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Authors: Christian Wolmar
THE GREAT
RAILROAD
REVOLUTION
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CHRISTIAN WOLMAR
THE GREAT
The History of
TRAINS IN AMERICA
Copyright © 2012 by Christian Wolmar
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First published in Great Britain in hardback in 2012 by Atlantic Books, an imprint of Atlantic Books Ltd.
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Designed by Trish Wilkinson
Text set in 11 point Minion Pro
Maps by Jeff Edwards
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Wolmar, Christian.
The great railroad revolution : the history of trains in America / Christian Wolmar. â 1st ed.
   p.  cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-61039-180-1 (e-book)1. RailroadsâUnited StatesâHistoryâJuvenile literature. 2. Transportationâ United StatesâHistoryâJuvenile literature. I. Title.
HE2751.W73 2012
385.0973âdc23 | 2012020987 |
First US Edition
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List of Maps and Illustrations
3.   THE RAILROADS TAKE HOLD
5.   HARNESSING THE ELEPHANT
6.   RAILROADS TO EVERYWHERE
7.   GETTING BETTER ALL THE TIME
12.   RENAISSANCE WITHOUT PASSENGERS
MAPS
1.   The Atlantic locomotive built by Phineas Davis
2.   The Best Friend of Charleston
3.   Completion of the first transcontinental railroad
4.   Railroad travelers shooting buffalo
5.   The ticket office of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad
6.  Â
The Immigrants' Guide to the Most Fertile Lands of Kansas
7.   Farmers versus the railroads cartoon
8.   Completion of the Great Northern Railroad
9.   Historical caricature of the Cherokee Nation
10.   Texas Central Railway Yards in Houston
11.   Crowded passenger car illustration
12.   Railroad station in the Catskills
13.   Elevated railroad section in New York
14.   Baltimore & Ohio Railroad electric locomotive
15.   Edward H. Harriman cartoon
17.   A logging railroad in a forest
18.   Cartoon on railroad influence
19.   Red Cross workers and World War I soldiers
20.   Steam train on a trestle bridge
21.   Illinois state troopers at a railroad strike
22.   Pennsylvania Railroad Station
24.   Three streamlined locomotives
25.   The Twin Cities Zephyr
26.   Pennsylvania Railroad poster
27.   Southern Pacific poster
28.   Passengers watching a movie on a train
29.   “Is Your Trip Necessary?” poster
30.   Senator Alben Barkley and President Truman
31.   Santa Fe Chief train wreck
32.   Amtrak's Acela Express
THE GREAT
RAILROAD
REVOLUTION