Book ID: CBB342950322

After Promontory : one hundred and fifty years of transcontinental railroading (2019)

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Celebrating the sesquicentennial anniversary of the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States, After Promontory: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Transcontinental Railroading profiles the history and heritage of this historic event. Starting with the original Union Pacific-Central Pacific lines that met at Promontory Summit, Utah, in 1869, the book expands the narrative by considering all of the transcontinental routes in the United States and examining their impact on building this great nation. Exquisitely illustrated with full color photographs, After Promontory divides the western United States into three regions - central, southern, and northern - and offers a deep look at the transcontinental routes of each one. Renowned railroad historians Maury Klein, Keith Bryant, and Don Hofsommer offer their perspectives on these regions along with contributors H. Roger Grant and Rob Krebs. (Amazon)

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Review Dan Cupper (2019) Review of "After Promontory : one hundred and fifty years of transcontinental railroading". Railroad History (pp. 98-99). unapi

Review Betsy Fahlman (2019) Review of "After Promontory : one hundred and fifty years of transcontinental railroading". IA. The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology (pp. 200-201). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Keefe, Kevin P.
Lothes, Scott
Brouws, Jeffrey T.
Gruber, John E.
Kahler, David
Waite, Thornton
Concepts
Land transportation
Railroads
Pictorial works
Photography of railroads
Biographies
Railroads, Local and light
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
Places
United States
Philadelphia, PA
Wyoming (U.S.)
Western states (U.S.)
Midwestern states (U.S.)
Hawaii (U.S.)
Institutions
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Oahu Railway and Land Company
Reading Railroad
Long Island Rail Road Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company
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