21 Train Rides Into The Past (21 Book Series) - Softcover

Baumgart, Don

 
9781496097866: 21 Train Rides Into The Past (21 Book Series)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1496097866 ISBN 13: 9781496097866
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

Synopsis

To know the grandeur that was American passenger train travel one needs to abandon today's double-decker tin cans that, with a small roll and coffee, shuttle commuters to work. Or haul travelers to distant cities with a maximum of discomfort and disregard. One must find the beautifully restored cars and engines, staffed by attentive crews and loaded with excellent food, that are returning to the rails. This book will serve as a short list of where to find yesterday's magnificent iron giants today. The restoration of wood, metal and fabric have brought back a lost elegance of travel and visitors are flocking to go back, for an hour or two, into a more graceful and luxurious time to ride the rails. A selection of the West's most interesting rides aboard restored passenger trains is detailed in these pages. They are the ghosts that roar! Enjoy the trip.

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About the Author

Don Baumgart is a former daily newspaper reporter and was an Associated Press editor. Now a freelance writer living in California, he has written about trains for publications including International Railway Traveler, Trains magazine and Porthole cruise ship magazine, taking readers to such diverse experiences as dining aboard California's Wine Train and riding the Panama Canal Railway.

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Publisher
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Publication date
2014
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1496097866
ISBN 13 
9781496097866
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
162