路易斯维尔和纳什维尔铁路，1850-1963年

1850年路易斯维尔和纳什维尔铁路建成时，它是西部第一条主要铁路，也是唯一一条总部设在肯塔基州的铁路。20世纪，L&N铁路发展成为美国主要的铁路系统之一，从五大湖到俄亥俄河谷，再到佛罗里达州和墨西哥湾沿岸。Kincaid Herr在路易斯维尔和纳什维尔工作了40多年，这本书最初是他在1939年至1942年间为L&N杂志撰写的一系列文章。经过20世纪40年代和50年代的多次印刷，第五版于1964年出版，经过全面修订和更新。20世纪50年代，人们不情愿地放弃了旧蒸汽机（L&N是一条主要的运煤铁路），转而使用柴油机。在20世纪50年代末和60年代初，铁路在南方经历了巨大的扩张，那里的经济正受到新工业的推动。煤炭、汽车、邮件和乘客都指望L&N能把他们带到这个地区。赫尔追溯了一个多世纪以来L&N系统的发展和扩张，并介绍了重要的公司人物，如L&N的长期总裁米尔顿·史密斯。南部联盟袭击者约翰·亨特·摩根和铁路强盗莫里斯·斯莱特也在这部娱乐历史中找到了自己的位置。四个附录的主题从用于建造火车的材料到乘客设备，再到动力，这四个附录将完整但容易理解的描述进行了总结。即使这些年过去了，这本书仍然是《老可靠》在世界各地众多粉丝眼中简洁、生动的历史。
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad, 1850-1963
When the Louisville and Nashville Railroad was founded in 1850, it was the first major railroad in the west, and the only one headquartered in Kentucky. In the twentieth century, the L&N grew into one of the nation’s major rail systems, reaching from the Great Lakes to the Ohio River Valley and down to Florida and the Gulf Coast. Kincaid Herr worked for the Louisville and Nashville for more than forty years, and this book originated as a series of articles that he wrote for L&N Magazine between 1939 and 1942. After various printings through the 1940s and ’50s, this fifth edition, completely revised and updated, was released in 1964. The 1950s saw the reluctant abandonment of the old steam engine (the L&N was a major coal-carrying railroad) in favor of the diesel. During the late 1950s and early 60s, the railroad experienced significant expansion in the South, where the economy was being fueled by new industry. Coal, automobiles, mail, and passengers all counted on the L&N to get them around the region. Herr traces the development and expansion of the L&N system over a century and profiles important company figures, such as longtime L&N president Milton Smith. Confederate raider John Hunt Morgan and railroad bandit Morris Slater also find their place in this entertaining history. Four appendices on topics ranging from the materials used to build trains to passenger equipment to motive power round out the complete, but accessible, account. Even after all these years, this volume remains the concise, illustrated history of “The Old Reliable” for its many fans around the world.

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