Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Current Reading- by John Stilgoe

Train Time: Railroads and the Imminent Reshaping of the United States Landscape
The first of three books on the immediate future, this one emphasizes how deep-pocket capital has already reinvested in the railroad industry and already reshapes American landscape and life.









Metropolitan Corridor : Railroads and the American Scene
examines the United States railroad environment in the years between 1880 and 1930, focusing on railroad travel, the perceptions of train passengers, and the constituents of the rail corridor itself, everything from power plants and industrial zones to railroad yards, grade crossings, suburban depots and the first landscapes shaped by railroad abandonment.

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