All Aboard Amtrak

All Aboard Amtrak by Mike Schafer

By the 1960's, a colorful array of steel-wheeled limiteds still crisscrossed the U.S., but it was a transportation network marred by a pall that spelled doom: By 1970, it was said, there would be no more passenger trains in America. But that's not what happened, and now, more than 20 years later, more than 22 million intercity rail travelers every year still beckon to the familiar "all aboard" call that signals yet another departure to faraway destinations.

Amtrak's birth of May 1, 1971, was a pivoting point for a most-celebrated manner of travel. No one then could imagine what the following two decades would bring: new trains and the reincarnation of limiteds past; new routes; new locomotives and rolling stock. Here's a book that chronicles Amtrak, the heart of America's passenger-train renaissance, and celebrates 20 years of development, setbacks and victories through easy-to-read text and loads of fine photos by a nationwide pool of photographers.

$49.95

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