Apparently, traveling by train in the 1950s was so complicated that passengers needed a 32-page instruction manual. No wonder so many people were switching to automobiles!
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This booklet was originally published as the May-June, 1954, issue of Wheels, the public-relations magazine of American Car & Foundry. This particular edition is a re-issue of that magazine by Norfolk & Western. It was written by Andrew Hepburn, who also wrote a series of travel guides to California, Florida, Mexico, New England, the Caribbean, and other North American destinations. It notes that Trains magazine’s David P. Morgan also “acted as a special consultant.”