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America's New Railroads by Robert S. Carper
Americas New Railroads by Robert S. Carper DAMAGE SEE PHOTOS
Americas New Railroads
Robert S. Carper
Hard cover dust jacket Notice the rippling and damage
255 pages
Copyright 1980
Contents
Preface9
Acknowledgments11
Introduction13
1The Decline and Fall of the Penn Central17
2 The Successful Roads: Chessie and Norfolk and Western63
3 The Passenger Railroads: Amtrak and Auto-Train101
4 Conrail163
5 A Look Behind . . . and a Look Ahead213
Index253
America's New Railroads resumes Mr. Carper's authoritative account of railroading in transition. It vividly depicts the collapse of the Penn Central, which began soon after the ill-fated system's formation. Heartrending photographs show abandoned facilities, washed-out roadbed, and neglected equipment. America's New Railroads is a pictorial essay that describes from a railfan's viewpoint the difficult days of the Penn Central, and then shows, by comparison, the healthy operations of the Chessie System and the Norfolk and Western.
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