Richard Carpenter 328 pages hardcover
The first volume of this multivolume series covers the mid-Atlantic states and includes detailed maps of every passenger railroad line in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia. Meticulously crafted and rich in detail, these hand-drawn color maps reveal with skilled precision_at a scale of 1 inch to 4 miles (or 1:250,000)_the various main and branch railroad passenger and freight lines that served thousands of American towns. The maps also include such features as long-since-demolished steam locomotive and manual signal tower installations, towns that functioned solely as places where crews changed over, track pans, coaling stations, and other rail-specific sites.