Against the epic backdrop of the building of the Union Pacific Railroad across plains and deserts and through the mountains to meet up with the Southern Pacific in Utah comes a sprawling, historical tale.
Helping bring life to the story is an array of photos with extended captions as well as vintage Union Pacific timetables, travel brochures, dining car menus, postcards, tickets, maps and advertising.
Originally published: Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1987.
Against the epic backdrop of the building of the Union Pacific Railroad across plains and deserts and through the mountains to meet up with the Southern Pacific in Utah comes a sprawling, historical tale.
shattered glass sunrise across the Snake River scarlet broken an osprey's nest on a phone pole an aluminum boat a bridge on concrete piers an island the sky yellow the clouds gray the birds black against the horizon in unison telepathic ...
The book shows how Union Pacific continues to succeed even as passenger trains have all but disappeared, proving that we still live in a Railroad Age.