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Book Synopsis Backwoods Railroads by : D. C. Jesse Burkhardt
Download or read book Backwoods Railroads written by D. C. Jesse Burkhardt and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reflection of the effects of highways--and their hugely subsidized trucks--upon railroads, and of the incompetence of the Southern Pacific. The trucks took much rail freight on the coast, the SP--partly through government rules & inertia--failed to meet the competition; many lines were closed, most of the rest were sold to small, hungry, competent firms. This is the story. It is well told in a style familiar to rail fans: lists of stations, engine rosters, control blocks. Abundant photos, a few in color. Current through the visit of the X2000 in mid-1993. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
Book Synopsis Backwoods Railroads of the West by : Richard Steinheimer
Download or read book Backwoods Railroads of the West written by Richard Steinheimer and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Backwoods Railroads in Print by : Richard Steinheimer
Download or read book Backwoods Railroads in Print written by Richard Steinheimer and published by . This book was released on 1963* with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis BACKWOODS RAILROADS OF WESTERN OREGON by : JESSE. BURKHARDT
Download or read book BACKWOODS RAILROADS OF WESTERN OREGON written by JESSE. BURKHARDT and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :John T. Gaertner Publisher :Pullman, Wash. : Washington State University Press ISBN 13 : Total Pages :298 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis North Bank Road by : John T. Gaertner
Download or read book North Bank Road written by John T. Gaertner and published by Pullman, Wash. : Washington State University Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed history of one of J.J. Hill's enterprises--the line into the lucrative Willamette Valley (Portland and points south) where he could duke it out with Harriman's Southern Pacific. Many photos and charts. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
Book Synopsis The Model Railroader's Guide to Logging Railroads by : Matt Coleman
Download or read book The Model Railroader's Guide to Logging Railroads written by Matt Coleman and published by Kalmbach Publishing, Co.. This book was released on 2008 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This highly illustrated book explains the business of logging railroads and provides examples of prototype operations. Photos of locomotives, equipment, and structures set the stage for modeling logging scenes and designing a logging layout.
Book Synopsis Mid-Sized and Manageable Track Plans by : Iain Rice
Download or read book Mid-Sized and Manageable Track Plans written by Iain Rice and published by Kalmbach Publishing, Co.. This book was released on 2003 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Use modules, linked dioramas, and stacking concepts to fit a model railroad into a small sapce. Color plans, layout specifications, and prototype background included. By Iain Rice.
Download or read book Orphan Road written by Kurt E. Armbruster and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Seattle residents were bitterly disappointed in 1873 when the Northern Pacific selected rival Tacoma as the future Puget Sound terminus for Washington Territory's first transcontinental railroad. This book depicts the growth of railways across the Puget Sound region, including Tacoma's frantic quest for a saltwater terminal of their own, descriptions of individual lines, and the colorful personalities and urban aspirations that eventually brought Seattle to the forefront of Washington commerce"--Provided by publisher.
Book Synopsis Transformation of a Railroad Company by : Earl J Currie
Download or read book Transformation of a Railroad Company written by Earl J Currie and published by . This book was released on 2019-11 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 1980s, three major events--a Frisco Railroad merger, leadership changes, and deregulation--improved Burlington Northern's railway earnings and radically transformed corporate objectives, standards, work methods, and technology. This volume explores initiatives and strategies Burlington Northern employed to reach the era's ambitious goals, as well as the cost of such profound change.
Download or read book The Rusty Dusty written by Mac McCullough and published by Yakt Publishing, Incorporated. This book was released on 2018-03 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two veteran railroaders begin their history with a review of the coming of railroad service to the Pacific Northwest, but quickly move into details of the construction, operation and economic impact of the former Great Northern Railway's "W-O (Wenatchee-Oroville) branch line, a line that became one of its highest revenue branches. Unlike many books on railroading, this book does not consist only of photos of trains and railroad station buildings. Instead, it is a serious study of what was required to support the movement of thousands of cars of apples, lumber, grain and minerals to market centers to the east. Readers will be impressed by the authors' focus on the strong ties the railroad company developed with the parties who had a stake in building the economy on this part of the GN's system. -- Back cover.
