The story of American railroads
Subtitle: from the Iron horse to the diesel locomotive
By: Stewart H. Holbrook
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 468
ISBN-13: 9780486799223
Subjects: Railroads; History
Description: This richly comprehensive history by a self-proclaimed "low-brow" historian features more than 100 photographs and contemporary prints of America's railway system. Stewart H. Holbrook presents a dramatic, highly readable chronicle of the development of the backbone of the country's commerce and industry. Abounding in episodes of ingenuity and achievement, the growth of the railway system required constant improvements in techniques, devices, and machines, from the first wood burner that traveled on wooden rails to modern streamliners and diesel-powered giants.
Notes: "This Dover edition, first published in 2015, is an unabridged republication of the work originally published by Bonanza Books, New York, in 1947."

Includes bibliographical references and index.