Description

The greater Cincinnati area was one of the country’s early rail centers in the 1800s. From steam engines to containers, there was no shortage of inventors, innovators and entrepreneurs throughout the area’s rail history.

“On The Right Track” covers the pioneer mechanics, the city’s first rial line, The little Miami Railroad, narrow gauge lines including the Cincinnati and Westwood Railroad, the College Hill Railroad and the Mt. Lookout Dummy line and one of the most successful City owned and created rail line in the country, the Cincinnati Southern Railway.
This volume is rich with visual images including photographs, maps, period engravings, illustrated scenes and events worth remembering. Included is a time line of important dates, a Bibliography and Index.

About the author John H. White Jr.
John H. White Jr. is a Cincinnati native who studied history at Miami University. In 1958 he began a 32-year career at the Smithsonian Institution where he worked as a Curator, Department Chairman and Senior Historian.

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