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New Haven Railroad (Railroad Color History) | 
enlarge | Author: Peter Lynch Publisher: MBI Category: Book
List Price: $36.95 Buy New: $28.08 You Save: $8.87 (24%)
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Avg. Customer Rating: 2 reviews Sales Rank: 475327
Media: Hardcover Number Of Items: 1 Pages: 160 Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.2 Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 8.5 x 0.8
ISBN: 0760314411 Dewey Decimal Number: 385.0974 EAN: 9780760314418 ASIN: 0760314411
Publication Date: February 28, 2003 Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping Promotion: Save $5.00 when you spend $25.00 or more on Qualifying Items offered by Amazon.com. Enter code BMLSAVES at checkout. Terms and Conditions Availability: Usually ships in 3 to 5 weeks
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Product Description
Captured in rare archival imagery, readers can explore the "New Haven", the legendary railroad of New York, New Haven, and Hartford. From 1872 to 1969 this railroad connected Boston and Providence with New York City. New Haven's four-track electric mainline across the Hell Gate Bridge into New York City carried millions of commuters and travelers and is one of the most recognized railroad images in the world. The book includes a large selection of New Haven print advertising featuring the famous Shore Line Route as well as the memorable orange, black, and white color scheme. The book is a definitive guide to "The New Haven" as well as a rich source of pictorial history. ,Connecting Boston and New York City, the "New Haven," hauled more passengers than any other line in U.S. history.,Part of MBI's newly redesigned Railroad Color History series, this hardcover book features 100 color and 50 black and white photos, the majority of which were sourced from one the country's top private New Haven archives,Covers nearly a century of New Haven history, from the beginning (1872) to the final collapse in (1969),Author Peter Lynch was a former New Haven employee
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Train Yourself to Relax October 24, 2003 4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Here is an outstanding history and pictorial survey of the late (but still beloved) NYNH&H. The author gives a basic (yet thorough) history of the railroad and describes what it did and how and why it did it. Thoughtfully selected and captioned pictures supplement the well-written text. The book includes maps which will provide readers not familiar with the scope and operations of the NH an idea of "what was where when." The quality of photo reproduction (color, black and white, sepia)is excellent. This will be a good addition to your collection of books on railroads in New England. Also, in this era of drastically overpriced and often indifferently produced railroad books, Lynch's work is refreshingly affordable.
Best of the best April 2, 2003 6 out of 6 found this review helpful
For those interested in Railroads in general, and the New Haven Railroad in particular,you would be well advised to grab a copy of this book. As a 46 year veteran of the NH,PC,Conrail & Amtrak progression, I found it to be very accurate, concise & mostly very interesting reading, bringing the whole history of the New Haven in easily followed chapters (couldn't put it down once I started reading it). Also, there are many excellent photo's. I strongly recommend this book.
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