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Title: The Routledge Historical Atlas of the American Railroads (Routledge Atlases of American History) by John F. Stover, Mark C. Carnes ISBN: 0-415-92140-6 Publisher: Routledge Pub. Date: August, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.43 (7 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: A great disappointment
Comment: If railroad maps are your thing, this isn't. This would be adequate as a proposal for a historical rail atlas of the U.S. It falls way short of its title since it does not deliver what it claims to. Compared Mike Walker's regional railroad atlases this is pathetic.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent maps and reference
Comment: I use this as a companion while I am reading other railroad books which do not have good maps of the roads in question. I have found it very helpful to following text about where the rails were located. I highly recommend it.
Rating: 4
Summary: A good primer
Comment: The only reason I'm giving this book 4 stars and not 5 is because I was hoping that it would be a little more detailed. I easily engulfed it in one day. If you know almost nothing about the history of US railroading, this is the book for you to get you started. However, if you're looking for detail and volume, you've come to the wrong place.
This book covers the rise of most of the major rail lines, including a brief history of each. I would've enjoyed more detail about the various consolidations that have occured in the last 50 years, including up-to-date maps of the current class I lines.
I became interested in trains because I grew up in Tehachapi, which is a well-known area to western US train buffs - the site of the Tehachapi loop - built by CP/SP. When I was a little kid, I would see the SP's and Santa Fe's rumble through town non-stop. Now I notice that UP and BNSF run through town instead, which prompted me to learn more. Basically, my questions were answered when I learned about the recent consolidations occuring in the past 5 years.
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Title: The Historical Guide to North American Railroads: 160 Lines Abandoned or Merged Since 1930 by George H. Drury ISBN: 0890243565 Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing Company Pub. Date: November, 1999 List Price(USD): $28.95 |
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Title: A Railroad Atlas of the United States in 1946: Volume 1: The Mid-Atlantic States by Richard C. Carpenter ISBN: 0801873312 Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr Pub. Date: 01 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $65.00 |
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Title: Trains Across the Continent: North American Railroad History by Rudolph Daniels ISBN: 0253214114 Publisher: Indiana University Press Pub. Date: December, 2000 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Union Pacific Railroad (Railroad Color History) by Brian Solomon ISBN: 0760307563 Publisher: MBI Publishing Pub. Date: January, 2002 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Santa Fe Railway (Railroad Color History) by Steve Glischinski, Michael Blaszak ISBN: 0760303800 Publisher: MBI Publishing Pub. Date: January, 2002 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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