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American Railroads Hollingsworth & Whitehouse w/ Dust Jacket RRing North America
American Railroads Hollingsworth & Whitehouse
Hard Cover with Dust Jacket
Copyright 1977
190 Pages
Table of Contents
Introduction 7
Building The Network 8
War and Depression 22
Struggle In The Space Age 28
Canadian Railways 38
The Development of Steam Power 54
Steam in Prime and Decline 64
Electrification, Turbines and Diesels 92
Lines and Equipment 110
Passenger and Freight Cars 126
Great Trains Now No More 144
Great Trains With Us Still 152
Transporting the Nations’ Freight 178
Appendix 188
Index 190
The story of railroading in North America from its primitive I. beginnings in the east during the 1830s to the countrywide system that exists today is a romantic and stormy one. From the moment the words 'done, done, done' were flashed across the continent as the last spike of the first coast-to-coast link was driven in at Promontory Point, Utah in 1869, through the years of wars and depression and into the new Space Age, the railroads grew, changed, prospered, faltered and competed in their effort to fulfil the nation's transport needs. The rise and fall of the steam locomotive, the promise and eventual failure of electrification, and the diesel revolution which amazed onlookers by its speed and completeness are all part of the heritage of the North American Railways.
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