Trains Across the Continent
North American Railroad History
Second Edition
Rudolph Daniels
A wonderfully readable, illustrated guide to the history of
railroads in America.
"Trains Across the Continent is everything you need to know
about railroad history both educational and enjoyable reading."
Dean Bruce, President, Railroad Education Training Association
"Trains Across the Continent should be in every public school
library in the country. Quickly and concisely Dr. Daniels leads you
through the maze of building, merging, and a myriad of other
details necessary to understand modern railroading. Steam, diesel,
passenger, and freight are all carefully explained on a national
scale rather than railroad specific, making this book even more of
a useful tool for the student." Donald D. Snoddy, Historian, Union
Pacific Railroad
"Trains Across the Continent" is a truly comprehensive account
of how railroads helped shape, and are continuing to shape, the
history of North America." Jonathan B. Hanna, Historian, Canadian
Pacific Railway
"Nothing but positive comments about it from faculty and
students alike.... The industry bible in this area." Phillip B.
Cypret, Sacramento City College
"Professor Daniels displays both passion and scholarship in this
nicely arranged buffet of subjects both large and minute, important
and interesting, serious and fun, to present a delicious overview
of railroad history." James D. Porterfield, author of Dining by
Rail
"Daniels manages to make brief mention of all major points of
North American railroad history... from the workings of a steam
locomotive to the dawn of the railroad mega-merger, nearly every
conceivable aspect of railroading receives attention.... This
volume is a must for those wishing to broaden or hone their
knowledge of the birth and evolution of the railroad industry in
North America." Rail News
Updated maps, new appendices, a greatly expanded bibliography,
detailed discussions of the recent attempted mergers of the CN and
BNSF, of the diesel locomotive, and of railroad electrification
further round out the usefulness of Trains Across the Continent as
the complete and concise introduction to North American
railroads.
Rudolph Daniels is Chair of the Behavioral Sciences Department
at Western Iowa Tech Community College, where he teaches history
and Railroad Operations Technology."
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