Empire State Railway Museum's Tourist Trains: 41st Annual Guide to Tourist Railroads and Museums [Paperback]

The Empire State Railway Museum (Author)

Book Description

Series: Tourist Trains | Publication Date: March 2006

• Includes discount coupons for nearly 100 attractions

Tourist railroads may be the best-kept vacation secret around! But now it’s time to get aboard with Tourist Trains 2006, the forty-first annual authoritative guide to more than 550 historic railroads, train museums, and railroad attractions across North America. Every destination is featured with a photo and full description so families can plan their trips. Kids, parents, grandparents—everybody loves trains, and this is the complete guide to seeing them, riding them, and enjoying them. All aboard!

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

The Empire State Railway Museum, established in 1960, is dedicated to bringing historic railroads to life, along with the people and towns they served. Its home, the former Ulster and Delaware Station in Phoenicia, New York, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Product Details

• Paperback: 454 pages
• Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing Company (March 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0871162245
• ISBN-13: 978-0871162243
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,046,369 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rail and travel buffs will find this a 'must' reference, May 26, 2006

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This review is from: Empire State Railway Museum's Tourist Trains: 41st Annual Guide to Tourist Railroads and Museums (Paperback)

Over 600 railroad-related attractions the general public can visit are packed into a listing guide which blends in photos and practical info such as hours, fees and directions - but wait, there's more! Don't forget the coupons for discounts on ticket prices --for avid train buffs, worth the price of the book itself - plus maps, photos, 'editor's choice' listings of special recommendations, and details on what kinds of trains may be found at each location. Rail and travel buffs will find this a 'must' reference.

Diane C. Donovan, Editor
California Bookwatch

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Complete Guide to the best in railroading, April 27, 2006

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Bomojaz (South Central PA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Empire State Railway Museum's Tourist Trains: 41st Annual Guide to Tourist Railroads and Museums (Paperback)

This, the 41st Edition (2006) of the best guide to railroading, continues the tradition of this great annual series listing and outlining hundreds of railroad museums and tourist trains across the US and Canada. Arranged by state, each site features a photo, a description of what's there, a schedule, the admission fees, special events, and directions on how to get to it. Contact information (addresses, phone numbers, email/internet info) is also provided. And, as usual, there are about a hundred discount coupons enclosed. Anyone interested in railroading or who plans on taking a vacation trip that might include visits to railroad sites or museums will find this guide indispensable.

5.0 out of 5 stars Best train tourguide ever, January 13, 2012

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This review is from: Empire State Railway Museum's Tourist Trains: 41st Annual Guide to Tourist Railroads and Museums (Paperback)

This book has been an evolution of change culminating on the best, most compact and informative book for full scale train enthusiast locations ever. On a single page you can find the location of the site, the rolling stock, a rating (average, or Editors's Choice), what amenities are available, etc., etc. On the first page of any given state, there is a map of that state an where the relative sites are. This latter is especially helpful when you want to visit a site and later realize that there was another interesting site just a while away from the first site you went to. Great book. I wish the group would continue to publish new editions.