Paperback in Very Good++ condition. 8.25 X 1 X 10.75 inches. 350 pages. Inscribed by the author on the half title page - otherwise, the interior is clean and unmarked. Very mild exterior wear with a crease to the lower corner of the back cover . Quick shipping, excellent customer service. All books carefully packaged in boxes and ship with tracking information.

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Title: WHEN THE RAILROAD LEAVES TOWN VOL. 1 EASTERN UNITED STATES American Communities in the Age of Rail Line Abandonment (Signed)
Publisher: Truman State University Press
Publication Date: 2001
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0943549981
ISBN 13: 9780943549989
Binding: Paperback
Condition: VG+

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This volume tells of closing rail lines from historic junctions, aging industrial centers, agricultural villages, and familiar tourist destinations throughout the eastern half of the United States. Joseph Schwieterman takes a look at events that contributed to the demise of railroads in 64 towns and cities distinguished by their notable railroad histories or unusual experiences with rail line abandonment.

Rail line abandonment claimed more than half of U.S. rail route mileage during the past 50 years and is accompanied by controversial and unexpected developments--events affecting communities years after the last train departed.

This book is a concise narrative, with contrasting photos of local train stations in their prime and after abandonment.

About the Author

Joseph P. Schieterman, Ph.D., is associate professor of public services management and director of the Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development at De Paul University. He has published extensively on air, rail, and urban-planning issues and is a long-standing contributor to the Transportation Research Board, a unit of the National Academy of Sciences. He holds a master of science degree in transportation from Northwestern University and a doctoral degree in public policy studies from the University of Chicago.

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