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  • The Little Rock & Fort Smith Railway
    Barton Jennings
    The Little Rock & Fort Smith Railway was one of the first railroads to be planned in Arkansas, and soon became a part of an effort to parallel the Arkansas River with an all-weather transportation system, The Arkansas Valley Route. While the railroad took 20 years to build, it quickly attracted the attention of the Gould interests, who acquired it and made it a core part of the...
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    35,44 €

  • The Solgohachia Murders
    Barton Jennings
    While few people might know where Solgohachia is, the murders there in 1915 put it on the map, almost destroyed a family, and impacted laws and trials across the United States.The Fryer family was a typically large rural family living near a small Arkansas community. While maintaining their farm, they also held local positions such as postmaster and justice of the peace. Howeve...
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    18,74 €

  • Iowa Northern Railway
    Barton Jennings
    On December 6, 2023, Canadian National announced that it had signed and closed an agreement to acquire Iowa Northern Railway (IANR), a railroad started on August 7, 1981, by shippers on a recently closed route of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific. Starting as a selection of isolated routes used to keep grain moving for a few elevators, by 2023 the IANR operated approximately 2...
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    19,90 €

  • The Little Rock
    Barton Jennings
    One of the least-known parts of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad was its New Orleans line, a part of the Louisiana Division. No, the line never reached New Orleans, but it did reach the bauxite, timber, and agricultural products of South Arkansas and North Louisiana. With the addition of the former passenger-heavy line to Hot Springs, Arkansas, these lines became The...
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    36,80 €

  • The Heavener Sub
    Barton Jennings
    The Heavener Subdivision (210 miles of railroad track from Pittsburg, Kansas, to Heavener, Oklahoma) is a favorite line among many rail enthusiasts. It passes through the Ozark Mountains, a major attraction for railfans, but a major challenge for railroaders. A combination of heavy traffic, country scenes, and small towns allows those who follow the line to get to know it ...
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    26,78 €

  • The Railroads of U.S. Sugar
    Barton Jennings
    The United States Sugar Corporation owns and operates two different railroad operations in the Lake Okeechobee area of South Florida. One is the South Central Florida Express, a shortline railroad that operates between Sebring and Fort Pierce, Florida. This railroad includes track once owned by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, and trackage leased from the Florida East Coa...
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    23,44 €

  • The Choctaw Route
    Barton Jennings
    The Rock Island Railroad is one of those railroads that many have heard about, but few know the details. In particular, little information is available about the southern routes of this large granger system.   One of these was the Choctaw Route, almost 900 miles of mainline from the Old South at Memphis, Tennessee, to the Wild Southwest at Tucumcari, New Mexico. The Choctaw ...
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    30,22 €

  • Idaho’s Payette River Railroads
    Barton Jennings
    This book is for those who want to know more about the Payette and Idaho Northern branches of the Oregon Short Line, later Union Pacific, and today the Idaho Northern & Pacific Railroad. It is based upon a route history written for an all-day exploration of the railroad between Payette and Cascade, conducted using a charter passenger train, and helps to answer the question 'Whe...
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    16,11 €

  • Missouri & North Arkansas Railroad
    Barton Jennings
    This book is written for those who want to know more about the historic Missouri & North Arkansas Railroad. Published 70 years after the railroad’s abandonment in 1949, it provides a description of the railroad’s route and answers the questions “where are we and what once happened here?” The Missouri & North Arkansas took numerous railroads to create, and finished broken up int...
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    21,36 €

  • Oregon's Joseph Branch
    Barton Jennings
    This book is written for those who want to know more about railroading's historic Joseph Branch in Oregon. It helps to answer the questions of train passengers who ask, 'Where are we and what once happened here?' The Joseph Branch began as an effort to reach the farms and forests along the Grande Ronde River, and eventually reached deep into the Wallowa Mountains at Joseph,...
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    14,12 €

  • Arkansas & Missouri Railroad
    Barton Jennings
    This route guide provides a mile by mile description of the route of the Arkansas & Missouri Railroad, along with information about the history of the railroad and the area. Includes an equipment roster and radio frequencies used by the railroad. ...
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    12,07 €