Railroads Across North America: An Illustrated History - Hardcover

Wiatrowski, Claude

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0760329761 ISBN 13: 9780760329764

Verlag: Voyageur Press, 2007

Inhaltsangabe

From the first steam-powered locomotives of the early nineteenth century to the high-speed commuter trains of today, the American railroad has been a great engine powering the nations growth and industry.

This book celebrates the glory and grandeur of that legacy with a lavish tour of the history of the American railroad and the culture surrounding it.

Generously illustrated with vintage photographs, modern images, maps, timetables, tickets, brochures, and all manner of memorabilia, this volume offers a fascinating look at the rail industrys beginnings and development, as well as its place in American history.

From the might of the major rail companies and their empires to the romance of rail travel, this is the full and fabulously colorful story of the industry that moved a nation--and stirs our imaginations to this day.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Claude Wiatrowski has written or contributed photos to several books on railroading as well as Colorado history. He is the author of Railroads of Colorado, published by Voyageur Press in 2002. Dr. Wiatrowski also produces videos on historic railroads. His productions have won Telly and Teddy awards and one was selected for the Library of Congress Local Legacies Program. He lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

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From the first steam-powered locomotives of the early nineteenth century to today s high-speed commuter trains, the North American railroad is a great engine powering growth and industry. In this authoritative volume, rail author and award-winning video producer Claude Wiatrowski offers a celebration befitting that legacy. Railroads Across North America is an entertaining account of railroading in the United States and Canada lavishly illustrated with vintage and modern photographs, period advertisements, maps, timetables, postcards, brochures, and more nearly 600 images in all. Wiatrowski leaves no stone unturned, presenting the railroad s beginnings, its evolving role in daily life, the technological marvels, and intersections with popular culture. The author also includes a list of Web resources and contact information for museums, preserved railways, and historic sites throughout the United States and Canada. An essential volume for hardcore railfans, casual enthusiasts, and those interested in the central role railroads have played in the history of a continent!

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In this lavish celebration of the glory and grandeur that are the great North American railroad, author Claude Wiatrowski examines the development of the industry with nearly 90 features covering more than three dozen railroads past and present, as well as dozens more subjects, including railroads in film and music, specialty railroads, life and travel on the rails, and much more.

Beginning with a few tentative steps in the 1820s and continuing through the robber barons, Depression, prosperity, and merger, right up to today s rail renaissance, the railroad remains essential to North American industry and our everyday lives. Although the rich tapestry of iconic rail lines that once crisscrossed the continent has been merged, contracted, and otherwise cut down to more appropriate proportions, today s rail industry continues the spirit of relentless technological innovation that has always been its hallmark, supported by seven robust Class 1 railways, a host of thriving regional short lines, and renewed public interest in passenger transport.

Wiatrowski, a rail author and award-winning video producer, generously illustrates the text with an array of material, including vintage black-and-white and modern color photographs, period advertisements, maps, brochures, timetables, postcards, posters, menus, and other collectibles nearly 600 pieces in all, many of them rarely seen! Also included are a list of Web resources and contact information for museums, preserved railways, and historic sites throughout the United States and Canada.

From the might of yesteryear s rail empires to the railroad s current roles, here is the fabulously colorful story of the industry that moved nations and stirs imaginations to this day.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Voyageur Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0760329761
• ISBN 13: 9780760329764
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 256
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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