Book ID: CBB760253423

Lost at Thaxton: The Dramatic True Story of Virginia's Forgotten Train Wreck (2013)

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Michael E. Jones (Author)


Thaxton Press


Publication Date: 2013
Physical Details: xiii + 215
Language: English

Written and extensively researched by the great-great grandson of the railroad section master at Thaxton, 'Lost at Thaxton' tells the forgotten true story of one of the worst railroad accidents in the history of Virginia and the people who lived and died that night.

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Review Mark Aldrich (Spring/Summer 2014) Review of "Lost at Thaxton: The Dramatic True Story of Virginia's Forgotten Train Wreck". Railroad History (p. 105). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Lester, David C.
White, John H., Jr.
Watson, J. Francis
Reevy, Tony
Goldfeder, Ron
Rhodes, Joel P.
Concepts
Railroads
Land transportation
Biographies
Railroad accidents
Locomotives, steam
Photography of railroads
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
21st century
Places
United States
Virginia (U.S.)
Philadelphia, PA
Cascade Range
Cape Girardeau, MO
Clinch River Valley (Va. and Tenn.)
Institutions
Norfolk & Western Railroad Company
Southern Railway (U.S.)
Georgia Rail Road Company
Reading Railroad
Clinchfield Railroad
Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad Company
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