A Railroad Atlas of the United States in 1946: Volume 2: New York & New England

by Richard C. Carpenter

Whistle-stop posts along a picturesque cycling trail. An abandoned roundhouse in a new industrial park. A piece of Black Diamond anthracite coal lying in the grass. These are silent witnesses to the golden age of American railroading, 1946, when the steam locomotive's sonorous whistle could be heard from Pennsylvania to Vermont, from New York to Chicago.

The second installation of Richard C. Carpenter's highly acclaimed series covers an...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801880785
• ISBN13: 9780801880780
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 3.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 8.8" x 11.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher