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The Louisiana & Arkansas Railway, known as "The Better Way," ran its first trains at the turn of the century and expanded over the years to connect New Orleans to Dallas. Well-maintained and enduringly profitable, this regional railroad...

The quest for greater speed on the rails is almost as old as the railroad itself. In the 19th and in the first half of the 20th centuries, notable things were being done under the slogan "Speed is the key:" the famous Rainhill Trials of 1829;...

Through Dennis A. Livesey's camera lens, readers will experience the thrill of the steam railroad, a transportation system that dominated the USA for over 100 years and helped build a nation. In 131 photographs of Steamtown-a heritage railroad-see the...

In 1948, the 'big four' railway companies were nationalized to form British Railways. This collection of photographs captures the last two decades of steam power as steam gave way to diesel electrification, including many vintage locomotives of...

The Atlantic locomotive is often described as the 'Queen' of locomotives and the image of it steaming full-blast for Chicago, Edinburgh or Paris represents a bygone age. Created in an era of great technical development at the beginning of the twentieth...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781772034554Author David Laurence JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Heritage House Publishing Co LtdPublisher Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd

Chicago's South Shore Line is a photographic essay of the last interurban electric railroad operating in the United States. Completed as the Chicago, Lake Shore & South Bend Railway (CLS&SBR) connecting South Bend, Indiana, with Pullman, Illinois, in...

For train enthusiasts, model railroaders, and history buffs, hop aboard this tour of North American railroads, both great and obscure. Few images speak as clearly of a time and a place as a dramatic black-and-white photograph of an American steam...

First published in 1985, this Atlas uses over 50 specially drawn maps to trace the rise and fall of the railways' fortunes, and is supported by an interesting and authoritative text. Financial and operating statistics are clearly presented in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780984986668Author Barton JenningsFormat PaperbackPage Count 286Imprint Techscribes, Inc.Publisher Techscribes, Inc.Weight(grams) 331gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

This masterful, richly illustrated account of the planning and building of the most important and influential early American railroad, the Baltimore and Ohio, is an essential contribution not only to railyway history but also to the broader history of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467145299Author Major Bill Kenny Usaf (Ret )Format PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint History PressPublisher History PressWeight(grams) 20g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781596293601Author Bruce D., Ph.D. HealdFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm)...

The first street railway opened in New Orleans in 1835. Over the years various methods of powering the streetcars including horses, stream locomotives, overhead cable system, and fireless locomotives were tried. In 1893, electric streetcar operation...

In this engaging social history of the impact of railroads on American life, H. Roger Grant explores the railroad's "golden age" of 1830-1930. To capture the essence of the nation's railroad experience, Grant looks at four fundamental topics-trains and...

A saga about one of the oldest and most romantic enterprises in the land-America's railroads-The Men Who Loved Trains introduces some of the most dynamic businessmen in America. Here are the chieftains who have run the railroads, including those who set...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467144599Author Jacob Morgan PlottFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint History PressPublisher History PressWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467147026Author Loretta TreeseFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint History PressPublisher History PressWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798637621163Author Paul R WonningFormat PaperbackPage Count 106Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 154g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781634992855Author Douglas PooreFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint America Through TimePublisher America Through TimeWeight(grams) 295g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781479812752Author Julia H LeeFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint New York University PressPublisher New York University PressWeight(grams) 6g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781634994507Author Mike ButlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint America Through TimePublisher America Through TimeWeight(grams) 20g

A joint publication of Trans Pacific Press and Kyoto University Press, this economic history of the early development of Thailand's railways details the rail policies of the royal government, from the end of 19th century to 1932, when the Constitutional...

This generously illustrated narrative follows the evolution of dozens of separate railroads in the Meridian, Mississippi, area from the destruction of the town's rail facilities in the 1850s through the current era of large-scale consolidation...

A standard track gauge - the distance between the two rails - enables connecting railway lines to exchange traffic. But despite the benefits of standardization, early North American railways used six different gauges extensively, and even today breaks of...

First published in 1985, this Atlas uses over 50 specially drawn maps to trace the rise and fall of the railways' fortunes, and is supported by an interesting and authoritative text. Financial and operating statistics are clearly presented in...

Aaron W. Marrs challenges the accepted understanding of economic and industrial growth in antebellum America with this original study of the history of the railroad in the Old South. Drawing from both familiar and overlooked sources, such as the personal...

Founded in Philadelphia in 1831 by Matthias Baldwin, the Baldwin Locomotive Works became the premier manufacturer of 2-8-2 Mikado locomotives, along with many unique designs built in small numbers for specific clients, such as a Cab Forward 4-8-8-2. From...

Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway History and Steam Locomotives Richard E. Prince Richard E. Prince's long out-of-print encyclopedic study of the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway, "The Dixie Line," with hundreds of...

In this lavishly illustrated memoir, William D. Middleton invites readers to climb aboard and share with him 60 years of railroad tourism around the globe. Middleton's award-winning photography has recorded events such as the final days of American Civil...

Entering an already crowded and established industry, the Niles Car & Manufacturing Company in Ohio began business with surprising success, producing well over 1,000 electric and steam railway cars-cars so durable they rarely needed to be replaced...

The Georgia & Florida Railroad began with bright promise, but like many other enterprises in the early 20th-century South, it experienced hard times. The story begins in 1906, when-responding to a perceived need for better connections to northern...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467106054Author Thomas DyrekFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Arcadia Publishing (SC)Publisher Arcadia Publishing (SC)Weight(grams) 318g

Rex Conway's first three books were published in the mid-1970s, and since then his archive has been gathering dust. Through this selection of 200 outstanding photographs, we find out how Rex became interested in railways, and accompany him on the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805083293Author Gary KristFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Holt PaperbacksPublisher Holt PaperbacksWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 201mm * 132mm *...

At one point in time, no place in Iowa was more than a few miles from an active line of rail track. In this splendid companion volume to Steel Trails of Hawkeyeland (IUP, 2005), H. Roger Grant and Don L. Hofsommer explore the pivotal role that railroads...

In this engaging social history of the impact of railroads on American life, H. Roger Grant explores the railroad's "golden age" of 1830-1930. To capture the essence of the nation's railroad experience, Grant looks at four fundamental...

Trains Across the ContinentNorth American Railroad History Second EditionRudolph Daniels A wonderfully readable, illustrated guide to the history of railroads in America."Trains Across the Continent is everything you need to know about railroad...

Early in the 19th century, growing American cities began to experience transportation problems. One solution was the horse-drawn streetcar, developed in 1832, but it soon proved inadequate. The first elevated train was transporting passengers above the...

Why did American railroads decline from the glory days of the early twentieth century? Why did so many railroad mergers in the 1950s and 1960s, intended as a panacea for the ills of an outdated system, go sour and, in fact, make a bad situation worse?...