Next Stop on Grandpa's Road:
History & Architecture of NC&St.L Railway
Depots & Terminals
Terry L. Coats
H. C. Hill &
Robert Bell Photographers
Grandpa’s Road Publishing 313 page illustrated hardcover
with pictorial boards
Signed & inscribed by author with drawing
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The history of the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis
Railway spanned 112 years. Its infancy sprang from an era when railroading
replaced foot, horseback, the wagon, and the flatboat as the primary means of
transporting goods. Its demise ushered in the era of Sputnik and the first
space explorations.
There was an allure to the depots of the Nashville,
Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway. A station on the NC&St.L was a busy,
noisy, and fascinating place. People and trains would come and go as baggage,
mail, and freight moved back-and-forth between platforms and trains. Travelers
hurried to make their way to their departing trains or to make connections
between trains on which they had just arrived and those going on to farther
destinations.
Over 325 pages; 600+ photographs, illustration, and drawings
An in-depth history of the NC&St.L Railway from 1845 to
1957
Of interest to railroaders seeking information of railroad
stations as well as historians looking for photos of local architecture in
Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, and Alabama.
History of the NC&St.L through the perils of war from
the War Between the States through the Great War and WWII.
Detailed analysis of the architecture of the stations and
terminals of the NC&St.L
Information on signaling, telegraphy, and the roles of the
employees aboard the trains and at the stations.
Documents the struggles of the Civil Rights movement as it
related to American railroads