Download or read book Rocky's Rail written by John E. Langlot and published by Yakt Publishing. This book was released on 2020-09-30 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book recounts John Langlot’s career and experiences during the tumultuous period of railroad history between 1960 and 2005. John hired out on the Great Northern at Hillyard in July of 1960, was forced to the W-O in 1961, and worked the line in the early 1960’s. The first chapter is about John’s life as a boy in Hillyard. The next eight chapters describe John’s work on the lines of the Great Northern Railway’s Spokane Division as it was from July 12, 1903 to February 1, 1956 and from July 1, 1967 to March 2, 1970, arranged on a geographic basis."-- page xv.
Book Synopsis The Railroad Photography of Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg by : Tony Reevy
Download or read book The Railroad Photography of Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg written by Tony Reevy and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2019-02-01 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bon vivant, railroad historian, photographer, pioneering food critic, chronicler of New York's café society, and noted newspaperman, Lucius Beebe (1902–1966) was an American original. In 1938, with the publication of High Iron: A Book of Trains, he transformed the world of railroad-subject photography forever by inventing the railroad picture book genre. In 1940, he met creative and life partner Charles Clegg (1916–1979), also a talented photographer. Beebe and Clegg produced an outstanding and diverse portfolio of mid-twentieth century railroad-subject photographs. Beebe, sometimes with Clegg, also authored about forty books, including many focused on railroads and railroading. The Railroad Photography of Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg brings their incredible story and best photographic work together. Providing an extensive biographic introduction to Beebe and Clegg, author Tony Reevy presents a multi-faceted view of the railroad industry that will appeal to rail enthusiasts as well as those interested in American food culture, the history of New York City, and LGBT studies. The Railroad Photography of Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg is an indispensable history to the work of two men who forever changed the way we see and experience American railroads.
Book Synopsis American Disruptor by : Roland De Wolk
Download or read book American Disruptor written by Roland De Wolk and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 2021-04-13 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rags-to-riches story of Silicon Valley's original disruptor. American Disruptor is the untold story of Leland Stanford – from his birth in a backwoods bar to the founding of the world-class university that became and remains the nucleus of Silicon Valley. The life of this robber baron, politician, and historic influencer is the astonishing tale of how one supremely ambitious man became this country's original "disruptor" – reshaping industry and engineering one of the greatest raids on the public treasury for America’s transcontinental railroad, all while living more opulently than maharajas, kings, and emperors. It is also the saga of how Stanford, once a serial failure, overcame all obstacles to become one of America’s most powerful and wealthiest men, using his high elective office to enrich himself before losing the one thing that mattered most to him—his only child and son. Scandal and intrigue would follow Stanford through his life, and even after his death, when his widow was murdered in a Honolulu hotel—a crime quickly covered up by the almost stillborn university she had saved. Richly detailed and deeply researched, American Disruptor restores Leland Stanford’s rightful place as a revolutionary force and architect of modern America.
Book Synopsis Bulletin by : National Railway Historical Society
Download or read book Bulletin written by National Railway Historical Society and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 1000 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The World's Work written by and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 870 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of our time.
Download or read book Train Dreams written by Denis Johnson and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2011-08-30 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Notable Book for 2011 One of The Economist's 2011 Books of the Year One of NPR's 10 Best Novels of 2011 From the National Book Award-winning author Denis Johnson (Tree of Smoke) comes Train Dreams, an epic in miniature, and one of Johnson's most evocative works of fiction. Suffused with the history and landscapes of the American West—its otherworldly flora and fauna, its rugged loggers and bridge builders—this extraordinary novella poignantly captures the disappearance of a distinctly American way of life. It tells the story of Robert Grainer, a day laborer in the American West at the start of the twentieth century—an ordinary man in extraordinary times. Buffeted by the loss of his family, Grainer struggles to make sense of this strange new world. As his story unfolds, we witness both his shocking personal defeats and the radical changes that transform America in his lifetime.
Author :Richard Steinheimer Publisher :W W Norton & Company Incorporated ISBN 13 :9780393057430 Total Pages :192 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (574 download)
Book Synopsis A Passion for Trains by : Richard Steinheimer
Download or read book A Passion for Trains written by Richard Steinheimer and published by W W Norton & Company Incorporated. This book was released on 2004 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lavishly photographed tribute to history's railroads covers everything from steam engines to the latest diesel-powered locomotives, canvassing 160 of the photographer's most significant train images as taken in front of western landscapes, in inclement weather, from risky vantage points, and more. First serial, Classic Trains.
