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~Atlas of~ North American Railroads | 
 enlarge | Author: Bill Yenne
Publisher: MBI
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 115235
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 176
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.4
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.7 x 0.8
ISBN: 0760322996
Dewey Decimal Number: 385
EAN: 9780760322994
ASIN: 0760322996
Publication Date: December 18, 2005
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Condition: Book and Cover in Excellent Condition
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Product Description
At its postwar peak, the North American railroad industry comprised as many as 100 lines. The classic system maps produced by the railroads of the day, collected for the first time in this volume, offer a sweeping view of the industry’s remarkable reach in the period of its greatest power. Each railroad’s routes unfold in multi-page spreads featuring a capsule history, vital specs such as track mileage and years of operation, and period photographs, all detailing the mid-twentieth-century might of North American railroads.
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 Tiny, tiny scale maps! July 7, 2008
This is supposed to be an atlas but the maps are unreadable. The print is far too small. I got a headache trying to make sense of it. If you want maps that you can read then don't buy this book.
 It was okay April 12, 2008
Book was okay, hoped it would have more about the shot line railroads as well.
 Atlas of N. American Railroads October 21, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I awaited delivery of this book with some trepidation; what were the chances it would properly cover my three favorite railroads? I need not have worried. Coverage of these is great but I've hardly noticed as there is so much else to read and learn about. I drive many of these [virtual] tracks in MS Trainsim and it's great to see where my tracks fit in to the big picture.
The packaging was very thorough and the book is well produced, of very good quality and the right sized format. I would certainly recommend this atlas to anyone interested in this subject.
Robert Bach
New Zealand
Atlas of North American Railroads March 12, 2007
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
This is not a typical atlas in the classical definition of the term. Rather the author somehow found maps produced by the several railroads he covers in his book to provide the mapped details of each specific route. This makes it a bit unconventional and some who think every atlas author should provide original maps may well be disappointed. But I like this book. I give the author credit for finding so many different maps. Some actually are available online, but others seem to come from railroad promotional literature (and difficult to find except for true railroad collectors).
The scope of the book is surprisingly broad. Some of the railroads shown here have been defunct for decades. The book has good text and several photos that show lines that many people only know as memories. It covers modern routes that have emerged from buyouts and mergers (i.e., BNSF) but omits Amtrak. This book has good nostalgia value but the maps, regardless of their origin, are quite informative. A good historian can decipher information for any type of source, even old rail route maps. I enjoy reviewing this book and recommend it fully.
 Not what I had hoped for January 30, 2007
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
This book contains lots of maps of railroads, as the title suggests. I'm not intentionally being flippant, but that about sums it up. It is a good historical reference, but sorely lacking as a comprehensive tool for viewing existing lines and rail traffic and railroad ownership. I was a history major, so the history was interesting to me, if sketchy, and it was interesting to see what railroad topography looked like in Florida, for example, in 1810, but again, not useful as a modern tool. I was expecting a railroad atlas, state by state, something like what one would get from AAA for highways. This is not that, just to warn you, but for what the authors intended I'm sure it is excellent.
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