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" All aboard : "
Jim Loomis.
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BL
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695871
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b518060
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Loomis, Jim.
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All aboard : : the complete North American train travel guide /\ Jim Loomis.
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3rd ed.
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Chicago, Ill. :: Chicago Review Press,, c2011.
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xiii, 354 p. :: ill., map ;; 22 cm.
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1569763097 (pbk.)
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: 9781569763094 (pbk.)
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Includes index.
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| Contents
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Why take a train? -- How it all began -- Amtrak to the rescue -- Planning your own train trip -- Packing and last-minute details -- Life onboard -- Who's in charge here? -- When things go wrong -- Passenger train equipment -- How it all works -- What about all those freight trains? -- Safety is priority number one -- Taking the train in Canada -- Mexico's Copper Canyon train -- Will there be trains in our future? -- Appendix A: Pick a train, any train -- Appendix B: Suggested itineraries -- Appendix C: Railroad terms and slang -- Appendix D: How to find a rail-savvy travel agent -- Appendix E: Passenger rail advocates -- Appendix F: Excursion trains and railroad museums.
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Railroad travel-- Canada, Guidebooks.
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Railroad travel-- Mexico-- Copper Canyon, Guidebooks.
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Railroad travel-- United States, Guidebooks.
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Canada, Guidebooks.
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Copper Canyon (Mexico), Guidebooks.
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United States, Guidebooks.
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917.304
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