Poor's Manual of the Railroads of the United States

Poor's Manual of the Railroads of the United States
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1244
Release: 1917
Genre: Railroads
ISBN:

With an appendix containing a full analysis of the debts of the United States, the several states, municipalities etc.; also statements of street railway and traction companies, industrial corporations, etc.

A Railroad Atlas of the United States in 1946

A Railroad Atlas of the United States in 1946
Author: Richard C. Carpenter
Publisher: JHU Press
Total Pages: 376
Release: 2003
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780801873317

Little now remains of the vast network of passenger and freight railroad lines that once crisscrossed much of eastern and midwestern America, but in 1946, the steam locomotive was king. This is a record of a time when traveling out of town meant, for most Americans, taking the train.