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.
- ISBN10 0253354773
- ISBN13 9780253354778
- Publish Date 30 August 2010
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 12 April 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Indiana University Press
- Edition expanded edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 216
- Language English