We Took the Train (Railroads in America)
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| Rating | : | 4.32 (720 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0875801560 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 205 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-09-24 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"A delightful anthology."—Los Angeles Times Book Review"Will prove stimulating to anyone interested in the story of rail travel."—Railroad History
Roger Grant, one of America's leading railroad historians, brings together a rich assortment of personal accounts of train travel in the United States since the dawn of railroading. In this illustrated collection, H. Rail travel at its most luxurious is recreated—the elegant Pullman sleeping berths, the fine parlor and observation cars—as are some of the more grim journeys of troops, itinerant workers, and prisoners of war in squalid boxcars. Some describe wild rides on high-speed raceways, while others recount arduous trips on rickety branch lines. The tw
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