In the world of railway enthusiasts and modelers, freight carriers are every bit as technically involved and evocative as engines and cabooses. This full-color gallery features and describes a trainload of "rolling stock" - boxcars, flatcars, hoppers, gondolas, tank cars, auto-rack transports and others - representing a variety of railways in action around the US.
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Mike Schafer has written several rail-related books for MBI, including Classic American Streamliners, Streamliner Memories, Roller Coasters, Caboose, and Classic American Railroads.
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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Neither engine nor caboose, but all parts in between,
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This review is from: Freight Train Cars (Enthusiast Color Series) (Paperback)
Like many others, as a child I was fascinated by trains, an interest I recently discovered. Unlike many other railroad enthusiasts, my interest was not primarily on the locomotives, nor the cabooses at the end. It was the freight cars that fascinated me, in their variety of types and colors.This book gives a very good overview of railroad freight cars. There is discussion about the earliest freight cars of any type, as well as the history and usage of the various types and some insight in to modern freight trains. It has many interesting notes about the design and construction of these cars, in the past and the present, but stops short of getting mired in a lot of details that are likely to bore many readers. The outstanding photographs are what really make this book, including some of the details revealed in the captions. I wish there were more of them - a lot more - and was tempted to give it a rating of one less star for that reason, but for the price of this book vs. the quality of the printing and binding, such a complaint is not really justified. If trains interest you at all, buy this book!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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A Nice, Simple Survey,
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This review is from: Freight Train Cars (Enthusiast Color Series) (Paperback)
This book is a simple one that seeks to do no more than to introduce readers to the common varieties of freight cars found on the railways and it does a commendable job of doing that. After briefly discussing the origins of freight trains themselves, we are taken on a tour of the different types of cars. The development of each is examined and then their usage through the 19th and 20th centuries in the US is given. These are not in depth treatments but they are very adequate for an introduction.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
as good as it gets,
This review is from: Freight Train Cars (Enthusiast Color Series) (Paperback)
The book was good overall of the freight car produced but not of any that were produced for DOD, Navy or Marines.Nice book for the person who likes to see the history of products produced over a time period.
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Like just about everything else on planet Earth, the railroad freight car evolved from naively simple beginnings. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
spine cars, center sill, interchange service, covered hoppers, shop complex, refrigerator cars, hopper car, car types, mechanical refrigeration Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
World War, Mike Del Vecchio, United States, Civil War, Milwaukee Road, Pennsylvania Railroad, Mike Schafer, North Western, Hank Goerke, Tom Kline, Union Pacific, American Car, Northern Pacific, Great Northern, Illinois Central, Lake Erie, Pacific Fruit Express, Milwaukee Shops, New Jersey, Association of American Railroads, Penn Central New!
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Like just about everything else on planet Earth, the railroad freight car evolved from naively simple beginnings. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
spine cars, center sill, interchange service, covered hoppers, shop complex, refrigerator cars, hopper car, car types, mechanical refrigeration Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
World War, Mike Del Vecchio, United States, Civil War, Milwaukee Road, Pennsylvania Railroad, Mike Schafer, North Western, Hank Goerke, Tom Kline, Union Pacific, American Car, Northern Pacific, Great Northern, Illinois Central, Lake Erie, Pacific Fruit Express, Milwaukee Shops, New Jersey, Association of American Railroads, Penn Central New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Pennsylvania Railroad (Railroad Color History) by Mike Schafer on page 35, and page 51
- Train Watching in the Tehachapi Pass by Thomas A. McDannold in Back Matter
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