{"product_id":"a-railroad-atlas-of-the-united-states-in-1946-volume-1-the-midatlantic-states-volume-1-creating-the-north-american-landscape-9780801873317","title":"A Railroad Atlas of the United States in 1946: Volume 1: The Mid-Atlantic States (Volume 1) (Creating the North American Landscape)","description":"\u003cp\u003eA pair of gleaming rails embedded in a farmhouse driveway. A wooded cycling trail that traces an oddly level path through suburban hills. An abandoned high fill that briefly parallels the interstate. Today  little remains of the vast network of passenger and freight railroad lines that once crisscrossed much of eastern and midwestern America. But in 1946  the steam locomotive was king  the automobile was just beginning to emerge from wartime restrictions  passenger trains still made stops in nearly every town  and freight trains carried most of the nations intercity commerce. In A Railroad Atlas of the United States in 1946  Richard C. Carpenter provides a unique record of this not-so-distant time  when traveling out of town meant  for most Americans  taking the train. The first volume of this multivolume series covers the mid-Atlantic states and includes detailed maps of every passenger railroad line in Pennsylvania  New Jersey  Delaware  Maryland  Virginia  West Virginia  and the District of Columbia. When completed  the series will provide a comprehensive atlas of the U.S. railroad system at its post-World War II high pointa transportation network that many considered the finest railroad passenger system in the world. Meticulously crafted and rich in detail  these hand-drawn color maps reveal with skilled precisionat a scale of 1 inch to 4 miles (or 1:250 000)the various main and branch railroad passenger and freight lines that served thousands of American towns. The maps also include such features as long-since-demolished steam locomotive and manual signal tower installations  towns that functioned solely as places where crews changed over  track pans  coaling stations  and other rail-specific sites. Currently  there exists no comprehensive  historic railroad atlas for the U.S. This volume  with its 202 full-scale and detail maps  is sure to remain the standard reference work for years to come  as will the others to follow in the series.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651961806901,"sku":"ByrdShop_0801873312","price":78.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780801873317.jpg?v=1781847817","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/a-railroad-atlas-of-the-united-states-in-1946-volume-1-the-midatlantic-states-volume-1-creating-the-north-american-landscape-9780801873317","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}