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Mike Schafer
Softcover
96 pages
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Streamliner Memories
$74.00
This full-colour journey through the past contains marvelous period photography depicting some of the most memorable aspects of streamliner travel. Whether depicting passengers eating in elegant dining cars, socializing in lounge cars, sight-seeing through massive Vista-Domes, or retiring to private Pullman sleepers, this collection is more than just the evocative story behind the golden age passenger train travel from 1930 to 1970.
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| Weight | 0.400 kg |
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| Dimensions | 23.0 × 21.0 × 0.70 cm |
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