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James D. Dilts

James D. Dilts, a railroad and architectural historian, was a former reporter for the Baltimore Sun, where he covered housing and transportation. His previous books include The Great Road: The Building of the Baltimore and Ohio, the Nation’s First Railroad, 1828–1853; A Guide to Baltimore Architecture (with John R. Dorsey); and Baltimore’s Cast-Iron Buildings and Architectural Ironwork (with Catharine F. Black). He wrote the entries “Architecture” and “Workers’ Housing” in the Encyclopedia of North American Railroads.

James D. Dilts has written the first comprehensive study of the broad range of structures built in North America for the railroads during their heyday,...
James D. Dilts