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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.

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Thorough & fascinating	October 26, 2011
Reviewer: PHIL DARKINS from WELLINGTON, Wellington New Zealand

I'm still reading this book and enjoying it immensely. It's a detailed account of the final years of independent passenger railroad service pre-Amtrak. The text is highly readable and engaging, the photographs sublime.
I'm an NYC fan and find the stories of all the other great US railroads fascinating.

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