Southern Railway (MBI Railroad Color History)
This illustrated account of the venerable Southern Railway is both the story of the railroad’s 88-year tenure as thetransportation force in the region and a fascinating chapter of Southern history. Author Tom Murray explores the railroad’s complex prehistory before examining its nearly nine decades of freight and passenger service, right up to its 1982 merger with Norfolk and Western to form Norfolk Southern. Financier J. P. Morgan makes an appearance in the story, which takes in points of interest such as the 21.5-mile trestle across Louisiana’s Lake Pontchartrain and legendary passenger trains like the Crescentand the Southerner.