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Railroad Atlas of the United States in 1946
Richard C. Carpenter
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Description for Railroad Atlas of the United States in 1946
Hardback. Carpenter depicts the major rail centers of Indianapolis, Gary, Detroit, Toledo, Cleveland, and Chicago, as well as every town and rail junction from Mackinaw City, Michigan, to Tell City, Indiana. Num Pages: 360 pages, 276, 276 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBTP1; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 216 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1589.
A Railroad Atlas of the United States in 1946 recalls an era when steam locomotives were still king and passenger trains stopped at nearly every town in America. Railroad companies employed over a million workers, on the trains and along the tracks. Everything moved by rail: travelers, mail, and freight-whether a massive electric generator or a child's bicycle. Richard C. Carpenter's hand-drawn color maps recapture the precise details: the various trunk and ancillary railroad passenger lines that served thousands of towns; long-since demolished steam locomotive and manual signal tower installations; towns that functioned solely as places where crews changed ... Read more
A Railroad Atlas of the United States in 1946 recalls an era when steam locomotives were still king and passenger trains stopped at nearly every town in America. Railroad companies employed over a million workers, on the trains and along the tracks. Everything moved by rail: travelers, mail, and freight-whether a massive electric generator or a child's bicycle. Richard C. Carpenter's hand-drawn color maps recapture the precise details: the various trunk and ancillary railroad passenger lines that served thousands of towns; long-since demolished steam locomotive and manual signal tower installations; towns that functioned solely as places where crews changed ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801890024
SKU
V9780801890024
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99-50
About Richard C. Carpenter
Richard C. Carpenter is the retired executive director of the South Western Regional Planning Agency in Connecticut.
Reviews for Railroad Atlas of the United States in 1946
An incredible wealth of information... a fine addition to library collections that support interests in railroading, transportation issues, post-World War II history, or the midwest region. American Reference Books Annual 2009 Superb series... As in Carpenter's previous editions on the Mid-Atlantic states and New England, the detail in his hand-drawn, exhaustively researched maps is astonishing... This atlas and its companions ... Read more