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Pages: 156
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Categories: Transportation
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From the Santa Fe "Super Chief" to modern Amtrak high-speed intercity services, this sprawling photographic history rambles through two centuries of passenger t
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Pages: 306
Authors: James McCommons
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-11-06 - Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing

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During the tumultuous year of 2008--when gas prices reached $4 a gallon, Amtrak set ridership records, and a commuter train collided with a freight train in Cal
American Passenger Trains and Locomotives Illustrated
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Categories: Transportation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-11-17 - Publisher: Voyageur Press (MN)

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A lavishly illustrated look at the glory years of travel by rail, with over 160 profiles, front and top views, and interior layouts depicting three dozen of the
Classic American Railroads
Language: en
Pages: 172
Authors: Mike Schafer
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-09 - Publisher: Motorbooks International

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This book picks up where the previous two Classic American titles left off, focusing on the golden age of American railroading from 1945 to the early 1970s. It
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Language: en
Pages: 244
Authors: Geoffrey H. Doughty
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-09-07 - Publisher: Indiana University Press

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Discover the story of Amtrak, America's Railroad, 50 years in the making. In 1971, in an effort to rescue essential freight railroads, the US government founded