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The great railway revolution / Christian Wolmar.
Lippincott Library HE2751 .W73 2012
By Request
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wolmar, Christian.
- Standardized Title:
- Great railroad revolution
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Railroads--United States--History.
- Railroads.
- United States.
- History.
- Transportation--United States--History.
- Transportation.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 414 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Atlantic Books, 2012.
- Contents:
- The railroads win out
- A passionate affair
- The railroads take hold
- The battle lines
- Harnessing the elephant
- Railroads to everywhere
- Getting better all the time
- The end of the affair
- All kinds of train
- The roots of decline
- A narrow escape
- Renaissance without passengers.
- Notes:
- Published simultaneously in the United States under title: The great railroad revolution.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 376-379) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Herman V. Ames Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780857890351
- 0857890352
- OCLC:
- 795146049
- Publisher Number:
- 99948825599
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