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(More customer reviews)I am not a serious railfan, but I do love trains of all sorts. This book is chock full of great photos of rolling stock divided into categories by type. Not knowing much about rolling stock, I learned a lot from this book and added some words to my railroad vocabulary. My one complaint would be that the photos are not annotated with dates and locations. I thought I recognized some locales, but had no way of verifying them!
Here's a list of the chapters: (1) Rolling Stock and the Railroads, (2) Serving Industry, (3) Flatcars, (4) Boxcars, (5) Tank Cars, (6) Hoppers, (7) Intermodal, (8) Maintenance-of-Way Equipment (9) Baggage Cars and RPOs, (10) Coaches, (11) Dining Cars, (12) Sleepers, (13) Observation, Parlor, and Business Cars, and (14) Cabooses.
This is a nice quality book with thick glossy pages and large photos. Very enjoyable!
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For as long as locomotives have been the stars of North American railroads, rolling stock has trundled and raced along behind, carrying raw materials, finished goods, and people. Illustrated with more than 250 photographs, Railroad Rolling Stock traces the evolution of various forms of rolling stock from throughout the history of North American railroading. Each chapter features a specific type: from boxcars, gondolas, and hoppers to tankcars, flatcars, and auto racks, intermodal rolling stock, passenger equipment, the venerable caboose, and even maintenance-of-way (MOW) equipment. Throughout, the photographs reflect the grand geographic and technological breadth of North American railroading and are accompanied by detailed captions identifying the rolling stock pictured and explaining their roles in the history of North American railroading from the "Golden Age" to present.
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