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Author Hayes, Derek, 1947-

Title Historical atlas of the North American railroad / Derek Hayes.

Publication Info. Berkeley : University of California Press, [2010]
©2010

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Location Call No. Status
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Oversize  385.097 HAY    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  385 HAY    Check Shelf
Description 224 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 33 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-217) and index.
Contents The railroad map -- Origins -- Local lines -- Extending outward -- Toward a network -- Pacific dreams -- A railroad war -- A network West -- The first transcontinental -- The race West -- Years of glory -- More transcontinentals -- The end of monopoly -- Defending the nation -- A thousand glorious tomorrows.
Summary "...the history of the railroad in North America, from its origins in Britain in the 1820s and short lines connecting Eastern Seaboard rivers in the 1830s to Amtrak and the modern intermodal freights driving today's railroad revival."--Jacket.
Subject Railroads -- United States -- History -- Maps.
Railroads -- Canada -- History -- Maps.
United States -- Historical geography -- Maps.
Canada -- Historical geography -- Maps.
ISBN 9780520266162
0520266161
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