The American Railroad Passenger Car by White Jr., Professor John H. (1978) Hardcover
White Jr., Professor John H.
From Last Exit Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Folio. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD. 1978. 704 pgs. Illustrated. Second Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (DJ is chipped and worn). Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (boards are sunned and faded along the front board and spine). No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The American Railroad Passenger Car recaptures the lost, but not-too-distant past when 98 percent of all intercity travel in the United States was by rail. It documents in extraordinary detail the ingenuity and splendor of the classic trains as well as the rattle and clatter, the dust and cinders of early rail travel. An unparalleled record of changes in taste and technologyWith clarity and precision, White explains the methods of construction of wood, iron, steel, and aluminum cars. He traces the evolution of wheels and brakes, dining cars and sleeping compartments. And he follows the revolutions in taste and technology that dramatically altered the appearance of the railroad passenger car over the century and a half that it dominated American travel. An extraordinary resource for railroad hobbyistsDetailed plans and diagrams accompanying the text make it possible for model-builders to reconstruct many famous passenger cars themselves.; Johns Hopkins Studies In The History Of Technology; 200 X 15 X 250 millimeters; 704 pages. Seller Inventory # 67933
Bibliographic Details
Title: The American Railroad Passenger Car by White...
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press, C1b
Publication Date: 1978
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Edition: Second Printing.
About this title
John H. White, Jr., formerly Curator of Transportation at the Smithsonian Institution, has written eight books and more than one hundred articles on American railroad technology.
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