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Tom Zoellner adores trains with a ferocious interest. In his new audiobook he chronicles the technology and sociological impact of the railway technology that improved the world, and may very well change it again. From the frigid Trans-Siberian Railroad to the antiquated Indian Railways to the futuristic maglev trains, Zoellner offers a stirring report of man's marriage with trains. Zoellner examines both the mechanics of the rails and their motors and exactly how they helped societies develop. Not only do trains transport people and goods within an efficient manner, nevertheless they also reduce air pollution and dependency upon oil. Zoellner also considers America's culture of ambivalence to mass transit, using the perpetually stalled lines between LA and San Francisco as a case study in bureaucracy and general population indifference. Train presents both an engaging history of railway travel throughout the world while offering a serious and impassioned case for future years of train travel.
