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American Passenger Trains And Locomotives Illustrated

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Author : Mark Wegman
language : en
Publisher: Voyageur Press
Release Date : 2008-11-15

American Passenger Trains And Locomotives Illustrated written by Mark Wegman and has been published by Voyageur Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-11-15 with Transportation categories.

The period from the 1890s to the mid-1950s is generally considered the “golden era� of passenger rail travel in America. It was a time of celebrated locomotives and luxurious passenger service, a time when rail technology saw its greatest advances and railroads became the nation’s favored mode of transportation. These glory years come alive in American Passenger Trains and Locomotives Illustrated, 1889–1971. For this volume, author and illustrator Mark Wegman has researched original railroad drawings and in some cases even paint chips to render more than 160 profiles, front and top views, and interior layouts depicting the steam, diesel, and electric locomotives, along with passenger cars, of three dozen of the nation’s most celebrated trains of the golden age. Accompanying the author’s drawings are histories of each train, period photographs, postcards, menus, luggage stickers, vintage print ads, and detailed captions. The book is a lavishly appointed journey back in time to the bygone heyday of passenger-train travel.

The American Passenger Train

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Author : Mike Schafer
language : en
Publisher: Motorbooks International
Release Date : 2001

The American Passenger Train written by Mike Schafer and has been published by Motorbooks International this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Transportation categories.

From the Santa Fe "Super Chief" to modern Amtrak high-speed intercity services, this sprawling photographic history rambles through two centuries of passenger trains and presents a wealth of archival imagery and period color photos. 200 illustrations, 150 in color.

Rails Across Dixie

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Author : Jim Cox
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2010-11-17

Rails Across Dixie written by Jim Cox and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11-17 with Transportation categories.

Covering legendary and obscure intercity passenger trains in a dozen Southeastern states, this book details the golden age of train travel. The story begins with the inception of steam locomotives in 1830 in Charleston, South Carolina, continuing through the mid-1930s changeover to diesel and the debut of Amtrak in 1971 to the present. Throughout, the book explores the technological achievements, the romance and the economic impact of traveling on the tracks. Other topics include contemporary museums and excursion trains; the development of commuter rails, monorails, light rails, and other intracity transit trains; the social impact of train travel; and historical rail terminals and facilities. The book is supplemented with more than 160 images and 10 appendices.

The American Railroad Passenger Car

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Author : John H. White
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 1985

The American Railroad Passenger Car written by John H. White and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Railroad passenger cars categories.

Hailed since its publication as the definitive - and most opulent - book on the subject, The American Railroad Passenger Car is now made available in an unabridged two-part softcover edition.

All Aboard

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Author : Phillip H. Ault
language : en
Publisher: Dodd Mead
Release Date : 1976

All Aboard written by Phillip H. Ault and has been published by Dodd Mead this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.

Traces the history of the passenger train in the United States. Anecdotes describe travel on a number of well-known runs.

Amtrak America S Railroad

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Author : Geoffrey H. Doughty
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2021-09-07

Amtrak America S Railroad written by Geoffrey H. Doughty and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-07 with Transportation categories.

Discover the story of Amtrak, America's Railroad, 50 years in the making. In 1971, in an effort to rescue essential freight railroads, the US government founded Amtrak. In the post–World War II era, aviation and highway development had become the focus of government policy in America. As rail passenger services declined in number and in quality, they were simultaneously driving many railroads toward bankruptcy. Amtrak was intended to be the solution. In Amtrak, America's Railroad: Transportation's Orphan and Its Struggle for Survival, Geoffrey H. Doughty, Jeffrey T. Darbee, and Eugene E. Harmon explore the fascinating history of this popular institution and tell a tale of a company hindered by its flawed origin and uneven quality of leadership, subjected to political gamesmanship and favoritism, and mired in a perpetual philosophical debate about whether it is a business or a public service. Featuring interviews with former Amtrak presidents, the authors examine the current problems and issues facing Amtrak and their proposed solutions. Created in the absence of a comprehensive national transportation policy, Amtrak manages to survive despite inherent flaws due to the public's persistent loyalty. Amtrak, America's Railroad is essential reading for those who hope to see another fifty years of America's railroad passenger service, whether they be patrons, commuters, legislators, regulators, and anyone interested in railroads and transportation history.

American Passenger Trains

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Author : Patrick Dorin
language : en
Publisher: Enthusiast Books
Release Date : 2009-05-15

American Passenger Trains written by Patrick Dorin and has been published by Enthusiast Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-05-15 with Transportation categories.

