Richard C. Carpenter (Author)
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Physical Details: 232
Language: English
Driving across Iowa nowadays, one sees acres and acres of flat cornfields and hears little but the leaves stirring. But in the golden age of railroading, tracks crisscrossed the prairies and steam engines thundered by, carrying goods and people across the country. The sounds of the train could be heard for miles―the clickety-clack of the jointed rails and the haunting call of the steam whistle.
...MoreReview Matthew G. Anderson (Spring/Summer 2014) Review of "A Railroad Atlas of the United States, Volume 5: Iowa and Minnesota". Railroad History (pp. 109-110).
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