Amtrak in the Heartland

Name: Amtrak in the Heartland
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ISBN: 9780253347053

ISBN-10: 025334705X

ISBN-13: 9780253347053

Edition: 2006

Authors: Craig Sanders

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A comprehensive, fully illustrated history of Amtrak operations in America's heartland

Book details

List price: $49.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 5/11/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 344
Size: 8.50" wide x 10.98" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 2.398
Language: English

Craig Sanders teaches journalism and mass media communications at Cleveland State University. A lifelong railroad enthusiast, Sanders has published articles in Trains magazine, The Observation Car, and the Amtrak Historical Society magazine. His books include Limiteds, Locals, and Expresses in Indiana, 1838--1971 (IUP, 2003). He lives in University Heights, Ohio.




The all-time transportation comeback



In the shadows of titans



A tale of two trains



When tradition and politics intervened



The hard luck Floridian



No mo' disappearing railroad blues



The eagle has survived



The epitome of western travel



The everywhere west train



Scenery and social responsibility



The almost forgotten corridor



Michigan's bootstrap campaign



An uneasy home in Indiana



Agony and ecstasy in the "can't lose" corridors



Prairie state populists



Front doors and back shops