We Took the Train

Book Overview

In this illustrated collection, H. Roger Grant, one of America's leading railroad historians, brings together a rich assortment of personal accounts of train travel in the United States since the dawn of railroading. The twenty-one accounts included here tell of the excitement, the romance, the difficulties, and sometimes the danger of traveling by train. Together they present a lively picture of the great changes that have taken place since the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0875801560
• ISBN13: 9780875801568
• Release Date: November 1990
• Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
• Length: 205 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.3" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher