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7/31/2019 Railroad Brochure 2012 http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/railroad-brochure-2012 1/2 on the RAILS On Railways FaR away William D. miDDleton H. RogeR gRant RailRoads   a n d t H e   AmericAn PeoPle Railroads and the American People H. Roger Grant How railroads transormed the lives o Americans “Is it necessary to comment on an established author such as Roger Grant. Heavens, he is a fne scholar and writes better than Hemingway!” —John White, author o The American Railroad Passenger Car  Railroads Past and Present cloth 978-0-253-00633-2 $40.00 ebook 978-0-253-00637-0 $34.99  Rail Roads of  Meridian  wit h c ont Ri but ion s by david h. bRidges  and david s. PRice  J. Pk Lmb Railroads of Meridian  J. Parker Lamb With contributions by David H. Bridges and David S. Price The history o a Mississippi town’s rail systems This generously illustrated narrative ollows the evolution o dozens o railroads in the Meridian, Mississippi area, rom the destruction o the town’s rail acilities in the 1850s, through the current era o large-scale consolida- tion, and oering o the shortest rail route across the continent or Asia-US-Europe transportation. “An excellent contribution to the history o railroads in the South. Southern railroading in general has been a chronically neglected subject.” —Herbert H. Harwood,  Jr., author o The Railroad That Never Was: Vanderbilt, Morgan, and the South Pennsylvania Railroad  Railroads Past and Present cloth 978-0-253-00592-2 $50.00 ebook 978-0-253-00596-0 $42.99 The Indiana Rail Road Company  America’s New Regional Railroad Revised and Expanded Edition Christopher Rund, Fred W. Frailey, and Eric Powell The ascinating tale o Indiana’s thriving regional railroad This compelling account chronicles the development o Indiana’s thriving regional railroad rom its origin as part o America’s frst land grant railroad, to its recent rebirth as a robust, model profta carrier. “Simultaneously a history o U.S. railroad industry and the biography o Hoback, this is an engrossing cultural and econo overview o how the aching railroad industry can be re-aligne as a viable backbone o the U.S. economy.” —Nuvo  Railroads Past and Present cloth 978-0-253-35695-6 $39.95 On Railways Far Away William D. Middleton Travels with a master railroad photographer In this lavishly illustrated memoir, William D. Middleton invites readers to climb aboard and share with him 60 years o railroad tourism around the globe through over 200 o his avorite photographs and t personal stories behind the images. “Few American chroniclers o the international railroad scene have shown the versatility and insight o William D. Middleton. As an author and a photographer (not to mention a proessional engineer), he demonstrated an uncanny ability to connect all the dots in railroading, rom all corners o the world. In book he does it with an inimitable personal touch.” —Kevin P. Keee, Publisher, Classic Trains magazi “William D. Middleton will go down as the only producer o popular railroad history . . . who was ab present such a broad coverage o railways during his lietime. To my way o thinking, there has never a person with his wide range o talents (as a researcher, writer, and photographer), his personal disci to be a steady producer o historical publications, and his unrivaled zeal to record railroad activity in interesting spots around the globe. Many have excelled in one or even two o these categories, but no has ever come close to his overall record. It will take a generation or the breadth, depth, and signifca o his total contribution to be appreciated.“ —J. Parker Lamb, author o Railroads of Meridian (IUP, 20  Railroads Past and Present cloth 978-0-253-00591-5 $60.00 ebook 978-0-253-00594-6 $55.99  Join our mail or email list and save 30% on your next online order. www.iupress.indiana.edu

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on the RAILS

On Ra ilwa ys Fa R a wa y  W i l l i a m D . m i D D l e t o n

H. RogeR gRant

RailRoads    an d tHe  

 AmericAn

PeoPle

Railroads and the American PeopleH. Roger Grant

How railroads transormed the lives o Americans“Is it necessary to comment on an established authorsuch as Roger Grant. Heavens, he is a fne scholarand writes better than Hemingway!” —John White,author o The American Railroad Passenger Car 

 Railroads Past and Present 

cloth 978-0-253-00633-2 $40.00ebook 978-0-253-00637-0 $34.99

 R a i l R o a d s o f 

Meridian

 wit h c ont Ri but ion s by  david h. bR idges  and david s. PR ice

 J. Pk Lmb

Railroads of Meridian J. Parker LambWith contributions by David H. Bridgesand David S. Price

The history o a Mississippi town’s rail systemsThis generously illustrated narrative ollows the evolutiono dozens o railroads in the Meridian, Mississippi area,rom the destruction o the town’s rail acilities in the1850s, through the current era o large-scale consolida-tion, and oering o the shortest rail route across thecontinent or Asia-US-Europe transportation.

“An excellent contribution to the history o railroads inthe South. Southern railroading in general has been a

chronically neglected subject.” —Herbert H. Harwood, Jr., author o The Railroad That Never Was: Vanderbilt,Morgan, and the South Pennsylvania Railroad 

 Railroads Past and Present 

cloth 978-0-253-00592-2 $50.00

ebook 978-0-253-00596-0 $42.99

The Indiana Rail Road Company America’s New Regional Railroad 

Revised and Expanded EditionChristopher Rund, Fred W. Frailey, and Eric Powell

The ascinating tale o Indiana’s thriving regional railroadThis compelling account chronicles the development o Indiana’sthriving regional railroad rom its origin as part o America’s frstland grant railroad, to its recent rebirth as a robust, model proftacarrier.

“Simultaneously a history o U.S. railroad industry and thebiography o Hoback, this is an engrossing cultural and econooverview o how the aching railroad industry can be re-aligneas a viable backbone o the U.S. economy.” —Nuvo 

 Railroads Past and Present 

cloth 978-0-253-35695-6 $39.95

On Railways Far AwayWilliam D. Middleton

Travels with a master railroad photographerIn this lavishly illustrated memoir, William D. Middleton invites readers to climb aboard and share withhim 60 years o railroad tourism around the globe through over 200 o his avorite photographs and tpersonal stories behind the images.

“Few American chroniclers o the international railroad scene have shown the versatility and insight o

William D. Middleton. As an author and a photographer (not to mention a proessional engineer), hedemonstrated an uncanny ability to connect all the dots in railroading, rom all corners o the world. Inbook he does it with an inimitable personal touch.” —Kevin P. Keee, Publisher, Classic Trains magazi

“William D. Middleton will go down as the only producer o popular railroad history . . . who was abpresent such a broad coverage o railways during his lietime. To my way o thinking, there has never a person with his wide range o talents (as a researcher, writer, and photographer), his personal discito be a steady producer o historical publications, and his unrivaled zeal to record railroad activity ininteresting spots around the globe. Many have excelled in one or even two o these categories, but nohas ever come close to his overall record. It will take a generation or the breadth, depth, and signifcao his total contribution to be appreciated.“ —J. Parker Lamb, author o Railroads of Meridian (IUP, 20

 Railroads Past and Present 

cloth 978-0-253-00591-5 $60.00ebook 978-0-253-00594-6 $55.99

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