Title Metropolitan railways : rapid transit in America / William D. Middleton.

Publication Info.	Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2003]
	©2003

Item Status

Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Moore Stacks	HE4500 .M53 2003	Available	---

Description	viii, 275 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm.
Series	Railroads past and present
	Railroads past and present.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-267) and index.
Contents	The quest for rapid transit -- The era of the elevated -- Rapid transit goes underground -- Rapid transit at midcentury : new systems and a new era -- New metro technologies -- Light rail transit : new life for an old technology -- Conveyances for the multitudes -- A metropolitan railways renaissance.
Subject	Local transit -- North America -- History.
	Local transit.
	North America.
	History.
	Railroads, Local and light -- North America -- History.
	Railroads, Local and light.
	Street-railroads -- North America -- History.
	Street-railroads.
	Subways -- North America -- History.
	Subways.
ISBN	0253341795 cloth alkaline paper