Preface and Acknowledgements Introduction: Railroad Imprints Section I: Railroad Time and Space 1. Timeline and Overview: The Two Lincolns and the American Railroad 2. Coming to Terms with the Wonder of the Age 3. Spatial Reorientation; or, Passages to Elsewhere 4. God's Time versus Railroad Time 5. The Battle of the Gauges Section II: Railroad Commercial Art 6. The Compass of Opportunity 7. Railroad Imperialism and Nation Building 8.

Magician's Wand; or, Landscapes Repackaged for Homeseekers 9. Inventing New Vacation Destinations 10. Matchless Pleasurelands and Seasonal Variations 11. Print Works 12. Timetable Tyranny; or, The Clockwork Railroad 13. Railroad Cartography as the Lie of the Land 14. Meet Me in Saint Louis and Elsewhere: Railroad World Fairs 15. Looking and Seeing: From Car Windows into the Great Outdoors 16.

In Cathedrals of Commerce; or, Celebrating the Railroad Landscape 17. Design Matters: From Jim Crow to Phoebe Snow 18. The Quest for Speed 19. Railroad Graphics Conscripted for the Duration 20. America's Second Transportation Revolution Conclusion: Putting Things in Perspective Notes Index.