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Golden Age of the Passenger Train by C J Riley From steam to diesel & beyond
The Golden Age of the Passenger Train by C J Riley From steam to diesel and beyond
Hard Cover
Copyright 1997
176 pages Indexed.
Approx 12 1/2 x10 3/4 inches
Contents
Foreword
CHAPTER ONE
THE EARLY YEARS
CHAPTER TWO
THE TECHNOLOGY MATURES
CHAPTER THREE
GREAT TRAINS OF THE
NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES
CHAPTER FOUR
GREAT TRAINS OF THE
SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES
CHAPTER FIVE
GREAT TRAINS OF THE
MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES
CHAPTER SIX
RAILS ALONG THE
WEST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES
CHAPTER SEVEN
PASSENGER TRAINS OF CANADA
CHAPTER EIGHT
TRAVELS ACROSS EUROPE
CHAPTER NINE
PASSENGER TRAIN WRECKS
CHAPTER TEN
DEPOTS, STATIONS, AND TERMINALS
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index
The train is not just the predominant symbol of industrialized society; it is also the archetypal vehicle associated with the romance of travel. The Golden Age of the Passenger Train: From Steam to Diesel and Beyond shows how locomotive technology made the world a smaller place by enabling people to travel almost anywhere-including some of the most remote locales-in relative comfort. Victoria Falls in Africa, far-flung regions of the Indian subcontinent, and Constantinople-via the breadth of Europe (on the Orient Express)-were just a few of the destinations that captured the imagination of late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century travelers.
The Golden Age of the Passenger Train captures the romance of train travel by chronicling the developments in technology (and the many colorful characters behind those developments) that made such adventures possible. Witness the birth of the locomotive in Britain; breathing huge gouts of steam, the first primitive engines heralded the Industrial Age. Follow the locomotive's evolution from a Victorian novelty into the workhorse of the world's railways, transporting the people and materials that would transform the face of the planet-from California to China and from Cobh to the Congo. Then explore the golden age of rail travel: discover how the locomotive made it possible to see the world as the engines became more powerful and the accommodations more luxurious. Finally, the development of diesel, electric, and magnetic-levitation technologies has changed the outlook for the passenger train; learn what the future has for the iron horse.
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