272 Pages Hardbound with over 200 illustrations on 100 pound enamel stock NC&StL was owned most of its life by the L&N before being merged in 1957. Linking the Tennessee cities in its name across the Appalachians to the Southeast, powered by workhouse Mikados, fast Pacifics and large Mountains as well as the first 4-8-4s in the South, the line had all the attributes of a great trunk line hauler. Complete, detailed, superbly researched history 1840s-1950s. A must for NC&StL and L&N fans and others interested in the South.