Clarksville

New Book to Highlight History of the Indiana, Alabama & Texas Railroad

July 1, 2020 Railfanning.org News Wire

“A Brief History of the Indiana, Alabama & Texas Railroad,” published by The DeFeo Groupe, an Atlanta-based content creation firm and publisher of Railfanning.org, focuses on the development and operation of the railroad, including the decade before the railroad formally formed. The book will be available starting in August.

Streetcars in Clarksville, Tennessee, the Focus of New Book

June 15, 2020 Railfanning.org

A new book will highlight the history of streetcars in Clarksville, Tennessee. “A Faster Means of Locomotion: A Brief History of Streetcars in Clarksville, Tennessee” will be available starting in August.

The Road to the Memphis, Clarksville & Louisville Railroad

May 29, 2020 Todd DeFeo

The movement to develop railroads in the Volunteer State dates to January 1830, when the state Senate approved a measure to support state aid for internal improvements.

Slippery Tracks Led to 1926 Louisville & Nashville Train, Clarksville Street Car Crash

April 17, 2020 Todd DeFeo

On the evening of Oct. 2, 1926, motorman George Hogue threw on the brakes of Citizens’ Railway Co. streetcar No. 5 as it passed the crossing at Commerce and Tenth streets in Clarksville, Tennessee.

The Start of Streetcars in Clarksville, Tennessee

February 7, 2020 Todd DeFeo

The Middle Tennessee city of Clarksville once had a fairly robust network of streetcars. The system ran for more than four decades before it ultimately ceased operations during the 1920s.

Crossing the Cumberland

January 17, 2020 Todd DeFeo

By all accounts, August 6, 1860, started as a typical Monday. But, by the time Benjamin Bartle eased the locomotive W. B. Munford onto the bridge crossing the Cumberland River in Clarksville, Tennessee, he was entering the annals of history. His train was the first to cross the bridge, a major hurdle in building a vital portion of the rail line linking Memphis and Louisville.

Remembering historic railroads: The Memphis, Clarksville and Louisville

Looking Back at the Budds Creek Railroad Disaster 153 Years Later

DeFeo Presents on Indiana, Alabama & Texas Railroad

Feds Give $2.2 Million for Cumberland River Bridge Rehabilitation and Automation