Some Classic Trains Author:Arthur D Dubin For a season in the history of the US the only way to travel was by rail. The railroads responded to this with a profusion of service ranging from the commuter's 5:15 & the drummer's "accommadation" to culmination in the classic train. Some Classic Trains chronicles that era with words of informed comment & captions & more than 1300 illustrati... more »ons. It is a book about the sleeping & dining card that suddenly changed overland travel from barbarous to opulent ...about the compounda & Pacifics & 4-8-4s that slices hours & days out of the timetables...« less