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| A Railroad Atlas of the United States in 1946: Volume 1: The Mid-Atlantic States |
| By : Richard C. Carpenter |
In A Railroad Atlas of the United States in 1946, Richard C. Carpenter provides a unique record of this not-so-distant time, when traveling out of town meant, for most Americans, taking the train. The first volume of this multivolume series covers the mid-Atlantic states and includes detailed maps of every passenger railroad line in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia. When completed, the series will provide a comprehensive atlas of the U.S. railroad system at its post–World War II high point--a transportation network that many considered the finest railroad passenger system in the world. Meticulously crafted and rich in detail, these hand-drawn color maps reveal with skilled precision--at a scale of 1 inch to 4 miles (or 1:250,000)--the various main and branch railroad passenger and freight lines that served thousands of American towns. The maps also include such features as long-since-demolished steam locomotive...
Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr List Price: 65.00 Customer Rating: 5 / 5.0 
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