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Title: American Narrow Gauge Railroads by George W. Hilton ISBN: 0-8047-2369-9 Publisher: Stanford Univ Pr (T) Pub. Date: December, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $44.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Mandatory reading - a complete reference
Comment: Author George Hilton is a national authority numerous categories of transportation history. An economist by training, Hilton blends his love of rail and steam with an intelligent analysis of the economic and political realities of the rise and fall of popular railroad lines.
American Narrow Gauge Railroads is dense and heavy, but lavishly illustrated and quick reading. Every single narrow gauge railroad in U.S. history is carefully documented and organized in a clear reference. Detailed information is provided, including thousands of footnoted sources.
Hilton's work is the authoritative reference on narrow gauge railroads in the U.S. I would agree with the comments from the reader in Logan, UT (that it might be dry) might apply to some readers, but for the avid rail enthusiast, this book will be a treasured resource.
Rating: 4
Summary: An excellent reference but very dry reading
Comment: ...
George Hilton's "American Narrow Gauge Railroads" is an excellent encyclopedic reference for hardcore railroad buffs. However, casual readers should be aware that this work is first and foremost an academic analysis of transportation economics, and completely free of the glossy nostalgia characteristic of most railroad lore. His descriptions of individual railroads and the narrow-gauge phenomenon in general focus on economics (I now have a newfound respect for the word "receivership"), rather than the equipment and the frontier atmosphere that attract many railroad enthusiasts. Nevertheless, the hard work pays off in the end: I now understand why common-carrier narrow gauge railroads were largely doomed to failure.
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Title: The Electric Interurban Railways in America by George W. Hilton, John F. Due ISBN: 0804740143 Publisher: Stanford Univ Pr (T) Pub. Date: January, 2000 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: The Birth of California Narrow Gauge by Bruce MacGregor ISBN: 0804735506 Publisher: Stanford Univ Pr Pub. Date: August, 2003 List Price(USD): $79.95 |
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Title: American Flyer: Classic Toy Trains by Bill Milne, Gerry Souter, Janet Souter ISBN: 1586635743 Publisher: Friedman/Fairfax Publishing Pub. Date: 28 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: The Known World by Edward P. Jones ISBN: 0060557540 Publisher: Amistad Press Pub. Date: 14 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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