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  • The Camp Creek Train Crash of 1900: In Atlanta or In Hell

    af Jeffery C. Wells ...
    Serier serie Disaster
    On June 23, 1900, the Southern Railroad Company's Engine #7 and its passengers were greeted by a tremendous storm en route to Atlanta, Georgia. Stalled for some time in nearby McDonough, travelers grew impatient as rain pelted the roof and wind buffeted the cars. When finally given the go-ahead, their resulting joy was short-lived: the locomotive soon reached Camp Creek--and disaster. After weeks ... Læs mere

    83,29 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

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  • Railroad Signaling

    af Brian Solomon ...
    From the 1830s to today, the railroad industry has developed myriad complex mechanisms to help keep North America’s railroad rights-of-ways safe, efficient, and relatively accident-free. In this paperback rerelease of the successful 2003 title, the otherwise-arcane world of railroad signaling is explained in concise language and brought to life with nearly 200 fantastic photographs that depict ... Læs mere

    168,99 kr.

  • Whistle Posts West

    Railway Tales from British Columbia, Alberta, and Yukon

    af Mary Trainer, Brian Antonson, Rick Antonson ...
    Everybody has a train story. Whether it comes from a distant relative who worked on the railways or from a family train trip that formed a lasting impression of the Canadian landscape, trains inspire a sense of wonder and nostalgia. They are embedded in the history of Canada as a whole and western Canada in particular, and for generations they were how most people travelled and saw the country. ... Læs mere

    126,11 kr.

  • The Great Circus Train Wreck of 1918

    Tragedy on the Indiana Lakeshore

    af Richard M Lytle ...
    What really happened on the circus train in 1918? Read the story of this tragedy for the entertainment industry of the time. In the cool, pre-dawn hours on a June night in 1918, a train engineer closed his cab window as he chugged toward Hammond, Indiana. He drifted to sleep, and his train bore down on the idle Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus Train. Soon after, the sleeping engineer's locomotive plowed ... Læs mere

    94,11 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Cincinnati's Incomplete Subway

    The Complete History

    af Jacob R. Mecklenborg ...
    What of those ghostly catacombs that lie dormant below city streets? Those subway tunnels, never finished, never filled with the screeches of trains and the busy commotion of commuters. Just there. Dead. You've heard of the subway's demise. The tunnels were too narrow. The city was too broke. A grand miscalculation. Well, most of what you've heard is, sorry to say, untrue. The popular story of the ... Læs mere

    83,29 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Little Book of the Orient Express

    af Andrew O'Brien ...
    The name Orient Express means different things to different people. For some it is the ultimate in elegance and refined travel, a glamorous way to voyage, exclusive only to the very wealthy. To others the train represents an almost mythical way to adventure and retrace the steps of spies, diplomats and secret agents. Or it is quite simply the height of romance and love, a wonderful way to spend ... Læs mere

    21,42 kr.

  • Australian Steam Locomotives 1855-1895

    af Jim Turner ...
    This book uses Watercolour paintings to illustrate all 157 types of steam locomotives used on State Government Railways around Australia during the years 1855 to 1895 including details of all goods, passenger and shunting locomotives in service. The name of their builder and where they were built, their length of time in service as well which lines they were used on and then if they were sold for ... Læs mere

    80,10 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Sacramento's Southern Pacific Shops

    af Kevin W. Hecteman ...
    Serier serie Images of Rail
    In 1862, the Central Pacific Railroad was founded and began building eastward from Sacramento as part of the transcontinental railroad. This required a shop capable of keeping the railroad�s equipment in running order. So in 1867, in the swamps just north of town, the Sacramento shops were born. For well more than a century, this massive complex kept the Central Pacific and its corporate successor ... Læs mere

    82,63 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • British Rail Main Line Locomotives Specification Guide

    af Pip Dunn ...
    British Rail Main Line Locomotives Specification Guide identifies the major detail differences and livery variations that have appeared on all British Rail, ex-British Rail and privatized railway diesel and electric main line classes from 14 to 92. The book provides a record of the main specifications of each class of locomotive, and details of variations, including: numbers, liveries, headcodes, ... Læs mere

    250,00 kr.

  • Voices from the Railways

    How the railways changed our lives

    af Holland, Julian ...
    Containing over 70 first-hand accounts, 'Voices from the Railways' gives fresh insight into the social changes brought about by our railways. The anecdotes gathered within this book include William Wordsworth's complaint about a proposed line through the Lake District, an engine driver's reward for transporting Queen Victoria, a signalman's brush with Winston Churchill, a anonymous poem about a ... Læs mere

    86,02 kr.

  • San Francisco's Market Street Railway

    af Walt Vielbaum, Philip Hoffman, Grant Ute, Robert Townley ...
    Serier serie Images of Rail
    The Market Street Railway Company thrived in an age when rails ruled San Francisco. Spanning the Roaring Twenties, the Great Depression, and the boom times of World War II, it had a long and legendary lifetime that is deeply ingrained in the city�s early identity. Gradually, however, it became challenged by the emergence of the automobile, cheaper motor coaches, and �nickel jitneys��competing cars ... Læs mere

    82,63 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Rock Island Requiem

    The Collapse of a Mighty Fine Line

    af Gregory L. Schneider ...
    Winner: George H. and Constance M. Hilton Book AwardCelebrated in history and song, the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company—the Rock Island Line—was a powerful Midwestern railroad that once traversed thirteen states with its fast freights and Rocket passenger trains but eventually succumbed to government regulation and a changing economy. Gregory Schneider chronicles the Rock Island ... Læs mere

    228,49 kr.