In the 19th & early 20th centuries, when the train represented the apex of high-speed travel, railroad companies spared no artistic or monetary expense in the design & construction of their stations. Structures coast to coast, past & present, are represented in this history of American railroad terminals. A blend of archival photographs, both black-and-white & color, combine with modern color shots to relate the stories behind the design, the architecture, & the use of terminals like Grand Central Station & Pennsylvania Station in New York City, Washington, D.C.'s Union Station, Chicago's Dearborn Station & Union Station, Minneapolis' Milwaukee Road Station, & the Union Passenger Terminal in Los Angeles, to name a few.