The Station Agent and the American Railroad Experience

H. Roger Grant (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

226 Seiten

2023
Indiana University Press (Verlag)
978-0-253-06434-9 (ISBN)

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Before the widespread popularity of automobiles, buses, and trucks, freight and passenger trains bound the nation together. The Station Agent and the American Railroad Experience explores the role of local frontline workers that kept the country's vast rail network running.

Virtually every community with a railroad connection had a depot and an agent. These men and occasionally women became the official representatives of their companies and were highly respected. They met the public when they sold tickets, planned travel itineraries, and reported freight and express shipments. Additionally, their first-hand knowledge of Morse code made them the most informed in town. But as times changed, so did the role of, and the need for, the station agent.

Beautifully illustrated with dozens of vintage photographs, The Station Agent and the American Railroad Experience, brings back to life the day-to-day experience of the station agent and captures the evolution of railroad operations as technology advanced.

H. Roger Grant is author of numerous books on railroads and transportation, including Railroads and the American People (IUP), and A Mighty Fine Road (IUP). He is Kathryn and Calhoun Lemon Professor of History at Clemson University.

Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Formative Years
2. Maturity: Essentials
3. Maturity: Complexities
4. Decline
Notes
Bibliography
5. Legacy
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	06.08.2022
Reihe/Serie	Railroads Past and Present
Zusatzinfo	45 b&w illus. - 45 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	Bloomington, IN
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	476 g
Themenwelt	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schienenfahrzeuge
ISBN-10	0-253-06434-1 / 0253064341
ISBN-13	978-0-253-06434-9 / 9780253064349
Zustand	Neuware