Book ID: CBB476151882

Historical atlas of the North American railroad (2010)

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Hayes, Derek (Author)


University of California Press


Publication Date: 2010
Physical Details: 224
Language: English

America’s long romance with the train has been the subject of many books, but none has used contemporary maps to comprehensively illustrate the story. Until now. Here the latest of Derek Hayes’s historical atlases delves into the history of the railroad in North America, from its origins in Britain in the 1820s and short lines connecting Eastern Seaboard rivers in the 1830s to Amtrak and the modern intermodal freights driving today’s railroad revival. Colorful and informative, the book covers a vast range of topics and offers an impressive array of types of railroad map, from the purely utilitarian to the gorgeously promotional. Nearly 400 old railroad maps, most in full color, plus many historical photos, brochures, and posters, combine to provide a new perspective on the North American railroad. Historical Atlas of the North American Railroad also explains how the railroad transformed the economic and social life of a continent, fundamentally changing the two North American nations it linked from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

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Review Frederic H. Abendschein (Fall/Winter 2010) Review of "Historical atlas of the North American railroad". Railroad History (pp. 87-89). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Grant, H. Roger
Gruber, John E.
Hansen, Peter A.
Peter Tip
Goldfeder, Ron
John Winfield
Concepts
Land transportation
Railroads
Pictorial works
Locomotives, steam
Biographies
Cities and towns
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
20th century, early
Places
United States
Western states (U.S.)
Wyoming (U.S.)
Tucumcari, New Mexico
Midwestern states (U.S.)
Michigan (U.S.)
Institutions
Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad Company
Chicago and North Western Transportation Company
Long Island Rail Road Company
Pullman Palace Car Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
Great Northern Railway Company
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