Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 385.520973
EAN num: 9780804717311
ISBN number: 0804717311
Label: Stanford University Press
Manufacturer: Stanford University Press
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 600
Printing Date: October 01, 1990
Publishing house: Stanford University Press
Sale Popularity Level: 1464085
Studio: Stanford University Press
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This is the very first comprehensive, extensively illustrated account of the growth and decline of American narrow gauge railroading, a singular and still not fully understood episode in the history of American transportation.
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Author George Hilton is a national authority numerous categories of transportation history. An economist by training, Hilton blends his love of rail and steam with an intelligent analysis of the economic and political realities of the rise and fall of popular railroad lines.
American Narrow Gauge Railroads is dense and heavy, but lavishly illustrated and quick reading. Every single narrow gauge railroad in U.S. history is carefully documented and organized in a clear reference. Detailed information is provided, including thousands of footnoted sources.
Hilton's work is the authoritative reference on narrow gauge railroads in the U.S. I would agree with the comments from the reader in Logan, UT (that it might be dry) might apply to some readers, but for the avid rail enthusiast, this book will be a treasured resource.
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George Hilton's "American Narrow Gauge Railroads" is an excellent encyclopedic reference for hardcore railroad buffs. However, casual readers should be aware that this work is very first and foremost an academic analysis of transportation economics, and completely free of the glossy nostalgia characteristic of most railroad lore. His descriptions of individual railroads and the narrow-gauge phenomenon in general focus on economics (I now have a newfound respect for the word "receivership"), rather than the equipment and the frontier atmosphere that attract many railroad enthusiasts. Nevertheless, the hard work pays off in the end: I now understand why common-carrier narrow gauge railroads were largely doomed to failure.
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