Southern Railroad Man

Nimrod J. Bell worked as a conductor for several southern railroads in their formative period, from 1857 to 1894. After his career was cut short by an accident, he wrote his memoirs detailing his first glimpses of some of the earliest trains in the South and his thirty-eight years as a conductor. Published in Atlanta in 1896, his book offers a firsthand account of working conditions on the railroads, operational procedures, wartime railroading, and passenger travel during Reconstruction.

Author: James A. Ward
Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
Published: 04/01/1994
Pages: 219
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.21lbs
Size: 9.27h x 6.26w x 0.89d
ISBN: 9780875801841

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