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Issue 21: Railroad History in a Nutshell

Quick-and-easy illustrated guide to the history of railroading in North America. Abundant examples of the railroads’ role in the growth and economic life of the nation, plus how railroads have influenced fine art, photography, travel, and popular culture.

$19.95, 48 pages, color and b/w

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Railfans ride a Mid-Continent Railway Museum caboose in North Freedom, Wisconsin, in May 1963. Photograph by John Gruber, Gruber-05-021-0003

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