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Trackside in Appalachia
with Gene Huddleston

By: Gene Huddleston

Morning Sun Books, Inc., 2006
Hardcover, 128 pages, All Color

List Price: $59.95                                       Our Price: $47.96

Gene Huddleston relates his Appalachian roots and experiences on the C&O, N&W,
and other routes in the mountainous regions that produced this country’s coal.
Many obscure shortlines!

Contents Include:

Introduction

Trackside in Appalachia with Gene Huddleston...3

What Is Appalachia?...7

An Appalachian Heritage...14

Black Diamonds On Bright And Shiny Rails...22

Appalachia's Other Natural Resources...34

King Coal Aside, What Else Moved By Rail?...35

Land Forms In Appalachia...51

Motive Power On Major Appalachian Roads...58

Steam Locomotives In Appalachia...59

Power For The Road...70

Diesel And Electric Representative Types...78

Passenger Trains In Appalachia...84

Suggestions For Modeling...95
Yards & Bridges
Signals
Structures

Microcosm Of Appalachia...115
The Gauley Bridge Area

Epilogue...128