Description: Brand new, unused, shrink-wrapped copy of this amazing railroad history book published in 2003. From the back cover: Here is the revised and enlarged second edition of the history of the Lakeside & Marblehead Railroad, a seven mile Ohio shortline that began in 1886 as a sparsely traveled passenger hauler, but ended up transforming itself into one of the most profitable and interesting railroads in the country. At the beginning of the 1900’s, using 0-6-0 switch engines, the L&M consistently hauled more tonnage and earned more revenue per mile than many larger and more boastful railroads. Born in 1886, the Lakeside & Marblehead was built by investors to serve the burgeoning lime industry of Marblehead and heavy seasonal passenger traffic to Lakeside, the Marblehead Peninsula’s seasonal resort. The line had nearly perished when it was taken over by the Kelley Island Lime & Transport Company, a prosperous basic materials company that consolidated area stone quarry operations into one of the largest limestone production facilities in the world. Using the L&M and an extensive narrow-gauge stone transportation system at Marblehead, the company supported steel production by annually sending millions of tons of flux stone to furnaces across the Midwest. Although the Lakeside & Marblehead closed in 1964 and was scrapped in 1997, this book brings nearly every aspect of the line back to life and preserves it for posterity. The complete story is here: 0-6-0 switch engines, Fairbanks-Morse and McKeen gasoline motor cars, scores of Shay narrow gauge locomotives, a car ferry, the boat loading dock at Marblehead, all of the quarry’s stone production plants, accidents and collisions, and the line’s famed sharing of facilities with the Toledo, Port Clinton & Lakeside Railway electric interurban line. Created using the railroad’s original documents, this fascinating book contains more than 50,000 words of text, 130 photos from the area’s best-known railroad photographers, 45 schedules and illustrations, 13 custom maps, 11 tables of fascinating statistics, and two unique paintings, making it a definitive portrait of one of the best short railroad lines ever built.
Price: 42.95 USD
Location: Manassas, Virginia
End Time: 2024-08-17T23:31:05.000Z
Shipping Cost: 5.38 USD
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Product Type: Hardcover
Subject: Railroad History
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Features: 2nd Edition (2003)
Format: Hardcover
Item Length: 11in.
Item Height: 1in.
Item Width: 8.5in.
Language: English
Publication Year: 2003
Item Weight: 40.1 Oz
Number of Pages: 196 Pages
