Twilight of the Great Trains, Expanded Edition

by Fred W. Frailey

In the years following World War II, a potent combination of new prosperity, a renewed love affair with the automobile, improved highways, and the availability of commercial air travel contributed to the dwindling number of rail travelers. By the 1960s, rail passenger service had become an endangered species in an unfriendly environment. Fred W. Frailey recounts the demise of the pre-Amtrak passenger train in Twilight of the Great Trains. Drawing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253354773
• ISBN13: 9780253354778
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 5.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 11.2" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher