AMERICAN RAILROADS IN TRANSITION: THE PASSING OF THE STEAM LOCOMOTIVES

by Carper, Robert S

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Book Description

A.S. Barnes, New York, (1968).. 260 pp, 4to, HC in dust jacket. Profusely illustrated with b&w photos, drawings, a few color plates. Contents: The Death of the Iron Horse; The Diesel Takes Over; The Vanishing Passenger Train; The Quiet Revolution; The Road Ahead. "...a photogr. aphic essay that deals with the American railroad as it has undergone its most singular transition since the first steel rail was laid on the North American Continent..." Minor edgewear to boards, minor wrinkling to top/bottom of spine. Dust . j a c k e t has light edgewear/wrinkling, tiny tear at top of front flap fold/spine, very faint water mark on inside of spine. VG/VG.

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