Before the jetliner connected both coasts in a matter of hours, the train embodied the zenith of passenger travel. This sprawling photographic history rambles though two centuries of passenger trains, presenting a wealth of archival imagery and modern and period color photographs that depicts everything from East Coast steam operations in the 1830s to modern Amtrak and high-speed inter-city services. The variety featured ranges from the swank Santa Fe Super Chief that connected Chicago and Los Angeles to the no-frills, single-car Zephyrette that ran daily between Oakland and Salt Lake City. From the New York Central's famous 20th Century Limited to the Eastern Illinois Railroad 's obscure Meadowlark, the plethora of railroads and regions featured is staggering. And because passenger trains were the most important public relations tool of any railroad, special focus is given to the locomotives, customer service and passenger amenities offered by passenger railway operations.
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Well up to expectation. Gives us a glimpse of the age of elegance in railroad travel before the cramped urgency of budget airline and bus modes recuced the excitement of travel to tedium. Well presented and laid out with an excellent selection of illustrations.
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Another good book about Mike Schafer, very comprehensive but in my opinion a bit unsatisfactory about interurban trains that played a key role in moving people around for over 40 years in the whole America
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Like a lot of things in nineteenth century America, the concept of rail transport was "imported" from England. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
streamliner era, new streamliners, heavyweight equipment, heavyweight cars, lightweight trains, passenger diesels, passenger network, intercity passenger trains, rail passenger service, passenger locomotives, new rolling stock, premier trains, passenger power, member railroads, scheduled passenger service, dome car, freight locomotive, steam era, passenger operations, lounge car, intercity trains, few railroads, standard era, new locomotives Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Santa Fe, Los Angeles, New Haven, World War, Milwaukee Road, Union Pacific, Pennsylvania Railroad, San Francisco, North America, Pullman Company, Rio Grande, Southern Pacific, Kansas City, New Jersey, Rock Island, Century Limited, Illinois Central, New Orleans, North Western, Atlantic Coast Line, Penn Central, Southern Railway, West Coast, General Motors New!
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streamliner era, new streamliners, heavyweight equipment, heavyweight cars, lightweight trains, passenger diesels, passenger network, intercity passenger trains, rail passenger service, passenger locomotives, new rolling stock, premier trains, passenger power, member railroads, scheduled passenger service, dome car, freight locomotive, steam era, passenger operations, lounge car, intercity trains, few railroads, standard era, new locomotives Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Santa Fe, Los Angeles, New Haven, World War, Milwaukee Road, Union Pacific, Pennsylvania Railroad, San Francisco, North America, Pullman Company, Rio Grande, Southern Pacific, Kansas City, New Jersey, Rock Island, Century Limited, Illinois Central, New Orleans, North Western, Atlantic Coast Line, Penn Central, Southern Railway, West Coast, General Motors New!
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- Lake Michigan And Other Poems by Jared Smith on page 37
- The Oregon Trail by The Learning Company on page 79
- Pennsylvania Railroad (Railroad Color History) by Mike Schafer on page 95
- Grand Canyon (This beautiful world, v. 23) by Paul C. Johnson on page 42
- Post Office (Whiskerville) by Joanne Barkan on page 126
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- Imagining Flight: Aviation and Popular Culture (Centennial of Flight Series) by A. Bowdoin Van Riper in Back Matter
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