 Classic American Railroads
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| By : Mike Schafer |
This book picks up where the previous two Classic American titles left off, celebrating 12 more of the greatest American railways to ever put steel to track: the Atlantic Coast Line, Norfolk & Western, Soo Line, Lackawanna, Monon, Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range, Frisco, Maine Central, Canadian National, Clinchfield, Reading, and the Spokane, Portland & Seattle. While the book focuses on the golden age of American railroading from 1945 to the early 1970s, it extends to the present day where applicable, providing a colorful look at locomotives, passenger and freight operations, development, and, in some cases, demise. Marvelous color spreads for each railroad are illustrated with wonderfully preserved photos that capture these legendary roads as they roll past scenic backdrops.
Publisher: Motorbooks International
Sales Rank: 171,830
Avg. Customer Rating: 4 / 5.0 
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Gandydancer's Children: A Railroad Memoir
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| By : Frank Wendell Call |
The late Frank Wendell Call is very much alive in these pages as he relates the fascinating tale of the rich, adventuresome existence he lived as a child in the Nevada desert along the Southern Pacific railroad line. In November 1928, Frank E. Call, a successful salesman, moved his young family from a comfortable home in Ogden, Utah, to a tiny two-room shanty in an isolated railroad station in northeastern Nevada. He went to work as a "gandydancer," a track laborer, and planned to become a section foreman. The first part of Frank's plan worked very well, but, the stock market crash in October 1929 and the Great Depression that followed upset his timetable....
Publisher: University of Nevada Press
Sales Rank: 604,050
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.21 / 5.0
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More Classic American Railroads
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| By : Mike Schafer |
Author Mike Schafer's first book Classic American Railroads, covered 15 of the best-known and the largest of America's railroads of the 20th century, including the ATSF; rivals Pennsylvania and NY Central railroads; and the mighty Union Pacific. But for every railroad chosen for that volume, two or three had to wait their turn for another book. Hence the creation of More Classic American Railroads. Herein are 16 more classic railroads, most of which have vanished through the frenzy of megers and acquisitions that closed....
Publisher: Motorbooks International
Sales Rank: 245,325
Avg. Customer Rating: 4 / 5.0
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