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Author Name: William S. Snyder
Title: The Rattlesnake and The Ramsey: The History of the Lorain, Ashland and Southern Railroad
Seller ID: CUP101
Businessmen and agricultural leaders of the late 19th century believed the key to economic growth lay in competitive freight rates and access to new markets. Those towns without rail connections were supportive of new railroad ventures that promised to meets those needs and bring new industry and jobs to the countryside. This book is about one such venture, the Lorain, Ashland and Southern. The LA&S story is a human event. From the corporate giants who financed its beginnings to the corrupt conmen who contributed to its demise; from the foreign immigrants who helped build it and the railroad trainmen who operated it, the thousands of men, women and children who rode its rails in slow moving coaches that had seen better days, the railroad was a part of the modernization and change that began in late 19th century America.
Contents: 1. Early Railroad Ventures in North Central Ohio; 2. Sandusky to Coshocton: Building a Line to the Lake; 3. The Millersburg, Jeromeville & Greenwich RR 1894-1897; 4. The Ashland & Wooster Railway 1897-1898; 5. The Ashland & Wooster Railway 1898-1900; 6. The Ashland & Wooster Railway 1900-1903; 7. Charles W. French and His Railroads 1889-1904; 8. The Ashland & Western Lines 1904-1907; 9. Joseph Ramsey Jr. and His Railroads; 10. Lorain, Ohio: Steel & Railroads Bring Wealth to the City; 11. The Ramsey Railroads: 1908-1910; 12. The Lorain, Ashland & Southern Railroad (First Organization); 13. The Lorain, Ashland & Southern Railroad (Second Organization); 14. LA&S Operations: Coal North - Ore South; 15. Operations Under the Pennsylvania Railroad; 16. The LA&S Under Federal Control; 17. Operations in the Post War Period: The Turner Years; 18. The End of the Line 1923-1925; 19. Final Disposition; Epilogue; Appendices; Footnotes; Bibliography; Index.
This is an extensively researched book with many b&w photos, maps (including a large fold-out map), locomotive and rolling stock roster, list of physical structures, sidings and bridges. Hard cover with dust jacket, 8.5 x 11 in., 478 pages.
Price = 49.95 USD
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