If you would love a wonderfully written tour of what railroads and trains have meant to the development of civilization read Tom Zoellner's "Train!" It is an amazing treat. Don't think it is just another history of railroads, it is MUCH more than that. Please do yourself a favor. If you love trains you will love this.
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Thanks Eliot, the book is available on Amazon.
Thanks! Just added it to my wish list. Am currently making my way through Maury Klein's history of the Union Pacific. Although I seem to be working backwards...started with the most recent book and now I'm backing up to volume 2, which covers 1894 to 1969.
Thanks! Just added it to my wish list. Am currently making my way through Maury Klein's history of the Union Pacific. Although I seem to be working backwards...started with the most recent book and now I'm backing up to volume 2, which covers 1894 to 1969.
Is that the guy who started K-Line trains?
No, the author is a professor of English in California.
I will have to give it a shot. Thanks.
Art
If you would love a wonderfully written tour of what railroads and trains have meant to the development of civilization read Tom Zoellner's "Train!" It is an amazing treat. Don't think it is just another history of railroads, it is MUCH more than that. Please do yourself a favor. If you love trains you will love this.
I agree. I got it a while back - once I saw it had a large chapter on the train system in India I had to have it. I thought his chapter on Amtrak was depressing - accurate, but depressing.
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