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RAILS ACROSS US - Hardcover

Withuhn, William L.

 
9780861016440: RAILS ACROSS US

Synopsis

This illustrated history of American and Canadian railroads tells the human and social side of the story as well as describing technological developments. The book describes what it was like to work for, and travel on, the railroads in different periods, from the 1830s to the 1990s. Separate chapters focus on subjects of particular interest, from train wrecks to the role of the robber barons, with illustrations to describe the unique technological development of American locomotives and rolling stock.

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