More Classic Trains

Description: More Classic Trains is about a time when the only luxury way to travel was by rail. This book chronicles the era when sleeping and dining cars suddenly changed overland travel from barbarous to opulent. More Classic Trains is about the passenger trains that swept aside the stagecoach and the steam packet (boat) with the speed and economy of the iron horse. Pacifics and 4-8-4 steam engines sliced hours and days out of the timetables. The book shows the opulence and amenities that these trains presented. You could travel on passenger trains with mobile barbershops, libraries, and dining cars with wine lists. The railroad companies attempted to make travel on a train the equivalent of a luxury hotel room. The pictures in More Classic Trains provide a detailed look at the interiors and exteriors of the famous crack trains such as the Twentieth Century Limited, the Broadway Limited and the Black Diamond Express and many others not covered by the first book Some Classic Trains. These include the great Daylights and Meteors, the Rebels, 400’s and Pere Marquettes. The famous trains of Canada, Mexico and Europe are also in this book. There are more than 1500 photos, car floor plans, menus, timetable covers and travel folders. More Classic Trains by Arthur Dubin gives you a look of what passenger travel on the railroads in the United States looked like during the height of travel by train. The trains cover different eras during the golden age of passenger trains. The passenger cars that comprised these trains are illustrated by black and white pictures and schematics. The brief narratives in the book are about each train as to the service and the routes. Many of the steam and diesel engines that powered these passenger trains are shown in the pictures. If you are a passenger train enthusiast, train enthusiast or history buff you will love this book. A first book by Arthur Dubin, Some Classic Trains, can also be found on the website. Another book on this website about passenger trains is The Trains We Rode – Passenger Trains by Lucius Beebe.

Price: 20.95 USD

Location: Glencoe, Illinois

End Time: 2024-11-13T21:32:59.000Z

Shipping Cost: 9.13 USD