Description: Forest Rails : Georgia-Pacific's Railroads, by Tedder, Pub by White River Productions, 2016, 464 pages, hardcovers. "Forest Rails is a story of railroads and the role they played in the growth of Georgia-Pacific, a major forest products company. From the early beginnings, railroads have been absolutely essential in the delivery of raw materials and shipment of finished products of the forests. Such was the case with Georgia-Pacific's railroads. Just as man does not live on bread alone, railroads could not survive without freight to haul. Thus it is necessary for this story to also tell the parallel stories of G-P's acquisitions that included the railroads. Georgia-Pacific aptly described itself as the growth company over the years. Beginning in 1927 as a small lumber dealer, the company grew in the last half of the 20th century to become one of the leading manufacturers and distributors of forest products. Georgia-Pacific's phenomenal growth was mainly through acquisitions of existing companies which included extensive railroad logging and shortline railroad operations. By 1900 lumbermen had recognized the efficiency of a steel wheel on a steel rail and the number of logging railroads grew rapidly. The coming of the railroads freed lumbermen from being tied to the river banks and dependency on weather conditions. Railroad logging could be operated year round with little or no interruptions from the weather. Railroads also made large areas of timber accessible that could not have been logged before." Chapters include: Chapter 1: Forest Rails, An Introduction Chapter 2: Logging the Coast Range C.D. Johnson Lumber Corporation Coos Bay Lumber Company Hammond Lumber Company Chapter 3: Early West Coast Short Lines Feather River Railway Oregon, Pacific & Eastern Chapter 4: Logging the Appalachians W.M. Ritter Lumber Company Meadow River Lumber Company Chapter 5: Crossett-Watzek-Gates Eagle Lumber Company Gates Lumber Company Jackson Lumber Company Grant Lumber Company Fordyce & Princeton Ashley, Drew & Northern Arkansas, Louisiana & Mississippi Crossett Western Company Chapter 6: Southern Short Lines Brimstone Railroad Carolina Western Swamp Logging in the Carolinas Chapter 7: California Short Lines California Western Amador Central Chapter 8: Mississippi Branch Lines The Valley Line The Columbia Route The Soso Line Chapter 9: Great Northern-Nekoosa Valdosta Southern Marinette, Tomahawk & Western Chattahoochee Industrial Railroad Old Augusta Chapter 10: Uncommon Carriers Columbia & Silver Creek Woodland, Maine, Rail Operations Port Edwards-Nekoosa Intermill Blue Rapids Railway Chapter 11: The Invisible Railroads Mill and Plant Switchers Rail Car Fleets Chapter 12: Survivors Moscow, Camden & San Augustine Chapter 13: Locomotive rosters Books is in very good++ condition. Dust jacket has a minor corner bend. Book itself is excellent. Dust jacket has bee placed in a mylar protector. Heavy media rate postage is $10.00 in the USA. It will be shipped in a sturdy reinforced box.
Price: 49.95 USD
Location: Medford, New Jersey
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Year: 2016
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