The American Railroad Passenger Car (Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology) (Part 1) - Softcover

White Jr., John H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0801827221 ISBN 13: 9780801827228

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1985

Synopsis

An authoritative history of the American railroad passenger car, illustrated with nearly eight hundred photographs, engravings, and line drawings, examines interior designs and costs and recreates a lost age of elegance in rail travel

About this title

About the Author:

John H. White, Jr., formerly Curator of Transportation at the Smithsonian Institution, has written eight books and more than one hundred articles on American railroad technology.

Review:

"A monumental work -- truly a work of love... The historian, the researcher, the admirer of railway lore, the builder of model train sets, the restorer of a classic railway vehicle... will now spend the rest of their lives poring over Mr. White's words and his nearly 800 photographs and schematic cutaway drawings." -- New York Times

"First-class." -- Model Railway Constructor

"Well worth the price of the ticket." -- Baltimore Sun

"The Super Chief of railroad books." -- Chicago Sun-Times

"[A] beautifully produced volume... The real treat, however, is in White's informative and often entertaining narrative analysis of technological change." -- Journal of American History

About this edition

• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Publication date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0801827221
• ISBN 13: 9780801827228
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 704