The American railroad passenger car / John H. White, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

White, John H., 1933-

Contributor:

Isaac Norris Library Fund.

Series:

Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology ; new ser. no. 1.

Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology ; new ser. no. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Railroad passenger cars--United States--History.

Railroad passenger cars.

United States.

History.

Physical Description:

2 volumes : illustrations ; 33 cm.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [1978]

Contents:

Preface

The day coach in the wooden era : 1830 to 1910 representative cars

The day coach : era of the metal car

First-class travel : sleeping cars

First-class travel : parlor, dining, and private cars

Passenger car accommodations : from decoration to vestibules

Head-end cars : baggage express, combination, emigrant, and mail cars

Running gears

Self-propelled cars and motor trains

Appendix A: Biographical sketches of car designers and builders

Appendix B: Statistics

Appendix C: American railroad car chronology.

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages [685]-688.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Isaac Norris Library Fund.

Athenaeum copy: Gift: Mrs. Charles Rupp.

ISBN:

0801819652

OCLC:

2798188