Describes the locomotives, cars, tunnels, stations, and functions of such trains as freight trains, channel tunnel trains, bullet trains, mountain trains, and snow trains.
LAST TRAIN TO PARADISE recounts the perilous undertaking begun in 1904, when billionaire Henry Flagler imagined a railroad connecting Florida and Key West. The railroad was built--and then, 22 years after its completion, the train tracks were swept away by a hurricane. Here Strandiford reveals the untold story of the many who toiled to complete ...
Europe by Eurail has been the train traveller's one-stop source for visiting Europe's cities and countries by rail for more than thirty years. This comprehensive guide, fully revised and updated, provides the latest information on fares, schedules, and pass options, as well as detailed information on more than ninety specific rail excursions. ...
Interweaving 14 years worth of research with an action-packed narrative, this transportation history chronicles the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad and the political and cultural struggles surrounding the expansion of the American West. A 2000 New York Times Notable Book.
In February 1910, a monstrous blizzard centered on Washington State hit the Northwest, breaking records. The world stopped - but nowhere was the danger more terrifying than near a tiny town called Wellington, perched high in the Cascade Mountains, where a desperate situation evolved minute by minute: two trainloads of cold, hungry passengers and ...
In this gripping narrative, Jonnes tells the fascinating story of the struggle to connect New York City to the rest of the nation and the high-stakes drama that pitted the money and will of the nation's mightiest railroad against the machinations of labor agitators.
When it first opened on October 27, 1904, the New York City subway ran twenty-two miles from City Hall to 145th Street and Lenox Avenue - the longest stretch ever built at one time. From that initial route through the completion of the Independent Subway line (IND) in the 1940s, the subway grew to cover 722 miles - long enough to reach from New ...
Ever since the construction of the railroad, American trains have had a strong hold on the popular imagination, inspiring countless stories, songs, scandals, films and legends. Attracted by the pace of life and an ever-changing view, more and more people are discovering the joys of taking to the rails to cross this vast continent in comfort and ...
'The American Railroad Passenger Car' recaptures the lost, but not-too-distant past when 98 percent of all intercity travel in the United States was by rail. It documents in extraordinary detail the ingenuity and splendor of the classic trains as well as the rattle and clatter, the dust and cinders of early rail travel. An unparalleled record of ...
Short of including toy train smoke and the sound of wheels clicking along the rails, this new edition delivers all the details Lionel Train collectors need to enjoy their hobby to the fullest. "Standard Catelog of Lionel Trains" 1945-1969 features: more than 1,100 vibrant color photos, detailing the unique features of steam and diesel locomotives, ...
The late years of steam railroading in America - 1955 to 1960 - are documented in this book. Black-and-white photographs, made at night, capture the drama and energy of the great Norfolk & Western trains in action. Here too is the trackside rural American life in the 1950s.
Introduces all sorts of trains from around the world, covering different types of trains, how they are constructed and how they run, who drives them, and more.
From 1955 to 1959, O. Winston Link travelled up and down the Norfolk and Western railroad, taking pictures of the trains, the towns and the people who lived and worked there. This book contains day and night photographs, with a text on the railroad's activities, Link's achievement and his life.
Part of a two-volume set first published in 1962/63, this book offers a history of the railroads of Nevada and Eastern California, as well as the sites and personalities encountered along the routes. This volume covers the varied and spectacular geography of Southern Nevada and Eastern California.
An engaging and delightfully illustrated account of the impact of railroads on the American built environment and on American culture from the last decades of the nineteenth century to the 1930's.
Here is the detailed and fascinating history of how two legendary railroads -- the Santa Fe and the Burlington Northern (which itself was comprised four major railroads) -- merged in 1995 to create what remains one of America's rail icons, the Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF). A blockbuster railroad merits a history book of the same scale, and ...
The monumental classic capturing the spirit of the Indian lifestyle has returned in its original epic splendor. More than 80 portraits preserve the beauty and pathos of Native Americans.
A large-format photographic reference to 120 North American railway locomotives, covering all mainline models from the mid-1970s to today: 300 photographs, with concise comprehensive information is supplied on each model.
Informative text, specifications, and hundreds of illustrations illuminate the steam-powered era in North American rail history. Here is the most comprehensive historical account of this important aspect of American transportation history.
At the height of its popularity in the 1910s and 1920s, Pullman carried more than 35 million passengers annually on a fleet of 9,000-plus sleeping and parlor cars from Puget Sound to Key West and Bangor to San Diego. Every evening for much of the twentieth century, 50,000 or more travelers snuggled under crisp Pullman linens, falling asleep in one ...
The essential guide to the world's trains. More than 460 locomotives and trains Global coverage Special features, subtypes, and history Detailed and up-to-date technical specifications Passenger, freight, high speed, special duties, and commuter systems The perfect identification guide
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Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1865-1869
