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America's Fighting Railroads: A World War II Pictorial History

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This book is a wonderful pictorial review of the U.S. railroads during World War II. Tells about the part the railroads played in the movement of men and materials, the efforts and cooperation of the railroads during these trying times following the Depression. Has lots of photos, a vivid story, maps of the rail lines, and even shows some of the newspaper and magazine advertising. Highly recommended for anyone interested in WWII and railroads.

A very informative book with many facts on US railroads during WWII. The only thing I didn't like about this book is that most of the pictures used in the book were not from the WWII era. Photography of railroads during WWII was not allowed, which made pictures of trains during that time scarce, but there are still many quality photographs taken during that era that could have been used. The captions describing the photos were vague and inaccurate and became distracting. This book would have been good without the pictures at all.