazines – Trains, Classic Trains
- Websites:
- American Rails
- Britannica
- Carolana.com – North Carolina Railroads, South Carolina Railroads
- Encyclopedia.com
- Hawkinsrails.net
- History.com
- Johnson’s Depot hosted by StateOfFranklin.net
- Multimodalways.org: Norfolk Southern Track Charts
- Newspapers.com
- NewYorkTimes.com
- ProgressiveRailroading.com
- RailFanGuides.us for Johnson City
- SteamLocomotive.com
- TheDieselShop.us
- VirginiaPlaces.org – Railroad History of Virginia
- WashingtonPost.com
- Wikipedia.org
Contact Us
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