Passenger Trains played an important role in the growth of traveling across America or to the nearest city—the height of its service after WWII until the start up of Amtrak. This book provides railroad hobbyists, historians, museum operators, and transportation instructors and planners with information about the types of train services and operations in various corridors, such as Chicago – Milwaukee; the overnight and daytime long distance service; transcontinental trains, and the various types of local trains on both main lines and branch lines. The book reviews the types of sleeping car, coach, parlor car, food and beverage services available at that time. The equipment and service such as vista dome coaches, dining and lounge cars with many types of meals and beverages, sleeping accommodations and coach seats including reclining and leg rests were drawing cards for passenger traffic. This historic review, including train schedules and advertisements, provides information on train consists which is valuable for creating model railroad layout size trains.

Complete Book Of North American Railroading

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Author : Kevin EuDaly
language : en
Publisher: Voyageur Press
Release Date : 2009-07-15

Complete Book Of North American Railroading written by Kevin EuDaly and has been published by Voyageur Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-07-15 with Transportation categories.

The year 1827 marked the completion of the United States’ first railroad--and the beginning of a transformation of American life. This book, spanning nearly two centuries, offers an exhilarating tour of the railways’ inroads into the economy, society, and culture of North America. Illustrated with more than 400 historical and modern photographs and period advertisements, The Complete Book of North American Railroading takes readers back to the birth of the railroads, then travels through the “Golden Age” from 1900 to 1950 and on to the railways of our day. Locomotives, from steam to electric and diesel; passenger travel; freight operations; and infrastructure, including stations, bridges, depots, roundhouse, railyards, and signaling are all thoroughly examined and amply illustrated. Authors Kevin EuDaly and Mike Schafer delve into the history, the culture, and the technology of the railroads as they have carried travelers across the continent, brought goods to market, connected businesses in peacetime and war, and enriched the canon of American folklore and the quality of everyday life.

The Steamliners

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Author : Kevin J. Holland
language : en
Publisher: TLC Publishing (VA)
Release Date : 2002

The Steamliners written by Kevin J. Holland and has been published by TLC Publishing (VA) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Locomotives categories.

More than just a review of streamlined steam locomotives in North America, this lal new book examines the metamorphosis of the steam locomotive as passenger trains evolved from the traditional heavyweight limieds of the 1920s to the sleek streamlines of the 1930s, 1940s and early 1950s. Famous Stream-Liners, including the NYC's 1938 20th Century Limited and PRR's Broadway Limited, the Milwaukee Road's Hiawathas, B&O's Cincinnatian, Southern Pacific's Daylights, and Reading's vest-poker Crusader, are but some of the trains detailed from a motive-power perspective, as are the more home-grown locomotive strealining effforts undertaken by roads such as Fisco, Louisville & Nashville, Southern, Chesapeake & Ohio, Santa Fe, Union Pacific, Burlington and many others across the US and Canada. Streamliners pulled by conventional steam locomotives are also represented.

Waiting On A Train

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Author : James McCommons
language : en
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
Release Date : 2009-11-06

Waiting On A Train written by James McCommons and has been published by Chelsea Green Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-11-06 with Travel categories.

During the tumultuous year of 2008--when gas prices reached $4 a gallon, Amtrak set ridership records, and a commuter train collided with a freight train in California--journalist James McCommons spent a year on America's trains, talking to the people who ride and work the rails throughout much of the Amtrak system. Organized around these rail journeys, Waiting on a Train is equal parts travel narrative, personal memoir, and investigative journalism. Readers meet the historians, railroad executives, transportation officials, politicians, government regulators, railroad lobbyists, and passenger-rail advocates who are rallying around a simple question: Why has the greatest railroad nation in the world turned its back on the very form of transportation that made modern life and mobility possible? Distrust of railroads in the nineteenth century, overregulation in the twentieth, and heavy government subsidies for airports and roads have left the country with a skeletal intercity passenger-rail system. Amtrak has endured for decades, and yet failed to prosper owing to a lack of political and financial support and an uneasy relationship with the big, remaining railroads. While riding the rails, McCommons explores how the country may move passenger rail forward in America--and what role government should play in creating and funding mass-transportation systems. Against the backdrop of the nation's stimulus program, he explores what it will take to build high-speed trains and transportation networks, and when the promise of rail will be realized in America.