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Trains, Trestles & Tunnels
Railroads of the Southern Appalachians
Lou Harshaw

Bright Mountain Books
978-0-9623532-0-8
$12.95 paperback
11 x 8 1/2 
96 pages
70 color and b/w photographs
Published in 1977
Historical, Appalachian

Numerous photographs enhance this history of railroading in the southern Appalachians. Famous engines such as Tweetsie, Spot, and the Clinchfield Railroad’s Santa Claus Special are featured, along with rail lines large and small of the Carolinas, East Tennessee, and southwest Virginia. The economic impact of the railroads on the logging and tourism industries is also discussed.

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Another book by author Lou Harshaw: Asheville: Mountain Majesty