The History of Western Railroads

By Jane Eliot

Book Overview

100 full-color and 50 b & w illus. 9 1/4 x 12. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0517121700
• ISBN13: 9780517121702
• Release Date: October 1995
• Publisher: Crescent
• Length: 191 Pages
• Weight: 2.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 12.5" x 1.0" x 9.8"

Customer Reviews

Great book on the history of railroads in the West

For those intereested in the railroad industry! Even if you live in the Eastern half of the U.S. or Canada. This book has a lot of history on the major railroads of then, and now. Some of the historical roads have long disappeared, but others are still around, under new colors and new names. It's interesting to note, also, that the railroad was responsible for the development of the West . . . many towns were settled AFTER the railroad laid it's tracks. If you want to know about the shaping of a nation, and of an industry, this book is a must read!