The Southern Railway: Further Recollections

by C. Pat Cates, Dick Hillman, Sallie Loy, Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History, Southern Railway Historical Association

2005 · Arcadia Publishing

Following on the heels of Images of Rail: The Southern Railway, this volume takes a more detailed look at a historic railroad that has served the South for over 100 years and continues to serve as the Norfolk Southern Railway. Included in these pages are stories of bravery in war andingenuity in peace. From 1942 to 1945, the 727th Railway Operating Battalion'sponsored by the Southern Railway'served in North Africa and up the spine of Italy into Germany. The courageous unit received a citation from Gen. George S. Patton for its involvement in the Sicily Campaign.