Mark Wegman 160 Pages Hardcover
The period from the 1890s to the mid-1950s is generally considered the
"golden era" of passenger rail travel in America.It was a time of
celebrated locomotives and luxurious passenger service, a time when rail
technology saw its greatest advances and railroads became the nation's
favored mode of transportation.These glory years come alive in American
Passenger Trains and Locomotives Illustrated, 1889-1971. For this
volume, author and illustrator Mark Wegman has researched original
railroad drawings and in some cases even paint chips to render more than
160 profiles, front and top views, and interior layouts depicting the
steam, diesel, and electric locomotives, along with passenger cars, of
three dozen of the nation's most celebrated trains of the golden
age.Accompanying the author's drawings are histories of each train,
period photographs, postcards, menus, luggage stickers, vintage print
ads, and detailed captions.The book is a lavishly appointed journey back
in time to the bygone heyday of passenger-train travel.
