Brian Floca - The railroads once were a dominant power in American life, for good and for ill. There...

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The railroads once were a dominant power in American life, for good and for ill. There's something inevitably nostalgic about a train book today. Trains attract us, but part of that attraction is cultural memory.

Brian Floca

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Die Eisenbahnen waren einst eine dominierende Macht im amerikanischen Leben, zum Guten wie zum Schlechten. Ein Zugbuch hat heute etwas unvermeidlich Nostalgie. Züge ziehen uns an, aber ein Teil dieser Attraktion ist das kulturelle Gedächtnis.

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