 Traveling the Pennsylvania Railroad: The Photographs of William H. Rau
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| By : by William Herman Rau (Photographer), John C. Van Horne (Editor), Eileen E. Drelick (Editor) |
In the 1890s Philadelphia's preeminent photographer, William H. Rau, was commissioned to take more than 450 photographs along the routes of the Pennsylvania Railroad in order to promote travel on the railway to the general public. Known as "the standard railroad of the world," the PRR was the largest rail system in the East and linked metropolitan New York and Philadelphia to Pittsburgh and such industrial cities of the Midwest as Chicago and St. Louis. Using a mammoth view camera that made 18-inch by 22-inch glass negatives, Rau produced a spectacular series of images for the railroad's promotional use.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
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Tweetsie Country
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| By : Mallory Hope Ferrell, Casey Holtzinger (Illustrator), Mike Pearsall (Illustrator) |
Tweetsie Country can be roughly defined as being bound on the north by the Great Depression, on the east by the state of North Carolina, on the west by Tennessee, and on the south by hope and determination. The East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad was born in this Blue Ridge Mountain country more than a century ago. In the 1880s it was called the "Stemwinder," and later, the "Eat Taters & Wear No Clothes." But it was the children (who rode the swaying cars to numerous summer camps) who christened it with the name that lasted: Tweetsie! This handsome pictorial history includes 250 outstanding photographs, plus maps, scale draw-ings, and three full-color paintings by Mike Pearsall and Casey Holtzinger.
Publisher: Overmountain Press
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Tweetsie: The Blue Ridge Stemwinder
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| By : Julian Scheer, Elizabeth McD Black, Lee Kolbe (Illustrator), Elizabeth M. Black |
Tweetsie, officially the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad (ET&WNC), was the first railroad to cross the Blue Ridge. She opened up mountain country which had previously known only isolation and remoteness. Here is history nevertheless…and legend…and a loving look at the mountains and their people. It is a delightful story of the best loved of all the doughty little narrow gauges—Tweetsie—the little engine that could, and still does!
Publisher: Overmountain Press
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Union Pacific Railroad (Railroad Color History)
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| By : Brian Solomon |
Famous for its role in the Transcontinental Railroad, Union Pacific is Americas oldest- and the worlds largest- railway, serving two-thirds of the United States for a century and a half. This retrospective spans the UPs entire history from 1862 to present, detailing key personalities, depots and terminals, locomotives, trains, rolling stock, and memoriabilia. Modern and period color photography, along with archival photos, make this an ideal reference for UP enthusiasts and modelers alike.
Publisher: Motorbooks International
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Union Pacific: Salt Lake Route
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| By : Mark W. Hemphill |
This is the story of UP's Salt Lake Route, a mainline incorporated into the South-Central District. The thoroughly researched text, drawn from original documents, presents new information never before published in a railroad history and is illustrated with colour photographs taken between 1948 and 1994, as well as eight detailed maps.
Publisher: Boston Mills Press
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Van Horne's Road
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| By : Omer Lavallee |
Construction and early operation of the Canadian Pacific Railroad. This book is a descriptive picture album and complete history of the construction and first years of operation of the Canadian Pacific transcontinental line written by Omer Lavallee, the official historian of the Canadian Pacific.
Publisher: Fitzhenry & Whiteside Ltd
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Wabash
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| By : Donald J. Heimburger, Marilyn M. Heimburger (Illustrator) |
The 2,500 mile mid-American Wabash railroad is thoroughly detailed by Heimburger. The Wabash was the only east-west railroad from the eastern end of Lake Erie to Kansas City. In 13 chapters, this 8 1/2 x 11", 320-page hardbound book gives a complete history of the Wabash Railroad with 550 photos, a complete locomotive roster and a large appendix.
Publisher: Heimburger House Publishing Company
Sales Rank: 612,365
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West Virginia's Coal & Coke Railroad: A B&0 Predecessor
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| By : Alan Clarke |
Built by Henry Gassaway Davis - the Grand Old Man of West Virginia at the turn of the 20th century - the 175-mile-long C&C railroad connected Charleston, WV, with Elkins in the mountains to the northeast. The route was intended to connect with George Gould's planned transcontinental railroad. Instead, a change in plans took the C&C through rugged country rich in coal, oil, and timber, and led to the development of many towns and villages in central West Virginia. This history book is based on day-to-day correspondence among the managers of the line to tell the story of railroading in the Mountain State.
Publisher: Motorbooks International
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