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Louisiana and Arkansas Railway - The Story of a Regional Line (Hardcover, New)
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Louisiana and Arkansas Railway - The Story of a Regional Line (Hardcover, New)
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The Louisiana & Arkansas Railway, known as "The Better Way,"
ran its first trains at the turn of the century and expanded over
the years to connect New Orleans to Dallas. Well-maintained and
enduringly profitable, this regional railroad succeeded because of
the tenacity of three men who consecutively oversaw all aspects of
operations. The story of the L&A is largely a collective
biography of William Edenborn, William Buchanan, and Harvey
Couch—the men who built and extended the line by shrewd
acquisitions. These successful businessmen combined wisdom,
foresight, and propensity for hard word—traits they had first
demonstrated in other careers—with their longtime love for
trains. Each applied remarkable talents for industry and commerce
toward the development of the L&A to mold it into a model
regional railroad. In this first history of the L&A, Fair
traces the line's development from the early boom days of
railroading to its dissolution in the modern era of takeovers.
Although for much of its existence the L&A operated under the
control of a parent company, the KCS, it long maintained
independence. The eventual takeover by the superline in 1992
finally dissolved the L&A entirely.
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