The American Railroad Passenger Car by White Jr., Professor John H. (1978) Hardcover

C1b: The Johns Hopkins University Press. Very Good. 1978. Second Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. Folio. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD. 1978. 704 pgs. Illustrated. Second Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (DJ is chipped and worn). Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (boards are sunned and faded along the front board and spine). No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The American Railroad Passenger Car recaptures the lost, but not-too-distant past when 98 percent of all intercity travel in the United States was by rail. It documents in extraordinary detail the ingenuity and splendor of the classic trains as well as the rattle and clatter, the dust and cinders of early rail travel. An unparalleled record of changes in taste and technologyWith clarity and precision, White explains the methods of construction of wood, iron, steel, and aluminum cars. He traces the evolution of wheels and brakes, dining cars and sleeping compartments. And he follows the revolutions in taste and technology that dramatically altered the appearance of the railroad passenger car over the century and a half that it dominated American travel. An extraordinary resource for railroad hobbyistsDetailed plans and diagrams accompanying the text make it possible for model-builders to reconstruct many famous passenger cars themselves.; Johns Hopkins Studies In The History Of Technology; 200 X 15 X 250 millimeters; 704 pages .