The Louisville and Nashville Railroad, 1850-1963 Book

	Foreword to the 2000 Edition	vii
	Author's Note	ix
Chapter I	An Acorn is Planted	1
Chapter II	Behind the Blueprints	6
Chapter III	Wresting a Passageway	11
Chapter IV	The Course is Shaped	15
Chapter V	First Through Train	20
Chapter VI	Mars in the Ascendant	29
Chapter VII	Recovery from War	39
Chapter VIII	Southward to Coal and Iron	45
Chapter IX	Yellow Jack and Teredos	53
Chapter X	Coke Feeds the Furnace	62
Chapter XI	Presidential Parade	67
Chapter XII	Changing the Rail Gauge	76
Chapter XIII	Growth in Mining Areas	84
Chapter XIV	Entering the Cumberlands	91
Chapter XV	Expanding Services	100
Chapter XVI	Builders and Wreckers	108
Chapter XVII	More Bluegrass Pastures	114
Chapter XVIII	Alabama Steel	120
Chapter XIX	Consolidation Maneuvers	127
Chapter XX	Nashville's New Station	135
Chapter XXI	Southward--to Georgia	144
Chapter XXII	New Fields of Usefulness	151
Chapter XXIII	L'Affaire Gates--Hawley	160
Chapter XXIV	Shop Talk	164
Chapter XXV	Y's and Otherwise	169
Chapter XXVI	A Look at Eastern Kentucky	178
Chapter XXVII	North Fork Extension	187
Chapter XXVIII	Harlan County Coal	199
Chapter XXIX	Adjustment to War	207
Chapter XXX	Federal Control	214
Chapter XXXI	War's Aftermath	223
Chapter XXXII	An Era Ends	230
Chapter XXXIII	We Mend Our "Ways"	238
Chapter XXXIV	Belt-Tightening	247
Chapter XXXV	Water on the Track	256
Chapter XXXVI	War Again!	266
Chapter XXXVII	World War II Years	274
Chapter XXXVIII	The First Century Ends	282
Chapter XXXIX	First Ten--Second Hundred	290
Chapter XL	Into the Space Age	304
Appendix I	From Wood to Steel	328
Appendix II	"Varnish" Train Ensemble	337
Appendix III	L. & N. Motive Power	349
Appendix IV	L. & N. Roadway and Track	367
	Presidents of the L. & N	385
	Railroads Acquired, Leased or Constructed	388
	In Grateful Acknowledgment	389
	Indices	390