Appearing in mid-2008, Philip R. Hastings, a sensitive and talented observer of the railroad scene. Eastern ideologies: comparing Baltimore & Ohio and Erie Lackawanna as the two roads faced the challenges of the 1960s. Culinary attraction: how railroads used dining car service and amenities to attract passengers. Trouble in the Heartland: examining the demise of railroad passenger service on major Midwestern cities in the postwar era.