Product Description
Great photos, new maps, and history for 170+ railroads make The Historical Guide to North American Railroads, 3rd Edition the perfect guide for modelers, railfans, and history buffs!
This updated edition features a new, larger format and a comprehensive index that makes searching for information quick and easy.
Each listing includes historical information, a photo, a route map, and key statistics regarding miles of operation, locomotives, and rolling stock, and much more. Features articles published in Trains magazine over the past 75 years. They lend rare historical insight into what it was like to work on the railroads.
Spanning more than 150 years, this heavily illustrated encyclopedia of classic and contemporary American railroads features concise histories of 101 of the most significant U.S. and Canadian railroads.
This comprehensive volume features fallen flags, modern Class I behemoths and classic regional carriers, all illustrated with period and modern photos, evocative print ads, and system maps. Each profile also includes information on the railroad’s geographic scope, motive power, rolling stock, and freight and passenger operations.
320 pages, 325 color and 114 B&W photographs, 9½”x 11¼”, hardcover.
