The American Passenger Train in the Motor Age
Author | : Gregory Lee Thompson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 852 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Railroads |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Gregory Lee Thompson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 852 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Railroads |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Gregory Lee Thompson |
Publisher | : Ohio State University Press |
Total Pages | : 270 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Buses |
ISBN | : 0814206093 |
Based on previously unseen data, The Passenger Train in the Motor Age offers an illuminating portrait of a critical time in railroad history.
Author | : John H. White |
Publisher | : JHU Press |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Railroad passenger cars |
ISBN | : 0801827477 |
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.
Author | : Mark Wegman |
Publisher | : Voyageur Press |
Total Pages | : 162 |
Release | : 2008-11-15 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 1616731443 |
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.
Author | : Mike Schafer |
Publisher | : Motorbooks International |
Total Pages | : 156 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 9780760308967 |
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.
Author | : Kevin EuDaly |
Publisher | : Crestline Books |
Total Pages | : 355 |
Release | : 2016-09 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 0785833897 |
Celebrate over 150 years of the North American railroad with this visual history. You'll be amazed by over 400 modern and vintages photographs of these trains!
Author | : Bill Yenne |
Publisher | : Marboro Books |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 9780880293532 |
NOSTALGIC BOOK OF THE HISTORY OF RAIL TRAVEL WITH PICTURES AND ILLUSTRATIONS.
Author | : Geoffrey H. Doughty |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 2021-09-07 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 0253060656 |
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.