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Drawing on industry trade journals like Railway Age, this book explores the impact of the early automobile on America's railroads from 1900 to 1940 and how railroad companies became aware of, reacted to, and coped with the rise of automobiles. It discusses America's railroads during the period; the rise of roadside places like gas stations, motels, and roadside restaurants; other auto-related topics, such as highway improvement, motoring and night lighting, outdoor advertising, the garage as an American institution, and the rise of the parking lot as a new kind of land use; improvements to railroad crossings; the rise of streetcars and interurban railways; rail motor cars; and adaptations related to railroad bus and trucking subsidiaries. Annotation ©2017 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
