370 pages hardcover
This is the story of American Railroads. Includes a look at early railroads, the Tom Thumb, the development of the B&O, the railroads which would form the New York Central, the Louisville & Nashville, the Erie, the development of Train Dispatchers, the Illinois Central, the Santa Fe, railroads in the west, the transcontinental RR, Theodore Judah, the Northern Pacific, Oregon Railway & Navigation Co, St Paul & Pacific and James Hill, J.P. Morgan, Great Northern, David Moffat, the Denver Northwestern & Pacific, and more. Includes a few photos.
