After Promontory

One Hundred and Fifty Years of Transcontinental Railroading

Keith L. Bryant, Drake Hokanson, Don L. Hofsommer, Maury Klein, The Center for Railroad Photography & Art, Peter A. Hansen, The Center for Railroad Photography & Art, Peter A. Hansen

• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN: 9780253039606
• eBook ISBN: 9780253039637
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: North American History
• Index: Technology & Engineering

"Some of the most accomplished scholars of railroad history…tell the story of these enterprises which totally re-shaped the western landscape."— The Michigan Railfan
After Promontory profiles the history and heritage behind the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States. Starting with the original Union Pacific—Central Pacific lines that met at Promontory Summit, Utah, in 1869, the book expands the narrative by considering all of the transcontinental routes in the United States and examining their impact on building this great nation.
 
Exquisitely illustrated with full color photographs, After Promontory divides the western United States into three regions—central, southern, and northern—and offers a deep look at the transcontinental routes of each one. Included are contributions by such renowned railroad historians as Maury Klein, Keith Bryant, Don Hofsommer, H. Roger Grant, and Rob Krebs.
 
Includes photos

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Table of Contents
• Foreword
• Introduction
• What the First Transcontinental Railroad Wrought
• To the Far West: Photography Along the Central Lines {Early Views}
• To the Far West: Photography Along the Central Lines {Modern Views}
• The Southern Transcontinentals
• To the Desert West: Photography Along the Southern Lines {Early Views}
• To the Desert West: Photography Along the Southern Lines {Modern Views}
• Steamcar Civilization in the Northwest
• To the Northwest: Photography Along the Northern Lines {Early Views}
• To the Northwest: Photography Along the Northern Lines {Modern Views}
• Capturing the West: Photography and the Transcontinental Railroads
• Photographers’ Biographies
• Index of Photographers
• Acknowledgments / Donors
• About the Center