Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

Pindell, Terry

Making tracks: an American rail odyssey by Terry Pindell - New York Grove Weindenfield 1990 - 399 pages

Includes Index

Introduction -- The Montrealer and the Silver Star -- Part 1. Winter West. Passages: the Lake Shore Limited ; Conquering a continent: the California Zephyr ; Jackalopes and golden spikes: the California Zephyr ; Roots and driftwood: the Coast Starlight ; Soap: the Sunset Limited ; Spirit of New Orleans: the City of New Orleans ; God, country, and freedom: the Broadway Limited -- Part 2. Spring heartland. Old habits die hard: the Crescent ; Life and death on the love train: the Eagle ; Desperadoes: the Cardinal -- Part 3. Summer west. Taming the trail: the Southwest Chief ; They call the wind Maria: the Desert Wind ; Quest for the West: the Pioneer ; California dreamin': the Coast Starlight South ; Of mice and men: the Coast Starlight North ; Northwest passage: the Empire Builder ; Way East: the Empire Builder, the Broadway Limited, the Bankers -- Epilogue: the Capital Limited.

The author's journey over America's thirty thousand miles of rail passenger lines; part history and part travelogue, his chronicle gives a fresh portrait of America.

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United States--Description & Travel--1981
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