Beschreibung:
Foreword / Robert D. Krebs -- Introduction / H. Roger Grant -- What the first transcontinental railroad wrought / Maury Klein -- 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 / Keith L. Bryant Jr -- To the far south: photography along the southern lines (early views ) -- To the far south: photography along the southern lines (modern views) -- Steamcar civilization in the northwest / Don L. Hofsommer -- 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 / Drake Hokanson -- Photographers' biographies -- Index of photographers -- Acknowledgments / Donors -- About the center.