Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis - A History of "The Dixie Line"
Subtitle: Grandpa's Road
Edition: Hardbound edition
Publisher: TLC Publishing
Published: January 27, 2003
Place of publication: USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9781883089740
Subjects: Railroads - History; Railroads - Pictorial; Transportation / Railroads / General; Transportation
Genres: American Railroad History
First sentence: The fever started innocently enough on the Eastern Seaboard of the United States.
Description: The complete history of the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway starting with its inception in 1845 through its merger into the Louisville and Nashville Railroad in 1957 and beyond.  It's the only book of its kind on this railroad.  The author's grandfather was a fireman, then engineer for the road for 43 years based out of Atlanta.  The publication of the hardbound version led to the formation of the NC&StL Railway Preservation Society, Inc. (www.ncstl.com)
Notes: A" Director's Cut" CD-ROM version of this book - 544 pages - "Grandpa's Road"  [(c) Copyright 2004 Dain Schult] is available at:

http://www.cafepress.com/dixieflyer --  This version provides twice as much information and pictures relating to this railroad in PDF form on a data disk.
Table of contents: title: Table of Contents  - CD-ROM Version · Prelude  - (Introduction to the NC&StL and its progressive accomplishments - the region of the country it served) [GPR-1]  ·	Climb Every Mountain (The beginning of the Nashville & Chattanooga RR and its eventual connection in Chattanooga with the W&A) [GPR-1]  ·	Damn Yankees (The story of the W&A and the N&NW plus the Civil War’s effects on the roads as well as the story of the General and Andrew’s Raiders) [GPR-2A-2D]  ·	Rendezvous with Destiny (Growth and recovery from the War and the Col. Cole story as he tries to construct an empire) [GPR-3]  ·	House Arrest  (The L&N stock takeover and its effects on the NC) [GPR-4]  ·	A Run in the Sun (The turn of the century and the NC facing its 50th anniversary of service and the changes that took place on and around the NC) [GPR-5A-5F]  ·	Close Enough For Government (World War I and the USRA and their effect on the NC) [GPR-6]  ·	Wipe The Clock and Pray (The tragic 1918 Nashville wreck) [GPR-7]  ·	Racing Through the Twenties (The growth and optimism of the early Twenties starts to sour even before the 1929 Stock Market Crash) [GPR-8A-8D]  ·	Economic Derailment (The Great Depression and its harsh effects on the road) [GPR-9A-9D]  ·	‘Bout Face (World War II and the rejuvenation of the road through a flood of traffic – including the ominous signs of change toward the end of the decade) [GPR –10A-10C2]  ·	Leaving So Soon?  What’s Your Rush?  (The Dixies versus the Diesels)               [GPR-11A-11F]  ·	A Day In The Life (a look at all the traffic running on each division of the NC)      [GPR-12]  ·	The March of Time (The end of an era with the L&N merger and its aftereffects)    [GPR-13A-13B]  ·	Life After Death (What became of all the NC mainlines and branch lines.  A short feature on various NC model railroad layouts that model the various divisions – Atlanta, Chattanooga and Nashville and the on-going restoration project of 576  [GPR-14A-14E] (And then all the bonus materials/chapters)