Steel Rails to the Sunrise

Here, in a magnificent photographic essay, is the complete story of one of America's oldest and most unusual railroads, whose operations once included far-flung steamboat and ferry, as well as trolley services, and whose roadbed runs from the black tubes under the East River to the sandy wilderness of Montauk, NY. The Long Island Rail Road hauls more commuters than any other system in the US.

After reviewing hundreds of railroad books . . . [this reviewer] finds that this great volume has them all beat . . . The thoroughness . . . sets a high standard for future railroad historians to follow. --Railroad Magazine

. . . delightful . . . the photo discovery of the year . . . informative, anecdote-studded . . . absorbing . . . a comprehensive, frequently spectacular delivery of the promise on its dust jacket of 'a magnificent photographic essay". Ziel and Foster have placed a provincial railroad in the public domain. --Trains Magazine