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In the years following World War II, a potent combination of new prosperity, a renewed love affair with the automobile, improved highways, and the availability of commercial air travel contributed to the dwindling number of rail travelers. By the 1960s, rail passenger service had become an endangered species in an unfriendly environment. Fred W. Frailey recounts the demise of the pre-Amtrak passenger train in Twilight of the Great Trains. Drawing upon a lifetime of experience as a reporter and editor, Frailey uncovers the reasons behind the disappearance of these great trains and explains how 11 railroad systems withstood or welcomed, fought or embraced the inevitable decline of their passenger services. Stimulating and informative, this book offers a behind-the-scenes look at one of the most challenging eras in American railroad history.
Contents
IntroductionWhat Passenger Problem? Kanas City SouthernAll Hail The "City of Everywhere": Union PacificSpoiler: Southern PacificThe True Believers: Santa FeKaty Did: Missouri-Kansas-TexasMissouri Pacific's Mr. Clean: Missouri PacificZephyrs agaist a Head Wind: Burlington / Northern Pacific / Great NorthernSouthern's Hospitality: Southern RailwayMost Likely to Succeed: Atlantic Coast Line / Seaboard Air LineChessie's Last Stand: Baltimore & Ohio / Chesapeake & OhioTwilight Limiteds: New York Central / Pennsylvania / New HavenAmerica's Main Street: Illinois CentralThe End (And the New Beginning): Amtrak
