Description

50 pages. Many wonderful black and white photos. Features: East Broad Top - narrow gauge coal hauler is prospering considering its size - it meets highway competition; George M. Pullman - He Improved the existing sleeper, brought comfort to the rails; D&H 4-6-6-4; Penn-Reading Seashore - Once rival systems in southern New Jersey, P-RS now gives efficient cooperative services - maps, article and many photos; Glamor Girl - Avis Lobdell put the oomph in Union Pacific's Challenger service and kept traffic on the rails; Port Isabel Branch - Once the narrow gauge Rio Grande Railroad, now an important tidewater connection for MoPac; The Overnighter - Pere Marquette fast freight service keeps high polish on the Detroit-Chicago rails; Alameda Belt Line - California's island city is important rail-water terminal; Eastbay Railroading - suburban empire once had rapid transit to every district; Letters from readers. Average wear and soiling. A sound vintage copy. Book