Coach Trains and Travel by Patrick Dorin (JD)

Fascinating look at the regular passenger equipment that was used by the majority of railroads to transport the majority of their passengers. The author describes the evolution of the basic coach car from the days of airless boxes with benches or rattan seating to the era of plush recliners with air-conditioning. The book discusses every aspect of these trains, from their position in the consist to the design of the superb all-coach trains such as The Blue Comet, the Reading’s Crusader, and the NYC’s Pacemaker. Locals are alos covered, as are commuter, milk, mail, ski, rail fan and express trains, the Auto-Train, and Amtrak. There is a chapter each on the Algoma Central to Agawa Canyon and Ontario Northland’s Polar Bear. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos showing interiors and exteriors of the trains. 192 pages with index.