American Passenger Trains and Locomotives Illustrated (Great Passenger Trains)
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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.
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American Passenger Trains and Locomotives Illustrated (Great Passenger Trains)
$23.00
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アメリカ型のファンにおすすめします。蒸機時代からカラフルなアメリカの豪華列車と牽引機に心惹かれます。美しく、わりあい正確に描かれたサイドビューのイラスト満載ですが、ロコや特徴ある車両の単体なので、できれば列車全体も見たいというのは、ちょっと欲張りな要求でしょうか。
Ter Weer Aldert –
For the real train aficionado! Lots to learn about American train history and beautifully illustrated. Strongly recommended to all interested in train history.
James Kemper Millard –
What a bargain! The drawings by the author of locomotives and passenger cars of the mid-20th century highwater mark of American rail passenger service are priceless. If you love that era, you will love this book.
Jackie –
This book gave a good summary of the wonderful age of passenger rail travel when it was at its best. The illustrations and photographs are well done and add a necessary touch to the book. But as I have read several of these books, I have enjoyed the excitement of the early days of passenger rail, but then the feeling of sadness creeps in when it all dwindles away because of the airlines and the interstate highways. It’s good that Amtrak is there to pick up some of the old routes, but there are so many gaps in the train system today. The golden age of passenger rail travel is truly missed!
Mr Neville Posnett –
This is a great book for US train fans the illustrations are really excellent Highly recommended
JOHN –
ok
Stephen J. Triesch –
On an impulse when old-time (pre-Amtrak) railroads popped into my mind, I purchased this book. It has quickly become one of my all-time favorite impulse purchases. Beautifully illustrated with full-color side-views of several dozen classic American passenger trains, the book also features floor plans of selected railroad cars (sleepers, lounges, diners, domes, etc.), archival photos, period magazine advertisements, and reproductions of menus from some of the classic dining cars.
The book covers the period from about 1910 to 1970, when the government’s consolidation of the surviving passenger lines into the Amtrak system ended the golden age of the American passenger train. Brief but informative text describes each train, its unique design features, it’s builder, it’s dimensions, its typical configuration, and its purpose and route.
This is a book that will appeal to the rabid railroad enthusiast, the middle-aged or elderly person who remembers riding the rails as a youth, and the younger person who wonders what it was like to travel via the railroads before the dominance of the high-speed jet airliner.
ABW3 –
Color reproduction poor (e.g., blues are rendered purple, greens kind of olive); material covered is appropriate to a grade schooler, and is so general in nature as to be almost meaningless, and though there are a few useful passenger car diagrams these are not utilized for all roads. Very limited endorsement: good if giving as a gift to a 3rd or 4th grade student.
Robert Mathews –
I have bene a train nut my entire life and still I learned many new facts about some trains I’d not heard of. This book is an excellent value with very high quality illustrations and paper stock. If you’re a modeler, the color quality and detail will be quite valuable. And if you’re a regular old train buff this will be a great addition to your collection.
Eugene J. Cherny –
if you love the streamliners for their beauty, you will love this illustrated book! full pictorials of each car inside and out, of many of the top long distance and regional streamliners in their heydey. includes interior diagrams. book is so very well done.
Lisa Symington –
Hi-Gary here: I’m a train artist/painter, and I’ve found this book to be a great help for accuracy when producing a painting. As an example, I was able to refer to the color scheme depicted on a Southern Railway locomotive-difficult normally, as color photos were just a bit rare in 1930!!
Clear, concise views and well-researched color schemes on the engines and cars.
Don’t expect a lot of historical photos of trains, although there are some good ones.
Excellent illustrations, historical photos and art, interesting facts and figures presented chronologically.