A railroad atlas of the United States in 1946

Author(s)

• Carpenter, Richard C.

Bibliographic Information

A railroad atlas of the United States in 1946

Richard C. Carpenter

（Creating the North American landscape）

Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003-

• v. 1
• v. 2
• v. 3
• v. 4
• v. 5

Note

Vol. 1. The Mid-Atlantic States -- v. 2. New York & New England -- v. 3. Indiana, Lower Michigan & Ohio -- v. 4. Illinois, Wisconsin & Upper Michigan -- v. 5. Iowa & Minnesota

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

v. 2 ISBN 9780801880780

Description

Whistle-stop posts along a picturesque cycling trail. An abandoned roundhouse in a new industrial park. A piece of "Black Diamond" anthracite coal lying in the grass. These are silent witnesses to the golden age of American railroading, 1946, when the steam locomotive's sonorous whistle could be heard from Pennsylvania to Vermont, from New York to Chicago. The second installation of Richard C. Carpenter's highly acclaimed series covers an area criss-crossed by some of the oldest railroad lines in America. This volume includes over 191 beautiful, hand-drawn maps of rail systems in New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. These masterpieces, accompanied by detailed sections on stations, track pans, tunnels, and viaducts, capture a time when rail was king in New England, before cars, trucks, and planes became dominant.

Table of Contents

Introduction How to Use This Atlas Acknowledgments The Atlas Key Map Map Symbols and Abbreviations The Maps Appendix: List of Railroads in the Atlas Notes on the Maps References Indexes Coaling Stations Interlocking Stations and Former Interlocking Stations Passenger and Non-passenger Stations Tunnels Viaducts

Volume

v. 3 ISBN 9780801890024

Description

A Railroad Atlas of the United States in 1946 recalls an era when steam locomotives were still king and passenger trains stopped at nearly every town in America. Railroad companies employed over a million workers, on the trains and along the tracks. Everything moved by rail: travelers, mail, and freight-whether a massive electric generator or a child's bicycle. Richard C. Carpenter's hand-drawn color maps recapture the precise details: the various trunk and ancillary railroad passenger lines that served thousands of towns; long-since demolished steam locomotive and manual signal tower installations; towns that functioned solely as places where crews changed over; track pans; coaling stations; tunnels; bridges and viaducts; and other rail-specific sites. The third and largest volume in this acclaimed series includes 276 maps and drawings and focuses on Indiana, Lower Michigan, and Ohio. These states could be called the crossroads of the national railroad network, where east-west transcontinental lines crossed north-south inter-regional lines. Carpenter depicts the major rail centers of Indianapolis, Gary, Detroit, Toledo, Cleveland, and Chicago, as well as every town and rail junction from Mackinaw City, Michigan, to Tell City, Indiana.

Table of Contents

Introduction How to Use This Atlas Acknowledgments The Atlas Kay Map Map Symbols and Abbreviations The Maps Appendix: List of Railroads in the Atlas Notes on the Maps: References Indexes Coaling Stations Interlocking Stations and Former Interlocking Stations Passender and Non-passenger Stations Track Pans Tunnels Viaducts

Volume

v. 4 ISBN 9781421401461

Description

With his meticulously crafted, hand-drawn maps of America's complex and extensive railroad network, Richard C. Carpenter recaptures a time when steam locomotives were still king and passenger trains stopped at nearly every town. Before railroad mergers forced the abandonment of thousands of miles of line and passengers chose to hop behind the wheel of a car rather than buy a train ticket, the United States, at its post-World War II apex, boasted what many considered the finest passenger railroad system in the world. The fourth volume in this acclaimed series illustrates in stunning detail the rail system in Illinois, Wisconsin, and upper Michigan. Charting not only the exact direction and distance of each rail line, Carpenter also includes with precision the railroad's operational details: both existing and long-since-demolished signal towers, interlockings, passenger stations, major rail yards, repair shops, crew change points, trackage rights and joint operations, and other rarely mapped, rail-specific sites. The book's unique format allows easy cross-referencing with U.S. Geological Survey maps and DeLorme state road atlases. Also highlighted are rivers, lakes, and state and county boundaries, as well as the mileposts for every line. These beautifully rendered maps tell the fascinating story of America's unparalleled railroad network in 1946. Anyone interested in how people and goods moved around the country will find much to learn and appreciate in Richard Carpenter's one-of-a-kind railroad atlases.

Table of Contents

Introduction How to Use This Atlas Acknowledgments The Atlas Key Map Map Symbols and Abbreviations The Maps Appendix: List of Railroads in the Atlas Notes on the Maps References Indexes Coaling Stations Interlocking Stations and Former Interlocking Stations Passenger and Non-passenger Stations Track Plans Tunnels Viaducts

Volume

v. 5 ISBN 9781421410357

Description

Driving across Iowa nowadays, one sees acres and acres of flat cornfields and hears little but the leaves stirring. But in the golden age of railroading, tracks crisscrossed the prairies and steam engines thundered by, carrying goods and people across the country. The sounds of the train could be heard for miles - the clickety - clack of the jointed rails and the haunting call of the steam whistle. The fifth volume of A Railroad Atlas of the United States in 1946 provides a comprehensive record of the railroad system as it existed in Iowa and Minnesota in 1946 - the apex of America's post-war rail network, when steam locomotives still dominated and passenger trains stopped at towns all along the rail lines. Eventually railroad mergers, the automobile, and the airplane changed what many viewed as the world's premier rail system. Richard C. Carpenter's hand-drawn color maps depict in precise detail the various trunk and secondary railroad lines that served scores of towns while indicating such features as long-since-demolished coaling stations, towns that functioned solely as places where crews were changed, tunnels, viaducts, and especially interlocking stations. In Volume 5, Carpenter traces every rail line from Thief River Falls, Minnesota, to Keokuk, Iowa. In this region seven railroads of the eastern network merged at Council Bluffs, Iowa, into the Union Pacific, the first transcontinental line to the Pacific Ocean. In Minnesota, the primary rail routes to the Pacific northwest-the Great Northern and the Northern Pacific-ran westward from Minneapolis - Saint Paul.

Table of Contents

Introduction How to Use This Atlas Acknowledgments The Atlas Key Map Map Symbols and Abbreviations The Maps Appendix: List of Railroads in the Atlas Notes on the Maps References Indexes Coal Stations Interlocking Stations and Former Interlocking Stations Passenger and Non-passenger Stations Truck Pans Tunnels Viaducts

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA63524509
• ISBN:
  • 0801873312
  • 0801880785
  • 0801890020
  • 9781421401461
  • 9781421410357
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Baltimore, Md.
• Pages/Volumes: v.
• Size: 29 cm
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Railroads -- Middle Atlantic States -- Maps
  • LCSH : Railroads -- Middle Atlantic States -- History
  • FREE : Railroads -- New York & New England -- Maps
  • FREE : Railroads -- New York & New England -- History
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA07302089