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Country Railroad Station In America , The Grant & Bohi Soft Cover 1988
The Country Railroad Station In America By H Roger Grant & Charles Bohi
Soft Cover
Copyright 1988
183 Pages Ex-Library Book FRONT page has an in memory of nameplate, pages 1-18 are loose. Every copy of this book I have seen has had problems with the gluing. Notice the red tape on the cover, also has packing tape on the cover binding edge
Table of Contents:
Part IThe Depot in the Community 1
Chapter One: The Community Hub 3
Chapter Two: The Quest for Better Depots 11
Part II The Making of the Country Station 17
Chapter One: Evolution of the Combination Station 18
Chapter Two: Standard Combination Stations East of the Mississippi River 25
Chapter Three: Standard Combination Stations West of the Mississippi River 69
Chapter Four: The Standard Combination Railroad Station in Canada 147
Chapter Five: The Future of the Country Depot 169
Chapter Six: The Interurban Station 177
Additional Reading 186
Index 187
Whether in a bustling metropolis or a sleepy prairie village, "train-time" once meant much to the local citizenry. The depot served as social center for railroad patrons and "loafers" alike who gathered near the station's potbellied stove during the cold or strolled outside on the platform in the summer to watch the trains. Excitement permeated the atmosphere of the small town "deepo" where the arrival of a passenger train could mean relatives, friends, passing dignitaries, or just strangers to observe.
The past importance of depot life to thousands of American communities cannot be understated, nor can the socioeconomic importance be questioned. For Americans in the nineteenth century, the railroad symbolized progress and hope. Urban and rural individuals eagerly and even desperately sought the coming of the rails: the flanged wheel would shatter their isolation. Whether a railroad came to town or not often meant the different between future prosperity or mere survival.
During this time, countless schemes were developed for a complete railroad network in the United States. Some never got off the drawing board, but "rail fever" repeatedly struck, and the developing nation grew to include 254,057 miles of track by 1916. By that time, thousands of station buildings had sprouted trackside to serve the public.
The Country Railroad Station in America explores this colorful country depot in two parts: first, its over-all importance as the community hub, and second - the study's core - an architectural overview of the combination freight and passenger station. Over 350 photos, floor plans, bibliographical essay, and index supplement this invaluable tribute to the country railroad depot in North America.
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