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An evocative and stunning photographic tribute to America's railroad stations. For much of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the railroad station or
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Authors: Janet Greenstein Potter
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Type: BOOK - Published: 1996-04-20 - Publisher: Wiley

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Pages: 289
Authors: Sam Roberts
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A rich, illustrated - and entertaining -- history of the iconic Grand Central Terminal, from one of New York City's favorite writers, just in time to celebrate
Classic American Railroad Stations
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The Great Railroad Revolution
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America was made by the railroads. The opening of the Baltimore & Ohio line -- the first American railroad -- in the 1830s sparked a national revolution in the