History

In 1848, a group of ambitious American entrepreneurs decided to embark upon a remarkable engineering feat-they would build a railroad across the Isthmus of Panama to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The creation of the Panama Railroad ranks as...

Here, Ed Fagen, one of the nation's foremost authorities on steam whistles, has provided us with a broadly researched, eloquently written and marvelously witty book, the first and only one on the subject. It includes comprehensive, illustrated chapters...

The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad's history is one of big booms and bigger busts. When it became the first railroad to reach and then cross the Mississippi River in 1856, it emerged as a leading American railroad company. But after aggressive...

Between 1835 and the 1850s, railway mania blossomed around Britain. Crime emerged as the railways developed, at first opportunistic crimes such as fare evasion and robberies, but gradually more inventive forms evolved, notably the minor clerk Redpath in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738548029Author Allan C LewisFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 233mm *...

Praised by the Chicago Tribune as "thoroughly and compellingly detailed history," Volumes I and II of Maury Klein's monumental history of the Union Pacific Railroad covered the years from 1863-1969. Now the third and final volume brings the story of the...

The Diesel That Did It tells the story of the legendary diesel-electric locomotive, the FT.As war loomed in 1939, American railroads were on the precipice of railroad transformation. In an obscure factory in La Grange, Illinois, a group of gifted...

Two railway lines cross the border between England and Scotland today, one on the east coast and the other on the west. But, once there were another five lines converging on the border. What happened to them? Here, in this excellently researched and...

Viewing Norfolk Southern Railway covers the history of this railroad, beginning with the South Carolina Canal & Rail Road Company, which in 1830 operated the first regularly scheduled passenger train in the United States. Among the many railroads that...

The steam locomotive was a British invention and even today, the world speed record for steam remains with a British locomotive, Mallard. Steam's first significant contribution to British industry was through powering pumping engines for mines. When...

The steam locomotive was a British invention and even today, the world speed record for steam remains with a British locomotive, Mallard. Steam's first significant contribution to British industry was through powering pumping engines for mines. When...

The railways of the USA have a great following, both in the United States where there are large numbers of rail fans and increasingly in Britain/Europe, where there are enthusiasts who visit and model North American railroads. The number and variety of...

'BR rebel chairman resigns' THE GUARDIAN. 'Rebel rail chief in row' DAILY MAIL. 'I don't take it back says sacked rail chief' DAILY EXPRESS. This is the notorious book that got Gerard Fiennes sacked from British Railways while he was Chairman and General...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780996773096Author Susie GagliaFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Haley'sPublisher Haley'sWeight(grams) 558g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998838533Author Janelle Wootton McQuittyFormat PaperbackPage Count 166Imprint Janelle Wootton McQuittyPublisher Janelle Wootton McQuittyWeight(grams) 299g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692848913Author Stan MooreFormat PaperbackPage Count 410Imprint Stan MoorePublisher Stan MooreWeight(grams) 517g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998966526Author Stan MooreFormat PaperbackPage Count 230Imprint Adit & StopePublisher Adit & StopeWeight(grams) 295g

When the 'sky train' to Tibet opened in 2006, the Chinese government fulfilled a fifty-year plan first envisioned by Mao Zedong. As China grew into an economic power, the railway had become an imperative, a critical component of China's breakneck...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780674433779Author George Rogers TaylorFormat HardbackPage Count 121Imprint Harvard University PressPublisher Harvard University PressWeight(grams) 381g

The arrival of railroads in the Gulf Southwest marked a turning point in America's last frontier. Although the railroads were not the primary cause of westward expansion, they furnished the ways and means for hardy and courageous people, some from...

In the development of mid-America after the Civil War the pacesetter was not so much the prairie schooner as it was a much newer phenomenon, the railroad. In the race from Missouri and Kansas to the Gulf of Mexico, the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Company...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578375755Author SauerFormat PaperbackPage Count 178Imprint Al SauerPublisher Al SauerWeight(grams) 567g

Cherished, admired and frequently used as an excuse for lateness, the railways occupy a special place in our hearts. Trains are not just a practical mode of transport, but also a way of tracing our social history over the past 150 years, from...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781880908907Author Dean ServerFormat HardbackPage Count 80Imprint Todtri Book PublishersPublisher Todtri Book Publishers

*New & expanded edition!* The London Underground is a pioneer and an institution. The first underground railway in the world, and incorporating the first ever deep tunnel ‘tube’ lines too, it is at the heart of London life, with millions of commuters and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781858336619Author Colin GarrattFormat HardbackPage Count 340Imprint Bramley BooksPublisher CLBWeight(grams) 1859g

By the 1920s, the Great Western Railway had established its reputation as the 'Holiday Line' stretching from the bustling city of London to the beautiful coastline of the South West. The only company to survive the Grouping Act of 1921 with its identity...

'Railway termini,' wrote E.M. Forster, 'are our gates to the glorious and the unknown. Through them we pass out into adventure and sunshine...' Now, in this new collection of great journeys from the pages of the Daily and Sunday Telegraph, Michael Kerr...

This lavish new volume explores Britain's extensive railway heritage, offering a comprehensive history of their construction, use and subsequent preservation. The book outlines the development of Britain's railways from the coming of steam through to the...

The age of steam is past, the heyday of Swindon Works is long gone - but the legend lives on. What made the Great Western Railway's Swindon Works iconic? Was it its worldwide reputation; perhaps its profound impact in shaping the new town of Swindon; or...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780711034211Author Martin JenkinsFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Ian Allan PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing

The world of the railways weaves a spell over many people. In this engaging book, railway expert Anthony Lambert presents some of the best stories. From the early days come tales of financial skulduggery and worries that sparks from locomotives might...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400052271Author Lorraine B. DiehlFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Clarkson PotterPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 500g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780711025226Author Nigel WelbournFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Ian Allan PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781643435671Author Cindy WilsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 472Imprint Beaver's Pond PressPublisher Beaver's Pond PressWeight(grams) 975g

There have been, and will be, other books on the New York City subway system, but none have had access to the wonderful photographic prints from the collections of the New York Transit Museum that are presented in this volume. Made from 8 x 10-inch glass...

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Sixty years after a disparate group of railway enthusiasts came together in a remote corner of rural Wales to run a train service - a true story that inspired the Ealing comedy The Titfield Thunderbolt 'heritage railways' are a serious matter, bringing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781432765514Author William Emons CooperFormat PaperbackPage Count 28Imprint Outskirts PressPublisher Outskirts PressWeight(grams) 45g

A handy practical guide to more than 340 days out at Britain's heritage railways, museums, narrow gauge lines and miniature railways. The recent growth of preserved railways, railway museums and main line steam activity has been phenomenal. Railway Days...