Atlantic Coast Line Railroad

by Prince, Richard E.

• ISBN13: 9780253336941
• ISBN10: 0253336945
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-03-01
• Publisher: Indiana Univ Pr

Summary

A thorough examination of one of the South's preeminent railroads.

Author Biography

Richard E. Prince was Assistant to the General Foreman in the steam back shop and roundhouse at L & N Railroad at South Louisville Shops.

Table of Contents

Atlantic Coast Line --- Historical Sketch
Introduction	5	(1)
Weldon Route --- Early History Standard Gauge Lines in Virginia and North Carolina	6	(5)
Five-Foot Gauge Lines in the Carolinas	9	(2)
Atlantic Coast Line Prior to 1900	11	(10)
The Plant System
Henry Bradley Plant	21	(1)
Atlantic & Gulf RR	22	(3)
Savannah, Florida & Western Ry and Related Companies	25	(6)
Jacksonville, Tampa & Key West System	31	(5)
The Plant System and Its Locomotives	36	(6)
Plant Hotels and Land Grants	42	(2)
Steamboats and Ships
The Plant System	44	(11)
Indian River Steamboat Company	55	(2)
Peninsular & Occidental Steamship Company	57	(5)
Weldon Route and the Atlantic Coast Line	62	(5)
Brunswick Steamship Company	67	(4)
Subsidiary Railroads of the Coast Line
Atlanta, Birmingham & Coast RR (AB&A RR and AB&A Ry)	71	(14)
Charleston & Western Carolina Ry	85	(13)
Subsidiary Short Lines of the ACL RR	98	(7)
Atlantic Coast Line RR - The Standard Railroad of the South
History since 1900	105	(6)
Steam Locomotives of the Atlantic Coast Line RR
General Description	111	(2)
American 4-4-0 Type	113	(4)
Mogul 2-6-0 Type	117	(2)
Atlantic 4-4-2 and Columbia 2-4-2 Types	119	(3)
Copper Head Tenwheeler and Other 4-6-0 Types	122	(14)
Pacific 4-6-2 Freight and Passenger Types	136	(16)
Heavy Duty Passenger and Fast Freight Locomotives 4-8-2 Mountain and 4-8-4 Types	152	(5)
Heavy Duty and Slow Speed Freight Locomotives Consolidation 2-8-0, Mikado 2-8-2, Santa Fe 2-10-2, Russian Decapod 2-10-0, and Mastodon 4-8-0 Types	157	(13)
Switch Engines	170	(11)
Steam Freight and Passenger Trains
Passenger Service	181	(17)
Freight Service	198	(7)
Steam Locomotive Rosters and Diagrams
Locomotive Rosters	205	(21)
Locomotive Diagrams	226	(5)
Index	231