ISBN10: 0760308969, ISBN13: 9780760308967, [publisher: MBI] Hardcover 156 pages. Before the jetliner connected both coasts in a mat ter of hours, the train embodied the zenith of passenger travel. This sprawling photographic history rambles though two centuries of passenger trains, presenting a wealth of archival imagery and modern and period color photographs that depicts everything from East Coast steam operations in the 1830s to modern Amtrak and hig h-speed inter-city services. The variety featured ranges from the swank Santa Fe Super Chief that connected Chicago and Los Angele s to the no-frills, single-car Zephyrette that ran daily between Oakland and Salt Lake City. From the New York Central's famous 20 th Century Limited to the Eastern Illinois Railroad 's obscure Me adowlark, the plethora of railroads and regions featured is stagg ering. And because passenger trains were the most important publi c relations tool of any railroad, special focus is given to the l ocomotives, customer service and passenger amenities offered by p assenger railway operations.
[Wellington, New Zealand] [Publication Year: 2001]