The Station Agent and the American Railroad Experience

by H Roger Grant and H. Roger Grant

Book Overview

Before the widespread popularity of automobiles, buses, and trucks, freight and passenger trains bound the nation together. The Station Agent and the American Railroad Experience explores the role of local frontline workers that kept the country's vast rail network running.

Virtually every community with a railroad connection had a depot and an agent. These men and occasionally women became the official representatives of their companies...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253064341
• ISBN13: 9780253064349
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"