Author : Elmer Griffith Sulzer
Release : 1998
Genre : Business & Economics
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 848/5 ( reviews)
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Book Synopsis Ghost Railroads of Kentucky by : Elmer Griffith Sulzer
Download or read book Ghost Railroads of Kentucky written by Elmer Griffith Sulzer. This book was released on 1998. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ghost Railroads of Kentucky (first published in 1967) and its two sister volumes, Ghost Railroads of Indiana (1970) and Ghost Railroads of Tennessee (1975), provide the authoritative account of the abandoned lines in the railroad heartland east of the Mississippi. No mere compilation of dry statistics on track closings and running schedules (though they are here too!), this book is full of the life and vigor of Kentucky's economic arteries. Professor Sulzer, a consummate storyteller, recounts the human drama surrounding these ghost lines. Even poor Alex Richardson, shamefully lynched on the new railroad bridge over the Kentucky River at West Irvine, has his sad story told.