Description
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A delightful anthology."—Los Angeles Times Book Review
"Will prove stimulating to anyone interested in the story of rail travel."—Railroad History
Table of ContentsTable of Contents
Introduction
The Iron Horse Arrives
1 Narrative of an Excursion on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad: Author Unknown
2 Letter about the Hudson River and Its Vicinity: Freeman Hunt
3 A Ride from Boston to Providence in 1835: Samuel Breck
4 In America: Charles Dickens
America's Railroads Mature
5 Sketches of Prison Life: A. O. Abbott
6 A Pleasure Trip from Gotham to the Golden Gate: Florence Leslie
7 A Winter Railroad Ride: Linda Thayer Guilford
8 By the Way of Council Bluffs: Robert Louis Stevenson
9 Nine Thousand Miles on a Pullman Train: M. M. Shaw
Traveling without Tickets
10 "Brownie": Charles P. Brown
11 Riding Freights to Jamestown in 1936: Erling Kildahl
The Electric Way
12 Riding the Interurban: J. S. Moulton
13 Riding the C. &L. E.: the Editor of The Deshler Flag
The Glory Years
14 Traveling by Rail: Ellen Douglas Williamson
15 A Ride in the Cab of the Twentieth Century Limited: Christopher Morley
16 I Travel by Train: Rollo Walter Brown
Twilight of Rail Travel
17 Slow Train to Yesterday: Archie Robertson
18 Troop Train: David P. Morgan
19 A Dirge for the Doodlebug: William D. Middleton
20 Mr. Frimbo on the Metroliner: Tony Hiss
21 Rolling Home for Christmas: Riding Amtrak in the 1980s: Eric Zorn
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