Alff David
Alff David - The Northeast Corridor The Trains The People The History The Region - Hardcover
Alff David - The Northeast Corridor The Trains The People The History The Region - Hardcover
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Description: All aboard for the first comprehensive history of the hard - working and wildly influential Northeast Corridor. Traversed by thousands of trains and millions of riders the Northeast Corridor might be America's most famous railway but its influence goes far beyond the right - of - way. David Alff welcomes readers aboard to see how nineteenth - century train tracks did more than connect Boston to Washington DC. They transformed hundreds of miles of Atlantic shoreline into a political capital a global financial hub and home to fifty million people. The Northeast Corridor reveals how freight trains commuter rail and Amtrak influenced and in turn were shaped by centuries of American industrial expansion metropolitan growth downtown decline and revitalization. Paying as much attention to Aberdeen Trenton New Rochelle and Providence as to New York City Philadelphia and Baltimore Alff provides narrative thrills for history buffs train enthusiasts and adventurers alike. What's more he offers a glimpse into the future of the corridor. New infrastructural plans supported by President Joe Biden famously Amtrak's biggest fan envision ever - faster trains zipping along technologically advanced rails. Yet those tracks will literally sit atop a history that links the life of Frederick Douglass who fled to freedom by boarding a train in Baltimore to the Frederick Douglass Tunnel which is expected to be the newest link in the corridor by 2032. Trains have long made the places that make America and they still do.
Title: The Northeast Corridor The Trains The People The History The Region
Author(s): Alff David
Publisher: The University Of Chicago Press
Barcode: 9780226822839
Pages: 280 Pages, 20 Halftones
Publication Date: 4/19/2024
Category: Trains & Railways: General Interest
Description: All aboard for the first comprehensive history of the hard - working and wildly influential Northeast Corridor. Traversed by thousands of trains and millions of riders the Northeast Corridor might be America's most famous railway but its influence goes far beyond the right - of - way. David Alff welcomes readers aboard to see how nineteenth - century train tracks did more than connect Boston to Washington DC. They transformed hundreds of miles of Atlantic shoreline into a political capital a global financial hub and home to fifty million people. The Northeast Corridor reveals how freight trains commuter rail and Amtrak influenced and in turn were shaped by centuries of American industrial expansion metropolitan growth downtown decline and revitalization. Paying as much attention to Aberdeen Trenton New Rochelle and Providence as to New York City Philadelphia and Baltimore Alff provides narrative thrills for history buffs train enthusiasts and adventurers alike. What's more he offers a glimpse into the future of the corridor. New infrastructural plans supported by President Joe Biden famously Amtrak's biggest fan envision ever - faster trains zipping along technologically advanced rails. Yet those tracks will literally sit atop a history that links the life of Frederick Douglass who fled to freedom by boarding a train in Baltimore to the Frederick Douglass Tunnel which is expected to be the newest link in the corridor by 2032. Trains have long made the places that make America and they still do.
Title: The Northeast Corridor The Trains The People The History The Region
Author(s): Alff David
Publisher: The University Of Chicago Press
Barcode: 9780226822839
Pages: 280 Pages, 20 Halftones
Publication Date: 4/19/2024
Category: Trains & Railways: General Interest
