Central of Georgia Railway and connecting lines

Definitive history of the Central of Georgia Railways and its connecting lines. Prince was a masterful historian and this books provides a fascinating and detailed look at the origins of the Central, the effect of the Civil War and Reconstruction, its locomotives and facilities, years of control by the Illinois Central, freight and passenger trains, and subsidiaries (the Wrightsville & Tennille and the Louisville and Wadley). The book also covers connecting and adjacent lines including the Savannah & Atlanta, the Georgia & Florida, the Pidcock Short Lines, the Atlanta & St. Andrews Bay, the Apalachicola Northern, the Tuskegee, and the Tennessee, Alabama, & Georgia Railway as well as the Georgia Power Co. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos. With rosters, maps, diagrams of the steam locomotives. 248 pages with index.