The great railroad revolution : the history of trains in America
(2012)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
385.0973/WOLMAR,C
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : PublicAffairs, [2012]
©2012
©2012
EDITION
First US edition
DESCRIPTION
xxix, 397 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781610391795 (hbk.), 1610391799 (hbk.)
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
The railroads win out -- A passionate affair -- The railroads take hold -- The battle lines -- Harnessing the elephant -- Railroads to everywhere -- Getting better all the time -- The end of the affair -- All kinds of train -- The roots of decline -- A narrow escape -- Renaissance without passengers