A Railroad Atlas of the United States in 1946: Volume 2: New York & New England

by Richard C. Carpenter

Overview

Whistle-stop posts along a picturesque cycling trail. An abandoned roundhouse in a new industrial park. A piece of "Black Diamond" anthracite coal lying in the grass. These are silent witnesses to the golden age of American railroading, 1946, when the steam locomotive's sonorous whistle could be heard from Pennsylvania to Vermont, from New York to Chicago.

The second installation of Richard C. Carpenter's highly acclaimed series covers an area criss-crossed by some of the oldest railroad lines in America. This volume includes over 191 beautiful, hand-drawn maps of rail systems in New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. These masterpieces, accompanied by detailed sections on stations, track pans, tunnels, and viaducts, capture a time when rail was king in New England, before cars, trucks, and planes became dominant.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780801880780
Publisher:	Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date:	05/13/2005
Series:	Creating the North American Landscape
Edition description:	20
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.80(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Richard C. Carpenter is the retired executive director of the South Western Regional Planning Agency in Connecticut.

Table of Contents

Introduction
How to Use This Atlas
Acknowledgments
The Atlas
Key Map
Map Symbols and Abbreviations
The Maps
Appendix: List of Railroads in the Atlas
Notes on the Maps
References
Indexes
Coaling Stations
Interlocking Stations and Former Interlocking Stations
Passenger and Non-passenger Stations
Tunnels
Viaducts

What People are Saying About This

Richard B Hasselman

Where railroads first began and proliferated... I have never seen such complete coverage of railroads in any single document.

— Richard B Hasselman, Senior Vice President of Operations, CONRAIL (retired)

From the Publisher

Where railroads first began and proliferated . . . I have never seen such complete coverage of railroads in any single document.
—Richard B Hasselman, Senior Vice President of Operations, CONRAIL (retired)

Editorial Reviews

This book, along with Volume 1 . . ., belongs in the library of every serious rail historian.
—Railfan and Railroad

No detail that is too insignificant to be omitted . . . as long as it had something to do with railroading.
—John P. Reilly, Editor Emeritus, Sunday Hour

Each map is carefully produced in exquisite detail. . . I give it the highest possible recommendation.
—Peter E. Lynch, NHRHTA Bulletin

Carpenter has done an outstanding job showing the railroad world of 1946.
—National Railway Bulletin

An incredible wealth of information.
—Gregory Curtis, American Reference Books Annual

A fine addition to any rail fan's library, perfect for a long winter evening.
—Albert Churella, Journal of Transport History

An impressive accomplishment and will likely be well loved and well used by rail buffs and historians.
—Gordon Kennedy, Cartographic Perspectives

From the Publisher

No detail that is too insignificant to be omitted . . . as long as it had something to do with railroading.

Sunday Hour - John P. Reilly

Carpenter has done an outstanding job showing the railroad world of 1946.

National Railway Bulletin

This book, along with Volume 1 . . ., belongs in the library of every serious rail historian.

Railfan and Railroad

An incredible wealth of information.

American Reference Books Annual - Gregory Curtis

Each map is carefully produced in exquisite detail. . . I give it the highest possible recommendation.

NHRHTA Bulletin - Peter E. Lynch

An impressive accomplishment and will likely be well loved and well used by rail buffs and historians.

Cartographic Perspectives - Gordon Kennedy

A fine addition to any rail fan's library, perfect for a long winter evening.

Journal of Transport History - Albert Churella

An impressive accomplishment and will likely be well loved and well used by rail buffs and historians.

— Gordon Kennedy

Cartographic Perspectives

A fine addition to any rail fan's library, perfect for a long winter evening.

— Albert Churella

Journal of Transport History

An incredible wealth of information.

— Gregory Curtis

American Reference Books Annual

Each map is carefully produced in exquisite detail... I give it the highest possible recommendation.

— Peter E. Lynch

NHRHTA Bulletin

No detail that is too insignificant to be omitted... as long as it had something to do with railroading.

— John P. Reilly, Editor Emeritus

Sunday Hour

This book, along with Volume 1..., belongs in the library of every serious rail historian.

Railfan & Railroad