<p>It's about a rail line of such brevity that a fair young day-coach passenger once argued for the duration of an entire run over whether her poodle dog should ride in the baggage car! Taking us behind scenes of vacation specials and company picinics (instant steamed clams by pipeline from the boiler of the afternoon train!) to describe Hazard-ous controversies with shippers, the New Haven, and government...as well as other switchbacks and turnouts of running a railroad family style, which nevertheless have given this short, short, short-line a long, long life as compared to others.</p>

A short haul to the bay: A history of the Narragansett Pier Railroad, (Shortline RR series)

Henwood, James N. J.

Stephen Greene Press

A Short Haul to the Bay

The Stephen Greene Press

The dawn of the 20th Century saw a new form of transportation  evolve in the United States: the interurban electric railway. These  enterprises were natural offshoots of the original, short urban trolley  lines that quickly replaced the horse car in the 1890s.  Most trolley lines lived in relative obscurity and enjoyed a few years of  prosperity, followed by decline and abandonment in the face of bus and  automotive competition. A relative handful managed to survive until the  post-World War II years and thus have attracted greater attention.  Among them was the Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Railroad. The Laurel Line,  as it was most commonly known, was unusual in several respects: It was  built to higher-than-normal standards for electric short line railroads; it  operated mostly with a third rail power system; it ran exclusively on  private rights-of-way; and it served a geographically narrow region whose  economy was heavily dependent on one industry - coal.  The Laurel Line's corporate records survived, and authors Henwood and  Muncie made the most of this historical treasure. In the book, the railroad  emerges in human terms of strife, struggle, victory and defeat. The reader  learns not only what happened, but why, and who made it happen.   All railroads are interesting if properly researched - the Laurel Line as  portrayed in this work is profoundly fascinating. Life in Pennsylvania's  anthracite region is detailed when the Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley  Railroad was fighting the good fight.

Laurel Line: An Anthracite Region Railway (Interurbans special)

Interurban Press

<p>The Laurel Line, as the L&amp;WV was most commonly known, fits the general pattern of intercity electric railways, but it was also unusual in several respects. It was built higher than normal standards for electric railroads; it operated mostly with a third rail power system; it ran exclusively on private rights-of-way; it served a geographically narron region whose economy was heavily dependent on one industry - coal; and perhaps most importantly, many of its corporate records are extant.</p>

Laurel Line: An Anthracite Region Railway

History

Muncie, John G.

Americas

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