 The World's Railroads
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| By : John Moore (Editor), Christopher Chant |
Packed with hundreds of photographs and drawings, this book puts the entire history of rail travel and commerce at your fingertips. From the beginning of the Railway Age in 1825, until the use of high-speed, body-tilting bullet trains, the romance and practicality of rail travel comes to life.
Publisher: Book Sales
Sales Rank: 476,830
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This Train Is Bound for Glory: The Story of America's Chapel Cars
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| By : Wilma Rugh Taylor, Norman Thomas Taylor |
This extraordinary work tells the history of thirteen "churches on wheels" commissioned by the Baptist, Episcopal, and Roman Catholic churches to travel throughout the Western United States during the half-century between the 1890s and the 1930s. This story of America's chapel cars is a must-have resource for any train, railroad, or church enthusiast. The Taylors' exhaustive resource includes spectacular photography, train logs, historical data about the towns of the train routes, and in-depth information from survivors and descendants of those who experienced the chapel cars' missions firsthand --- all providing for extraordinary glimpses into these mission-bound vehicles.
Publisher: Judson Pr
Sales Rank: 179,785
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Trackside Maryland: From Railyard to Main Line
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| By : P. Gallagher (Photographer), Jacques Kelly |
James Gallagher in Trackside Maryland captures the drama and majesty of steam transportation in Maryland in its waning days, when passing trains left clouds of cinders and smoke behind them and the sound of steam whistles still echoed across the landscape--all these sights and sounds giving way to modern diesel locomotives. Here Jacques Kelly's evocative prose accompanies Gallagher's ever vigilant lens. We are transported back to the last years of steam railroading...
Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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Trains Across the Continent: North American Railroad History
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| By : Rudolph Daniels |
"The best current railroad history available . . . everything you need to know . . . both educational and enjoyable reading." --Dean Bruce, President, Railroad Education Training Association "Trains Across the Continent truly is a comprehensive account of how railroads helped shpae and are continuing to shape the history of North America." --Jonathan B. Hanna, Historian, Canadian Pacific Railway.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Sales Rank: 291,278
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Trains of the Old West
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| By : Brian Solomon |
Destined to be a cherished favorite of both history buffs and railroad aficionados, this handsome volume explores one of the most exciting periods in the history of the United States. The coming of the railroads to the West forever changed the character of the frontier, marking the end of one era and the beginning of another. Trains of the Old West tells the stories of such pioneering visionaries as Theodore Judah, Mark Hopkins, and Leland Stanford, who faced and overcame tremendous obstacles in their quest to forge a nationwide rail system. Gorgeously illustrated with historical and contemporary photographs, Trains of the Old West is a unique tribute to the adventurous, pioneering spirit in which the United States was built.
Publisher: Metro Books
Sales Rank: 323,128
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Unfinished Business: The Railroad in American Life
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| By : Maury Klein |
A lively survey of the railroad industry by the field's leading historian. Klein is regarded as one of this nation's most eminent railroad historians. This book is a collection of earlier scholarly articles and popular pieces but also includes a new essay on the importance of railroad history in understanding American life.
Publisher: University Press of New England
Sales Rank: 512,830
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When Any Time Was Train Time
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| By : Elizabeth A. Willmot |
Writer-photographer Elizabeth Willmot has preserved an important part of Canada's heritage in this wonderful collection of nostalgic photographs and colorful stories of people who remember when trains were popular and essential in Ontario.
Publisher: Boston Mills Press
Sales Rank: 2,637,605
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