Train Trips - Exploring America by Rail – Buch gebraucht kaufen

0914788345

(ISBN-13: 9780914788348)

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22.6 x 14.5 x 2.8 cm

269

360 g

Taschenbuch

Englisch

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Klappentext:
"Author William G. Scheller, in this unprecedented guide, illustrates America's rediscovery of the romance and practicality of traveling by rail:
"The real delight of a train trip lies in its peculiar combina-tion of motion and stasis: you know that you are moving, that you are headed somewhere, but you are also living ... in a separate, self-contained world in which time may äs well have stopped.
"Trains revea! the least homogenized aspects of the American landscape. They have a marvelously abrupt way of entering and departing even the largest of cities-one minute you are downtown, and the next, it seems, you are away in the country."
TRAIN TRIPS includes a history of American passenger trains, an examination of the present-day equipment, Information on dining and activities. It also covers the major routes with visits to over 4O American eitles! Tips on where to stay, what to do, how to get around are written from the unique perspective of the train traveler.
All aboard ...
The San Francisco Zephyr • Silver Star • Empire Builder • Coast Starlight • Silver Meteor • City of New Orleans • Southern Crescent • Lake Shore Limited • Northeast Corridor • Broadway Limited • Desert Wind • Southwest Limited • Pioneer • Mon-trealer • Sunset Limited • Denver and Rio Grande Western • Alaska Raiiroad • and more!"

Inhalt:
"Preface....................................................... 9
I. Before You Board ........................................ 11
Introduction ............................................ 13
A Brief History .......................................... 17
The Corning of Amtrak .............................. 19
How Amtrak Operates .................................... 21
RollingStock ..................................... .22
Motive Power ..................................... 32
Stations and Ticketing .............................. 34
Planning Routes and Making Connections .............. 37
Baggage .......................................... 39
Time on the Train ....................................... 43
Meals ............................................ 45
Traveling with Children ............................. 46
Handicapped Travelers .............................. 46
Using This Book ........................................ 51
II. Routes and Cities ........................................ 55
1. The Lake Shore Limited (Boston and New York to Chicago) and the Broadway Limited (New York to Chicago)......... 57
Boston ........................................... 57
New York ......................................... 65
Albany ........................................... 74
Rochester ......................................... 76
Cleveland......................................... 78
Detroit ........................................... 80
Chicago ..........................................85
Pittsburgh ........................................ 93
Cincinnati ........................................ 96
2. The Northeast Corridor (Boston to Washington, D.C.)..... 99
Philadelphia...................................... 101
Baltimore ........................................ 108
Washington, D.C. ................................. 111
3. The Montrealer and the Adirondack (New York to
Montreal) ........................................ 117
Montreal ........................................ 118
4. The Silver Star and Silver Meteor (New York to Miami and St. Petersburg) and the Palmetto (New York to Savannah) . . 123 Charleston ....................................... 124
Savannah ........................................ 127
Miami .......................................... 130
5. The Crescent (New York to New Orleans).............. 133
Charlotte ........................................ 134
Atlanta .......................................... 136
New Orleans ..................................... 141
6. The City of New Orleans (Chicago to New Orleans) and the Inter-American (Laredo and Houston to Chicago) ........ 145
Memphis ........................................ 146
Fort Worth-Dallas ................................. 149
St. Louis......................................... 153
7. The Empire Builder (Chicago to Seattle) ............... 157
Milwaukee ....................................... 157
Minneapolis-St. Paul............................... 162
Seattle .......................................... 168
8. The San Francisco Zephyr (Chicago to Oakland)......... 175
Omaha .......................................... 175
Denver .......................................... 178
Cheyenne........................................ 182
Reno............................................ 186
Sacramento ...................................... 188
San Francisco..................................... 190
9. The Southwest Limited (Los Angeles to Chicago)........ 199
Los Angeles ...................................... 199
Albuquerque ..................................... 206
Kansas City ...................................... 209
10. The Sunset Limited (Los Angeles to New Orleans) ....... 213
Phoenix ......................................... 214
San Antonio ...................................... 218
Houston ......................................... 220
11. The Pioneer (Salt Lake City to Seattle) and the Desert Wind (Ogden to Los Angeles)............................. 225
Salt Lake City .................................... 225
Las Vegas ........................................ 229
12. The Pacific International (Vancouver to Seattle), the Coast Starlight (Seattle to Los Angeles), and the San Diegan (Los Angeles to San Diego).......................... 233
Vancouver ....................................... 233
Portland ......................................... 237
San Diego ....................................... 244
III. Appendixes............................................ 249
A. Other Passenger Railroads of the United States
and Canada ...................................... 251
B. Amtrak Tour Packages ............................. 253
C. Amtrak's Telephone Network ........................ 255
D. Suggested Reading ................................ 259
Index.................................................261
Index to Routes & Cities ................................. 263"

K48

1981

R20150823a-0869