The Golden Age of Train Travel

The Golden Age of Train Travel
Author: Steve Barry
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 109
Release: 2014-05-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 0747814937

For the century after 1865 all the largest railroad companies had flagship luxury trains, spectacularly appointed steamliners offering unrivaled standards of service and thoughtful amenities including ladies' perfume and carnations for gentlemen. These luxury trains transported well-heeled passengers in grand style across spectacular American landscapes in an atmosphere of privilege and elegance. Including the iconic Super Chief of the Sante Fe Railway and New York Central System's fabled 20th Century Limited, they became legends in their day and for decades after their last runs. This beautifully illustrated book allows readers to experience the exhilarating journeys, the exquisitely designed train cars and the vintage advertisements and posters that together made up the passenger's experience during this golden age of train travel – an age still remembered and celebrated today.

Rails Across Dixie

Rails Across Dixie
Author: Jim Cox
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 477
Release: 2010-11-17
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 0786461756

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.

American Passenger Trains and Locomotives Illustrated

American Passenger Trains and Locomotives Illustrated
Author: Mark Wegman
Publisher: Voyageur Press (MN)
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2008-11-17
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 9780760334751

A lavishly illustrated look at the glory years of travel by rail, with over 160 profiles, front and top views, and interior layouts depicting three dozen of the nation’s most celebrated trains of the golden age.

Railroads of New York's Capital District

Railroads of New York's Capital District
Author: Timothy Starr
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2021-03-22
Genre: History
ISBN: 1467105600

New York's Capital District was ideally situated to become one of the nation's earliest and most important transportation crossroads. The Mohawk River was the only water level gap in the Appalachian range to the west, which led to the construction of the Erie Canal. Soon after its completion, the state's first railroad began operating between Albany and Schenectady in 1831. Other pioneer railroads followed, heading north to Canada, south to New York City, west to Chicago, and east to Boston. Over the next century, railroads like the New York Central, Boston & Albany, Boston & Maine, and Delaware & Hudson built extensive passenger stations, freight and classification yards, and repair shops in the tri-city region. Passenger operations continue today at the Schenectady and Albany-Rensselaer Amtrak stations, while the Selkirk Yard is still an important classification point for CSX Transportation.

The Golden Age of Streamlining

The Golden Age of Streamlining
Author: Colin Alexander
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Total Pages: 174
Release: 2021-09-15
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 1445693356

Colin Alexander looks at the interwar period, a high-water mark in industrial design as the benefits of streamlining were realised.

The Heart's Pursuit

The Heart's Pursuit
Author: Robin Lee Hatcher
Publisher: Zondervan
Total Pages: 221
Release: 2014-05-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0310411718

A Colorado beauty abandoned at the altar. A rugged bounty hunter haunted by his past. In this dramatic historical novel by best-selling author Robin Lee Hatcher, two wounded hearts join forces in a pursuit across the Old West. Silver Matlock is a Colorado beauty in search of revenge against the man who stranded her at the altar and fled with the remnant of her family's fortune. She is determined to find the man who betrayed her trust. Jared Newman, rugged as the West itself, is relentless in his pursuit of lawless men—but unable to escape his own tragic past. Hardened by his life as a bounty hunter, he must learn to forgive before he loses his soul. Joining forces, the two set out in search of Silver's betrayer. The handsome but embittered Jared finds himself powerfully drawn to the beautiful woman whose drive for justice equals his own. But lack of honesty keeps Silver and Jared from fully trusting each other, even as a shocking revelation intensifies their pursuit of the cunning—and deadly—quarry. "Hatcher delivers another thought-provoking historical novel." —CBA Retailers + Resources

Night Trains

Night Trains
Author: Peter T. Maiken
Publisher:
Total Pages: 428
Release: 1989
Genre: Transportation
ISBN:

The story of "overnight operation of sleeping cars."

All Aboard!

All Aboard!
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.

The American Passenger Train

The American Passenger Train
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.

The Golden Age of the Passenger Train

The Golden Age of the Passenger Train
Author: C. J. Riley
Publisher: MetroBooks (NY)
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1997
Genre: Railroad trains
ISBN: 9781567993837

Traces the history of train travel from the origins of the locomotive to the late twentieth century, and features color and black-ane-white photographs of notable trains and destinations.