From the frigid trans-Siberian railroad to the antiquated Indian Railways to futuristic MagLev trains‚ this is a stirring chronicle of our relationship with rail travel. Tom Zoellner examines the engineering and mechanics of rail as well as how it helped societies evolve. He also looks at America’s ambivalence about mass transit. Train gives us an entertaining history of rail transport around the world and an impassioned case for its future.

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