Metropolitan Railways Rapid Transit in America

Name: Metropolitan Railways Rapid Transit in America
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ISBN: 9780253341792

ISBN-10: 0253341795

ISBN-13: 9780253341792

Edition: 2003

Authors: William D. Middleton

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The first elevated train ran in Manhattan in 1871, the first subway came 25 years later in Boston. This is the story of rapid transit systems in America, from the first street cars to the modern light rail systems.

Book details

List price: $37.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 1/1/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 8.50" wide x 10.98" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 2.684
Language: English

William D. Middleton is the author of more than 20 books and many hundreds of articles on rail transportation, engineering, and travel topics. He is editor (with George M. Smerk and Roberta L. Diehl) of Encyclopedia of North American Railroads (IUP, 2007) and co-author of Frank Julian Sprague: Electrical Inventor and Engineer (IUP, 2009).



Preface



The Quest for Rapid Transit



The Era of the Elevated



Rapid Transit Goes Underground



Rapid Transit at Midcentury: New Systems and a New Era



New Metro Technologies



Light Rail Transit: New Life for an Old Technology



Conveyances for the Multitudes: The Cars We Rode



A Metropolitan Railways Renaissance



The Technology of Rail Transit



North American Metro and Light Rail Transit


Bibliography


Index