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More Classic Trains by Arthur D Dubin with dust jacket
More Classic Trains by Arthur D Dubin
Hard Cover w/ Dust Jacket Dust jacket has damage - see photos
512 pages
Copyright 1974
CONTENTS
8 INTRODUCTION
92 A PULLMAN POSTSCRIPT
December 31, 1968: "The World's Greatest Hotel" closes its doors
114 IN THE NORTHEAST CORRIDOR
From the Ghost Train to the MIetroliners
130 THE AMERICAN FLYER CARS
"De Luxe Travel in Streamlined Coaches at No Extra Cost"
144 THE GREAT STEEL FLEET AND THE FLEET OF MODERNISM
The Twentieth Century Limited and the Broadway Limited of 1938
158 A TWIST ON TUSCAN RED
Q: Were all Pennsy Pullmans tustan red? A: No
Q: Were all tuscan-red Pullmans Pennsy? A: No
162 THE BLACK DIAMOND EXPRESS
The Handsomest Train In The World
172 ON THE MONON
The Hoosier Line
182 ON THE PERE MARQUETTE
Resort country trains and boats
190 THE REBEL ROUTE
The first streamlined trains in the South
214 THE SEABOARD COAST LINE ROUTE TO THE SOUTH "It is a pleasure to have you aboard."
232 THE PAN AMERICAN
On the Old Reliable
244 THE FRISCO AND KATY
Limiteds in the Last Frontier
264 THRU THE ROCKIES . . . NOT AROUND THEM A story of railroading in Colorado
304 THE GREAT RACE TO CHICAGO AND TO THE TWIN CITIES
The story of the 400's, Zephyrs, and Hiawathas
320 EL CAMINO REAL - THE HIGHWAY OF THE KING
The Lark and the Daylight
340 GREAT TRAINS OF THE GREAT WESTERN
The small road that did a big job for passengers until hard times intervened
356 THE OLYMPIAN
Fit for the gods
368 THE GOLDEN STATE LIMITED
The golden way to the Golden State
374 THE FINEST TRAINS ON EARTH
Varnish without equal, here or abroad
380 THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY A National Institution
412 ACROSS CANADA
"The National Way"
456 MEXICANO DE LUJO Mexican luxury trains ... and their Mopac connections
474 SOME EXOTIC TRAINS
Trains of all shapes and sizes
492 AMTRAK
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation
496 WAGONS-LITS
Madame la Compagnie
508 INDEX
DUST JACKET INTRODUCTION: BY ARTHUR D. DUBIN
"THE purpose of travel is not merely to reach the goal, but to find enjoyment while enroute," according to Pennsylvania Railroad travel literature of 60 years ago. And the great named trains of North America at their zenith provided that enjoyment. They emerged in the closing decades of the 19th century and transformed overland travel from sufferable ordeal to civilized pleasure. That once-upon-a-time American way of life, when travel time meant train time, is recalled by Arthur D. Dubin, dean of passenger train historians, in MORE CLASSIC TRAINS, a 512-page book that recaptures the era and the enjoyment of riding America's finest trains. Here are more than 1500 photos, car floor plans, menus, timetable covers, and travel folders. Here, also, is life aboard the steam cars, with glimpses of a younger America enroute aboard trains through prohibition, depression, and war. Along with the great Daylights and Meteors, the Rebels, 400's, and Pere Marquettes of smaller roads are featured. Famous trains of Canada, Mexico, and Europe also are highlighted. Foreword by John W. Barriger III.
THIS book, MORE CLASSIC TRAINS, has a predecessor, SOME CLASSIC TRAINS. The two are ideal companions for your library shelf. SOME CLASSIC TRAINS is a book about yesteryear, when trains of elegance and luxury rode the rails. It is a book about Pullman and Wagner sleeping cars and brass-railed parlor-observation cars with dazzling drumhead signs, in an era of awesome steam locomotives. Yet it also depicts in detail the diesel streamliners, such as the Super Chief and Denver Zephyr, that became symbols of progress to a generation of North Americans. In 434 pages and 1300 photos Arthur D. Dubin pays special due to the heavyweight-to-streamlined, steam-todiesel evolution of the classic trains: Broadway Limited, 20th Century Limited, Panama Limited, Florida Special, Cascade, and many more. SOME CLASSIC TRAINS has foldouts, car diagrams, a history of palace-car nomenclature, a table of exterior painting arrangemerfts, and a listing of more than 250 named trains. Every knowing and informed student of railroading's golden age should have SOME CLASSIC TRAINS. It's a volume that you'll read with delight and refer to for years to come.
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