 The Northern Railroads in the Civil War, 1861-1865
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| By : Thomas Weber |
Time has been very good to Thomas Weber's Northern Railroads in the Civil War, 1861-1865. First published by Columbia University Press in 1952, it has been out of print since the 1970s, but never out of demand. It has emerged as the premier account of the mutual influence of American railroads and the American Civil War. Not only did the railroads materially help the North to victory through movement of troops and supplies, but the war materially changed the way railroads were built, run, financed, and organized in the crucial years following the war.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
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The Old Iron Road: An Epic of Rails, Roads, and the Urge to Go West
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| By : David Haward Bain |
In the summer of 2000, David Haward Bain and his family left their home in Vermont and headed west in search of America’s past. From Omaha to San Francisco, Bain and his family retraced the entire route of the first transcontinental railroad. Following abandoned railroad tracks and the traces of old wagon trails, cruising down back roads and main streets, they discovered the deep, restless, uniquely American spirit of adventure that connects our past to our present. A superb writer and an exacting researcher, Bain conjures up the marvelous sense of coming unstuck in time as he lingers in the ghost towns and battlegrounds, prairies and river ports, train yards, museums, and diners that line the old emigrant routes of the railroad and the Lincoln Highway. As he cruises west to California....
Publisher: Viking Press
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The Oxford Companion to British Railway History: From 1603 to the 1990s
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| By : Jack Simmons (Editor), Gordon Biddle (Editor) |
This is the first encyclopedia to chart the progress of Britain's railway development. It begins with primitive 17th-century wagonways, fully considers the eras of horse, steam, diesel, and electric traction, and then charts the change from private to public ownership. Finally, it describes in detail the privatizations of the late 1990s. Over six hundred entries by eighty-eight expert contributors provide a comprehensive and unique reference to all aspects of railways.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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The Oxford Companion to British Railway History: From 1603 to the 1990s
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| By : Jack Simmons (Editor), Gordon Biddle (Editor) |
This is the first encyclopedia to chart the progress of Britain's railway development. It begins with primitive 17th-century wagonways, fully considers the eras of horse, steam, diesel, and electric traction, and then charts the change from private to public ownership. Finally, it describes in detail the privatizations of the late 1990s. Over six hundred entries by eighty-eight expert contributors provide a comprehensive and unique reference to all aspects of railways.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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The Pennsylvania Railroad: The 1940S-1950s
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| By : Don, Jr. Ball |
This book covers the Railroad's dynamic history as well as the iron, coal and steel America the Railroad served. Personal anecdotes and recollections from ex-PRR employees supplement the text, adding a flavor of authenticity. The vast color photographic coverage of the Pennsylvania Railroad's great engines and trains in this volume, is the result of thousands of hours searching. The coverage follows the PRR's general north-to-south, east-to-west structure.
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company
Sales Rank: 244,666
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The Railroad Caboose: Its 100 Year History, Legend, and Lore
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| By : William F. Knapke, Freeman Hubbard |
Everyone is familiar with the railroad caboose, the home of the conductor and train crew who used to ride on the end of a freight train. It was a mobile office, a lookout post. It was a van on the Canadian National, and a cabin car on the New York Central, a buggy on the Boston & Maine" but whatever name, it remains symbolic of the railroad scene and the way it was. This is a complete story of the caboose from the earliest days to it being replaced by an electronic gadget.
Publisher: Golden West Books
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The Railroads of the Confederacy
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| By : Robert C. III Black |
The Railroads of the Confederacy tells the story of the first use of railroads on a major scale in a major war. Robert Black presents a complex tale, with the railroads of the American South playing the part of tragic hero in the Civil War: at first vigorous though immature; then overloaded, driven unmercifully, starved for iron; and eventually worn out - struggling on to inevitable destruction in the wake of Sherman's army, carrying the Confederacy down with them. With maps of all the Confederate railroads and contemporary photographs and facsimiles of such documents as railroad tickets, timetables, and soldiers' passes, the book will captivate railroad enthusiasts as well as readers interested in the Civil War.
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr
Sales Rank: 185,968
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The Railway Journey: The Industrialization of Time and Space in the 19th Century
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| By : Wolfgang Schivelbusch |
Wolfgang Schivelbusch refers to the railroad as the nineteenth century symbol of modernity, literally the engines of progress, heralding a new, mechanized utopia. This symbol of modernity has, in his view, also drastically restructured the way we perceive time and space in a way unlike any technology before it. The development of the railroad, particularly in Europe, which is the focus of this book, is driven by many factors beyond any potential technological imperative. The book itself is an excellent work tying together many social threads that interrelate with the development of the railroad and the way it has implanted itself in our culture and ideals.
Publisher: University of California Press
Sales Rank: 104,907
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