A Railroad Atlas of the United States in 1946: Volume 5: Iowa and Minnesota

by Richard C. Carpenter

Beautifully drawn color maps portray the U.S. railroad network at its zenith.

Driving across Iowa nowadays, one sees acres and acres of flat cornfields and hears little but the leaves stirring. But in the golden age of railroading, tracks crisscrossed the prairies and steam engines thundered by, carrying goods and people across the country. The sounds of the train could be heard for miles--the clickety-clack of the jointed rails and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421410354
• ISBN13: 9781421410357
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.9" x 11.3"