This book has an ISBN number 1-4208-7765-8 With this number, this book may be ordered through any book store.
The list price is $46.49.
I will have it available through my e-Bay store. Doug's Railroad Stuff
There are plenty of track plans and industry information on the maps. Great for historians or railroaders and modelers.
It will be hardback and 6"x9" in size. Special cover artwork has been
painted by the narrow gauge artist and steam locomotive engineer John Coker (Durnago & Silverton and Cumbres
& Toltec railroads).
The book will cover the Gainesville Midland, Gainesville Jefferson and Southern, Gainesville & Northwestern,
Chestatee, Gainesville & Dahlonega, Greene County, Bostwick, Walton, Monroe, and Great Walton (the Social Circle
to Monroe branch only) railroads.
The specifics of the manuscript submitted to the publisher are:
175 photos
133 maps (111 Sanborn Fire Insurance maps showing track arrangements and industries)
15 timetables
4 excerpts from the Official Railway Equipment Register
26 other items including SCL profiles, GM bill of sale to the SAL, and 1917 ICC valuation reports.
about 400 pages
about 53,000 words
Doug vV
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"The Gainesville Midland and Her Sister Short Lines"
The Gainesville, Jefferson & Southern (1872-1904) ........... identified 6 different locomotives owned by the
GJ&S
The Walton Railroad (1872-1884) ...................................... identified its one 5' gauge locomotive (pre-GJ&S)
Monroe Railroad (1904-1917) ............................................. identified its one locomotive (post-GJ&S)
Bostwick Railroad (1907-1912) ........................................... located partial info on a loco, a box
car, and a coach
The Greene County Railroad(1912-1942) ........................... identified
its 7 locomotives
The Gainesville & North Western Railroad (1912-1933) .... identified its 8 locomotives
In the G&NW chapter, I discuss the Chestatee RR ............. identified its locomotive
The Gainesville Midland Railway (1904-1936) and the Gainesville Midland Railroad (1936-1959):
I have located 39 standard gauge locomotives (all but one steam) that were related to the GM including the fact that there were two GM 100s, the first having never been delivered. I have also located rail bus references - many are probably duplicates. I also have actual freight car numbers and types that were GM when it was sold to the SAL in 1959.
Locomotive rosters and photos of the current (1976 and 2001 and 2004) conditions of the line and grades.
To examine a sample chapter of the book (this is not the final version of the chapter), please
load http://jennyvv.home.mindspring.com/Jefferson25.pdf
I may be contacted at jennycat@mindspring.com