Die Geschichte der Bahnen in Vorarlberg (review)

Vorarlberg is the westernmost tip of the present republic of Austria, bordered on the south by the Rhaetian Alps, on the west by the Upper Rhine, in the north by the Bodensee (also known as Lake Constance) and Bavaria, and in the east by the Arlberg mountain chain. The Rhine Valley is flat and fertile, and has been a popular thoroughfare in past centuries. The Romans used it to march their legions into Germania and established a fortress on the banks of the Bodensee called Brigantum, modern-day Bregenz (Vorarlberg). In Die Geschichte der Bahnen in Vorarlberg, Lothar Beer succinctly describes the history of the area, its road system, and its early economy, and then embarks on his story proper, the history of railways in the area. His first volume covers railways from their beginnings to the end of regular steam traction in the 1920s. The second covers the electrification of the Vorarlberger railways and carries the story forward to the present day, while the third covers every other conceivable form of rail transportation, such as regional or local tramways, forest and works systems, and even aerial cable systems, including ski lifts

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