Books on the Clinchfield Railroad
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Clinchfield Railroad Books Recommendations
Here are the books I highly recommend as you explore the history and the operation of the Clinchfield Railroad. These, and many other sources, served as references for this website. Be sure and check out the Scholars and Authors pages for more background on these individuals who have chronicled the history of the region and its railroads. If you have suggestions for additional books, please drop me a note on the contact form at the bottom of the page.
The Clinchfield Railroad: The Story of a Trade Route Across the Blue Ridge Mountains, William Way, Jr., 1931
Building the Clinchfield, James A. Goforth, 1983 & 1989
https://www.easttnhistory.org/store/building-clinchfield
Clinchfield Country, Steve King, 1988
When Steam Ran the Clinchfield, James A. Goforth, 1991
A History of Railroading in Western North Carolina: Carey Franklin Poole, 1995
Erwin, Tennessee: A Pictorial History; James A. Goforth, 2004
Clinchfield In Color, C.K. Marsh, Jr, 2004
https://www.abebooks.com/Clinchfield-Color-Volume-1-Marsh-Morning/31225105941/bd
The Clinchfield Railroad in the Coal Fields, Robert A. Helm, 2004
The Railroads of Johnson City, Johnny Graybeal, 2007
http://www.tarheelpress.com/JCRR.html
The CSX Clinchfield Route in the 21st Century, Jerry Taylor & Ray Poteat, 2008
The Last Empire Builder: A Life of George Carter, Ray Stahl and Ned Irwin, 2012
The Clinchfield #1: Tennessee’s Legendary Steam Engine, Mark A. Stevens & A. J. “Alf” Peoples, 2014
Available from multiple sources
Clinchfield In Color Volume 2, Kurt Reisweber, 2020
The Black Mountain Railway, John E. Beach, 2016
http://www.tennesseerailroad.com/blackmountainrailroad.html
Clinchfield.org Sources and Resources
- Personal Maps & Memorabilia – Documents, maps and track charts that I have from the CRR, CC&O, and S&W
- Archives of Appalachia
- Book – Drury: The Historical Guide to North American Railroads
- Book – Goforth: ‘Building the Clinchfield’
- Book – Goforth: ‘When Steam Ran the Clinchfield’
- Book – Graybeal: ‘The Railroads of Johnson City’
- Book – Helm: ‘The Clinchfield Railroad in the Coal Fields’
- Book – Irwin & Stahl: ‘The Last Empire Builder: The Life of George L. Carter’
- Book – King: ‘Clinchfield Country’
- Book – Marsh: ‘Clinchfield in Color’
- Book – Poole: ‘A History of Railroading in Western North Carolina’
- Book – Poteat & Taylor: ‘The CSX Clinchfield Route in the 21st Century’
- Book – Stevens & Peoples: ‘The Clinchfield No. 1 – Tennessee’s Legendary Steam Engine’
- Book – Way: ‘The Clinchfield Railroad, the Story of a Trade Route Across the Blue Ridge Mountains’
- Article – Flanary: ‘The Quick Service Route, The Clinchfield Railroad‘
- Article – Flanary: ‘Men Against Mountains, Running Trains on the Clinchfield‘ October 2001
- Video – Ken Marsh on Kingsport area railroads and region’s history Video #1
- Video – Ken Marsh on railroads and region’s history Video #2:
- Articles – ‘Johnson City Comet‘
- Article – Scientific American: ‘The Costliest Railroad in America‘
- Article – Classic Trains: ‘Remembering the Clinchfield Railroad‘
- Article – Railway Age: ‘This Coal Road Is Also A Speedy Bridge Line,’ Sept 1, 1952 edition
- Article – ‘Railway Signaling and Communications‘
- Website – Carolana.com – North Carolina Railroads, South Carolina Railroads
- Website – StateOfFranklin.net which hosts Johnson’s Depot
- Website – RailFanGuides.us for Johnson City and for Erwin
- Website – The Radio Reference Wiki
- Website – SteamLocomotive.com
- Website – Clinchfield Railroad 1982 Track Chart at Multimodayways.org
- Website – Newspapers.com
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