Slow Trains Down South....Daily 'cept Sunday Volume I Tapa dura - 2005

Mukilteo WA: Hundman Publishing, 2005. hardcover. fine/fine. Jim Scancarelli. 287 pages. 11 1/4 x 8 3/4 " shipping will be extra for this large and heavy book, please inquire.

Hundman Publishing. Hardcover. New. Mallory Hope Ferrell has always been intrigued by the remote, often run-down and obscure railroads. A Southerner by birth, this tome covers many of these lines during the period just before World War II until the arrival of a diesel salesman or abandonment put an end to that glorious era of steam and smoke. The Bible Belt is generally accepted as covering a sweeping, wide arc of the southeastern United States, extending from West (By Damn) Virginia to East (By God) Texas. It was in this territory that small steam powered lines lasted so long and so well. Many of these lines served a single industry, mine, quarry, cotton mill, town or sawmill. When this local industry failed, or the lumber and coal played out, these carriers simply up and quit! The few survivors opted for small diesel power, others were absorbed as a branch of a larger railroad, but most were abandoned in favor of highway transportation - or no transportation at all. Contents: acknowledgments,… Leer más

Hundman Publishing, 2005. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in dust jacket. Volume I only. Very nice grey cloth boards with titl in silver on front board and spine. Text pages are crisp and clean. Color illustrated dust jacket has some edge wear/creasing. Looks nice in new protective mylar. Always carefully wrapped and shipped in cardboard boxes to protect your purchase.

Mukilteo: Hundman Publishing, 2005. First Edition, 1st Printing . Hard Bound. Fine/Fine. Fine in fine dust jacket. AS NEW. Expertly packed for shipping.

Packages, 2005-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 2.5381 cent in x 28.4264 cent in x 21.3198 cent in.

Hundman Publishing. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. Volume 1

Mukilteo, WA: Hundman Publishing, 2005. First edition, first printing . Oblong hardcover. The "Bible Belt" is generally accepted as covering a sweeping, wide arc of the southeastern United States, extending from West (By Damn) Virginia to the piney woods of East (By God) Texas. It was in this teritory that small steam powered lines lasted so long and so well. 287 pages with numerous photographs and pen and ink illustrations by Jim Scancarelli and others. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket.

U.S.A.: Hundman Publishing, 2005. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Book is in excellent condition, as new. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows light shelf wear only, no tears. Mostly photos, almost all in b&w, with many pen and ink drawings. From the forward: The Bible Belt is generally accepted as covering a sweeping, wide arc of the southeastern United States, extending from West Virginia to East Texas. It was in this territory that small steam powered lines lasted so long and so well. Many of these lines served a single industry, mine, quarry, cotton mill, town or sawmill. When this local industry failed, or the lumber and coal played out, these carriers simply up and quit! The few survivors opted for small diesel power, others were absorbed as a branch of a larger railroad, but most were abandoned in favor of highway transportation - or no transportation at all. Chapters… Leer más

Mukilteo, Washington: Hundman Publishing, 2005. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 22.5 x 28.5 cm. Oblong. Two volume set. Volume I: "...Daily 'Cept Sunday", 287pp (2005). Volume II:"... Deep in Dixie", 225pp (2006). Black cloth in dust jackets. Extensively illustrated with black adn whtie photographs and pen and inmk sketches by Jim Scancarelli. Bit of shelf wear ot the jackets. A pictorial study of steam power on short lines and uncommon carriers of the Bible Belt in the glory years, from just prior to WWII, until abandonment or Dieselization overtook them.

Hundman Publishing. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!