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Louisiana and Arkansas Railway: The Story of a Regional Line Hardback - 1997
by James R. Fair
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The Louisiana & Arkansas Railway, known as "The Better Way", ran its first trains at the turn of the century and expanded over the years to connect New Orleans to Dallas. Well-maintained and enduringly profitable, this regional railroad succeeded because of the tenacity of three men who consecutively oversaw all aspects of operations. The story of L&A is largely a collective biography of William Edenborn, William Buchanan, and Harvey Couch - the men who built and extended the line by shrewd acquisitions. These successful businessmen combined wisdom, foresight, and propensity for hard work - traits they had first demonstrated in other careers - with their longtime love for trains. Each applied remarkable talents for industry and commerce toward the development of L&A to mold it into a model regional railroad. In this first history of the L&A, Fair traces the line's development from the early boom days of railroading to its dissolution in the modern era of takeovers. Although for much of its existence the L&A operated under the control of a parent company, the KCS, it long maintained independence. The eventual takeover by the superline in 1992 finally dissolved the L&A entirely.
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- Title Louisiana and Arkansas Railway: The Story of a Regional Line
- Author James R. Fair
- Binding Hardback
- Edition 1st Edition
- Pages 171
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Northern Illinois University Press, DeKalb, IL
- Publication date 1997-10-01
- Features Bibliography, Index, Maps
- ISBN 9780875802190 / 0875802192
- Weight 1.95 lbs (0.88 kg)
- Dimensions 11.07 x 8.51 x 0.66 in (28.12 x 21.62 x 1.68 cm)
- Age range 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Deep South
- Cultural Region: Gulf Coast
- Cultural Region: Mid-South
- Cultural Region: Southeast U.S.
- Cultural Region: South
- Geographic Orientation: Arkansas
- Geographic Orientation: Louisiana
- Category Transportation
- Library of Congress subjects Louisiana and Arkansas Railway Co, Railroads - Louisiana
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 96053960
- Dewey Decimal Code 385.097
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