316x264 mm, 690 pages, soft cover
CONTENTS
| Preface | xi | |
| 0NE | The Day Coach in the Wooden Era: 1830 to 1910 | 2 |
| Representative Cars | 50 | |
| TWO | The Day Coach: Era of the Metal Car | 116 |
| THREE | First-Class Travel: Sleeping Cars | 202 |
| FOUR | First-Class Travel: Parlor, Dining, and Private Cars | 286 |
| Notes to Chapters One through Four | xv | |
| FIVE | Passenger Car Accommodations: From Decoration to Vestibules | 372 |
| SIX | Head-End Cars: Baggage Express, Combination, Emigrant, and Mail Cars | 452 |
| SEVEN | Running Gears | 496 |
| EIGHT | Self-Propelled Cars and Motor Trains | 578 |
| Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Car Designers and Builders | 647 | |
| Appendix B: Statistics | 657 | |
| Appendix C: American Railroad Car Chronology | 661 | |
| Notes to Chapters Five through Eight | 665 | |
| Bibliography | 676 | |
| Index | 680 |