| Description |
1 online resource (x, 162 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Railroads past & present
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Railroads past and present.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Antebellum beginnings -- A new start -- A new century -- Entrepreneur extraordinaire -- Roller-coaster ride -- A tumultuous decade -- Coming of age -- Postwar metamorphosis -- More changes -- Another renaissance -- Epilogue. |
| Summary |
This generously illustrated narrative follows the evolution of dozens of separate railroads in the Meridian, Mississippi, area from the destruction of the town's rail facilities in the 1850s through the current era of large-scale consolidation. Presently, there are only seven mega-size rail systems in the United States, three of which serve Meridian, making it an important junction on one of the nation's four major transcontinental routes. The recent creation of a nationally prominent high-speed freight line between Meridian and Shreveport, the "Meridian Speedway," has allowed the Union Pacifi. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Railroads -- Mississippi -- Meridian -- History.
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Railroads. |
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Mississippi -- Meridian. |
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History. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Bridges, David H.
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Price, David S.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Lamb, J. Parker. Railroads of Meridian. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2012 9780253005922 (DLC) 2012005229 (OCoLC)752072606 |
| ISBN |
9780253005960 (electronic book) |
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0253005965 (electronic book) |
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9780253005922 |
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0253005922 |
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1280772581 |
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9781280772580 |
| Standard No. |
9786613683359 |
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