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New York Central and the Trains of the Future [Hardcover]

J. Geoffrey Doughty (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 112 pages
  • Publisher: T L C Pub (July 1997)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1883089271
  • ISBN-13: 978-1883089276
  • Product Dimensions: 11.5 x 9 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,986,280 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, January 2, 1998
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This book is a wonderful overview of a subject seldom investigated. Doughty captures the spirit and effort of the different railroads making a last ditch attempt to keep passengers on the rails in the late 1940s and 1950s. A wide variety of illustrations show the futuristic efforts of design and technology that is now being revived to make todays trains better and faster. This book is of interest to anyone who likes thetime period and wants to recapture the days when a new passenger train was an event not a footnote in the news. Not just New York Central's efforts are covered, but the overview of the bigger story as well makes this a value for historians as well as fans.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Book Nitty-Gritty, February 20, 2011
Hardback with pictorial boards, released without dustjacket. Sewn binding. 102 pp. Illustrations throughout. Bibliography.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Troubled Times 1946-1956
The Passenger Train: Shackled by Its Past
Is White Right About Passengers?

Enter Robert R. Young
Talgo
Aerotrain
GM's Aerotrain
NYC's Trains of the Future

Epilogue

Appendix: Train X
Appendix: What Train X is Like
Appendix: Diesel Mec-Hydro
Appendix: Travel Tailored Schedules
Appendix: Meanwhile...Over at Budd

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