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Title: The Historical Guide to North American Railroads: 160 Lines Abandoned or Merged Since 1930 by George H. Drury ISBN: 0-89024-356-5 Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 November, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $28.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Black-N-White Pix; 1950s??
Comment: another must have for train watchers but the lack of color pix is surprising in a book published after 1950; the attempt to include some maps is to be applauded but more of them would be appreciated; another thumbs down for Kalmbach as a publisher
Rating: 3
Summary: I like the book, but it could have been better.
Comment: This is probably the best book of its kind, but it has some deficiencies over the first edition. I couldn't find the entry for the Interstate Commerce Commission (which article is mentioned in the introduction). I also disliked relegation of the railroader biographies to a section in the back, without the photographs (instead of as sidebars near the entry for the railroad whose history they effected). However the inclusion of the Union Pacific, which is still extant, was a good idea. I still like the book, but it could have been better.
Rating: 4
Summary: Organized Basic Reference Information - In One Place
Comment: In the past seven decades the American railroad industry has undergone sweeping changes including a bewildering sucession of mergers. This book is a useful starting place to try and make sense of it.
The contents are arranged alphabetically by road name. Each railroad is covered in a one (or more) page historical summary. Remember, summary is the operative word here. Don't go to this guide expecting to find exhaustive coverage of railroad history.
Some entries include sketch maps, a picture or two of equipment, cuts of company logos, and suggestions for additional reading. Many of the reading lists, however, are dated - the book's major shortcoming.
Notwithstanding, you'll find this volume useful when looking at a map or doing some research and asking yourself questions such as, "Who did that piece of track belong to and what happened to the company?" or "Whatever happened to the road that used to run through my town?"
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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: 0415921406 Publisher: Routledge Pub. Date: August, 1999 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Guide to North American Steam Locomotives by George H. Drury ISBN: 0890242062 Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 December, 1993 List Price(USD): $28.95 |
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Title: American Shortline Railway Guide: Facts, Figures, and Locomotive Rosters for over 500 Short Lines by Edward A Lewis ISBN: 0890242909 Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 May, 1996 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: A Field Guide to Trains of North America by Gerald L. Foster ISBN: 0395701120 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company Pub. Date: 01 April, 1996 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Union Pacific Railroad by Brian Solomon ISBN: 0760307563 Publisher: Motorbooks International Pub. Date: 01 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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