Ben Waber reviewed Northeast Corridor by David Alff
A Chronology for Northeasterners
4 stars
If you live in the Northeast of the US and often take Amtrak (🙋♂️), this book provides an enjoyable tour through the development and history of this vital train line. It is mostly a chronology, however, and so while you'll learn the timeline and major players behind the stations and route that the Northeast Corridor has become, you won't get a ton of insight into the underlying forces that drove its evolution. I would've liked a lot more economic and macro analysis of this line, and if you're looking for train history you're probably better off picking up another book
If you live in the Northeast of the US and often take Amtrak (🙋♂️), this book provides an enjoyable tour through the development and history of this vital train line. It is mostly a chronology, however, and so while you'll learn the timeline and major players behind the stations and route that the Northeast Corridor has become, you won't get a ton of insight into the underlying forces that drove its evolution. I would've liked a lot more economic and macro analysis of this line, and if you're looking for train history you're probably better off picking up another book