Grandluxe Express : Traveling in High Style (Railroads Past and Present) -- Hardback

Zimmermann, Karl R.

Indiana University Press（2007/11発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 143 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780253349477
• DDC分類 385.0973

Full Description

This lavish book invites readers aboard the glamorous renovated cars of the GrandLuxe railway train. In 1989, the American-European Express, a stylish train created in emulation of Europe's Orient Express, commenced operation between Washington and Chicago. Forced to close down two years later, it was reborn in 1994 as the American Orient Express. The AOE, as this luxury streamliner was often known, matured under the tutelage of various owners until 2006, when under new ownership it acquired a new name, the GrandLuxe Express.Trackside, the train gleamed as a classic American streamliner. Aboard, travelers enjoy old-fashioned, wood-paneled elegance that harkens back to the 1920s and Europe's posh Wagons-Lits sleepers and restaurant cars.

Contents

ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Cruising on the GrandLuxe Express1. Ancestry2. The American-European Express Comes and Goes3. American Orient Express: The Phoenix Rises4. The Old Order Changeth: GrandLuxe Rail Journeys5. Silk Purses: GrandLuxe's Glamorous Cars6. Life on BoardAppendix: All-Time Roster of Cars OperatedIndex