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Train Time - Railroads and the Imminent Reshaping of the United States Landscape (Hardcover)
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Train Time - Railroads and the Imminent Reshaping of the United States Landscape (Hardcover)
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Unlike many United States industries, railroads are intrinsically
linked to American soil and particular regions. Yet few Americans
pay attention to rail lines, even though millions of them live in
an economy and culture ""waiting for the train."" In ""Train Time:
Railroads and the Imminent Reshaping of the United States
Landscape"", John R. Stilgoe picks up where his acclaimed work
""Metropolitan Corridor"" left off, carrying his ideas about the
spatial consequences of railways up to the present moment. Arguing
that the train is returning, ""an economic and cultural tsunami
about to transform the United States,"" Stilgoe posits a future for
railways as powerful shapers of American life. Divided into
sections that focus on particular aspects of the impending impact
of railroads on the landscape, ""Train Time"" moves seamlessly
between historical and contemporary analysis. From his reading of
what prompted investors to reorient their thinking about the
railroad industry in the late 1970s, to his exploration of creative
solutions to transportation problems and land-use planning and
development in the present, Stilgoe expands our perspective of an
industry normally associated with bad news. Urging us that ""the
magic moment is now,"" he observes, ""Now a train is often only a
whistle heard far off on a sleepless night. But romantic or
foreboding or empowering, the whistle announces return and change
to those who listen."" For scholars with an interest in American
history in general and railroad and transit history in particular,
as well as general readers concerned about the future of
transportation in the United States, ""Train Time"" is an engaging
look at the future of our railroads.
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