The American Railroad Passenger Car (Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology) by White Jr., Professor John H. (1978) Hardcover

White Jr., Professor John H.

ISBN 10: 0801819652 / ISBN 13: 9780801819650

Published by The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1978

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Title: The American Railroad Passenger Car (Johns ...

Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press

Publication Date: 1978

Binding: Hardcover

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Synopsis:

The American Railroad Passenger Car recaptures the lost, but not-too-distant past when 98 percent of all intercity travel in the United States was by rail. It documents in extraordinary detail the ingenuity and splendor of the classic trains as well as the rattle and clatter, the dust and cinders of early rail travel. An unparalleled record of changes in taste and technologyWith clarity and precision, White explains the methods of construction of wood, iron, steel, and aluminum cars. He traces the evolution of wheels and brakes, dining cars and sleeping compartments. And he follows the revolutions in taste and technology that dramatically altered the appearance of the railroad passenger car over the century and a half that it dominated American travel.An extraordinary resource for railroad hobbyistsDetailed plans and diagrams accompanying the text make it possible for model-builders to reconstruct many famous passenger cars themselves. Appendixes contain

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.