LEADER 02711nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910824173803321 005 20230605164453.0 010 $a1-280-77258-1 010 $a9786613683359 010 $a0-253-00596-5 035 $a(CKB)2670000000207388 035 $a(EBL)816855 035 $a(OCoLC)795895462 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000678884 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11930453 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000678884 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10729138 035 $a(PQKB)11697580 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC816855 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse18222 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL816855 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10571229 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL368335 035 $a(OCoLC)801409285 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000207388 100 $a20120314h20122012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aRailroads of Meridian /$fJ. Parker Lamb, with contributions by David H. Bridges and David S. Price 210 1$aBloomington :$cIndiana University Press,$d2012. 210 4$aŠ2012 215 $a1 online resource (x, 162 pages) $cillustrations (some color), maps 225 1 $aRailroads past and present 311 0 $a0-253-00592-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aAntebellum beginnings -- A new start -- A new century -- Entrepreneur extraordinaire -- Roller-coaster ride -- A tumultuous decade -- Coming of age -- Postwar metamorphosis -- More changes -- Another renaissance -- Epilogue. 330 $aThis generously illustrated narrative follows the evolution of dozens of separate railroads in the Meridian, Mississippi, area from the destruction of the town's rail facilities in the 1850's through the current era of large-scale consolidation. Presently, there are only seven mega-size rail systems in the United States, three of which serve Meridian, making it an important junction on one of the nation's four major transcontinental routes. The recent creation of a nationally prominent high-speed freight line between Meridian and Shreveport, the ""Meridian Speedway,"" has allowed the Union 410 0$aRailroads past and present. 606 $aRailroads$zMississippi$zMeridian$xHistory 607 $aMississippi$xHistory 615 0$aRailroads$xHistory. 676 $a385.09762/677 700 $aLamb$b J. Parker$01175137 701 $aBridges$b David H$01668947 701 $aPrice$b David S$0249960 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910824173803321 996 $aRailroads of Meridian$94029911 997 $aUNINA