The world the trains made : a century of great railroad architecture in the United States and Canada / James D. Dilts

Author: Dilts, James D., 1936-
Published: Lebanon, NH : ForeEdge, an imprint of the University Press of New England, [2018]
Physical Description: xiv, 271 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm

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Contents

A railroad suite of buildings (terminal complexes) -- Terminus -- City gateways -- Down by the station -- Room streets (train sheds) -- The big storehouse (freight depots, warehouses, grain elevators) -- The office -- Grand hotels -- The back shop -- Where they lived (railroad towns and suburbs) -- How they lived -- Crossing over and under -- Moving structures (locomotives and coaches) -- Monuments.

Subject(s)

Railroads—Buildings and structures—United States
Railroads—Buildings and structures—Canada
Architecture and society—United States
Architecture and society—Canada
Architecture and society
Railroads—Buildings and structures
Canada
United States

ISBN

9781611688023 hardcover alkaline paper
1611688027 hardcover alkaline paper

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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