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Title: Night Trains: The Pullman System in the Golden Years of American Rail Travel by Peter T. Maiken ISBN: 0-8018-4503-3 Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr Pub. Date: November, 1992 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: A beautiful work of scholarship for the hard-core enthusiast
Comment: This is the sort of book that one would describe as a "labor of love." For 99.9% of the population, this is way too much information about an esoteric topic that no one gives a darn about. But if you're a hard-core enthusiast of passenger trains and US railroad history, this is a valuable volume. The first part of the book discusses the railroad history of every state, explaining which railroad routes went where, and why, accompanied by helpful maps. The major cities' railroad stations are also briefly covered. The second part of the book lists every train in the US with Pullman cars (sleeping cars) at midnight on a typical night during the era's heyday. The composition of long-distance passenger trains rarely remained intact between origin and destination; instead, sleeping cars would be added or removed from the train enroute. The lists in this book show exactly where each train would be at midnight, the details of the cars comprising it, and the city from which each sleeping car originated, as well as its destination. If your eyes are glazing over at this point, it's too specialized for you, but some enthusiasts will appreciate this fine tribute to a by-gone era.
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Title: Streamliner Memories (Enthusiast Color Series) by Mike Schafer ISBN: 0760306192 Publisher: Motorbooks International Pub. Date: May, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Passenger Trains of Yesteryear: Chicago Westbound (Classic Trains Continues the Golden Years Series) by Joseph Welsh ISBN: 0890246033 Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing Company Pub. Date: December, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Art of the Streamliner by Bob Johnston, Joe Welsh, Mike Schafer, Joseph M. Welsh ISBN: 1586631462 Publisher: Metro Books Pub. Date: May, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.98 |
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Title: Passenger Trains of Yesteryear: Chicago Eastbound (Classic Trains Continues the Golden Years Series) by Joseph Welsh ISBN: 0890246025 Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing Company Pub. Date: December, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: 20th Century Limited by Karl Zimmerman, Karl R. Zimmermann ISBN: 0760314225 Publisher: Motorbooks International Pub. Date: January, 2003 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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