Overview
In this illustrated collection, H. Roger Grant, one of America's leading railroad historians, brings together a rich assortment of personal accounts of train travel in the United States since the dawn of railroading. The twenty-one accounts included here tell of the excitement, the romance, the difficulties, and sometimes the danger of traveling by train. Together they present a lively picture of the great changes that have taken place since the 1830s. Some describe wild rides on high-speed raceways, while others recount arduous trips on rickety branch lines. Rail travel at its most luxurious is recreated--the elegant Pullman sleeping berths, the fine parlor and observation cars--as are some of the more grim journeys of troops, itinerant workers, and prisoners of war in squalid boxcars. Binding these accounts together is an enduring fascination with the rails.
- | Author: H. Roger Grant
- | Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
- | Publication Date: Nov 14, 1990
- | Number of Pages: 205 pages
- | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
- | ISBN-10: 0875801560
- | ISBN-13: 9780875801568
