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Author : Association of American Railroads
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 16 pages
Book Rating : 4.P/5 (11 download)
Download or read book A Chronology of American Railroads ... written by Association of American Railroads and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Chronology of American Railroads written by and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 9 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (125 download)
Download or read book A Chronology of American Railroads written by and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 9 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Claude Wiatrowski
Publisher : Voyageur Press
ISBN 13 : 161060136X
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (16 download)
Download or read book Railroads Across North America written by Claude Wiatrowski and published by Voyageur Press. This book was released on 2007-09-15 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the first steam-powered locomotives of the early nineteenth century to the high-speed commuter trains of today, the American railroad has been a great engine powering the nations growth and industry. This book celebrates the glory and grandeur of that legacy with a lavish tour of the history of the American railroad and the culture surrounding it. Generously illustrated with vintage photographs, modern images, maps, timetables, tickets, brochures, and all manner of memorabilia, this volume offers a fascinating look at the rail industrys beginnings and development, as well as its place in American history. From the might of the major rail companies and their empires to the romance of rail travel, this is the full and fabulously colorful story of the industry that moved a nation--and stirs our imaginations to this day.
Author : Slason Thompson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book A Short History of American Railways written by Slason Thompson and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Walker Downer Hines
Publisher : New Haven : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book War History of American Railroads written by Walker Downer Hines and published by New Haven : Yale University Press. This book was released on 1928 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Brian Hollingsworth
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780671060039
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (6 download)
Download or read book The History of American Railroads (No. 06003) written by John Brian Hollingsworth and published by . This book was released on 1984-02 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the railways of North America is also a history of the development of two great nations: the United States and Canada. The coming of the railroad made the rapid expansion and growth of the two countries possible in the 19th century, and today railroads form a vital network across the continent. By the 1930s railways reached their pinnacle of development: some 15,000 passenger trains departed each day. By the time Amtrak was established in 1971, many famous names like the Super Chief, the Twentieth Century Limited and the California Zephyr had disappeared, perhaps forever. After years of decline, the late 1970s and early 1980s have seen U.S. and Canadian railroads showing signs of recovering, albeit slowly. The book covers the very latest equipment and rolling stock and explains how the consolidation of the railroad companies has made them more efficient.
Author : Oliver Jensen
Publisher : Random House Value Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The American Heritage History of Railroads in America written by Oliver Jensen and published by Random House Value Publishing. This book was released on 1993 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recounts the history of railroads in the United States through their heyday and the deterioration that followed World War II.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Rails Across America written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An overview of railroads in the United States and Canada from the 1830s to the present day.
Author : Henry Varnum Poor
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 658 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book History of the Railroads and Canals of the United States ... written by Henry Varnum Poor and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John F. Stover
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226776603
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (267 download)
Download or read book American Railroads written by John F. Stover and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few scenes capture the American experience so eloquently as that of a lonely train chugging across the vastness of the Great Plains, or snaking through tortuous high mountain passes. Although this vision was eclipsed for a time by the rise of air travel and trucking, railroads have enjoyed a rebirth in recent years as profitable freight carriers. A fascinating account of the rise, decline, and rebirth of railroads in the United States, John F. Stover's American Railroads traces their history from the first lines that helped eastern seaports capture western markets to today's newly revitalized industry. Stover describes the growth of the railroads' monopoly, with the consequent need for state and federal regulations; relates the vital part played by the railroads during the Civil War and the two World Wars; and charts the railroads' decline due to the advent of air travel and trucking during the 1950s. In two new chapters, Stover recounts the remarkable recovery of the railroads, along with other pivotal events of the industry's recent history. During the 1960s declining passenger traffic and excessive federal regulation led to the federally-financed creation of Amtrak to revive passenger service and Conrail to provide freight service on bankrupt northeastern railroads. The real savior for the railroads, though, proved to be the Staggers Rail Act of 1980, which brought prosperity to rail freight carriers by substantially deregulating the industry. By 1995, renewed railroad freight traffic had reached nearly twice its former peak in 1944. Bringing both a seasoned eye and new insights to bear on one of the most American of industries, Stover has produced the definitive history of railroads in the United States.
Author : ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN. RAILROADS
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780366254552
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (545 download)
Download or read book CHRONOLOGY OF AMERICAN RAILROADS written by ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN. RAILROADS and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Christopher Chant
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ISBN 13 : 9780785819783
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (197 download)
Download or read book The History of North American Rail written by Christopher Chant and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning with the introduction of the steam locomotive, followed by the development of iron railroads, the North American railroads impacted the nation in ways unseen by anyone before or since. Just under two centuries ago, not even the most gifted of visionaries could have foreseen the impact on the development of the United States of America that would follow the introduction of the steam locomotive. Then, in the second quarter of the 19th century, the trails of horse-drawn wagon trains were quickly followed by the iron railroads with steam locomotives hauling an ever larger and more diverse assortment of loads - humans, animal and freight. So while the horse may have opened up the North American continent, its real exploitation was made possible by the steam-hauled railroad service. Whereas it had taken weeks, if not months, to take long journeys within and across the U.S.A., the advent of the railroad permitted such journeys to be completed in days, or at worst weeks. While the steam locomotive did not complete the exploration and opening of the U. S. A., it was essential to its development in social, political and economic terms, in the last half of the 19th century turning a small, poorly populated and economically insignificant nation into a huge, rapidly growing and economically powerfully entity that had come to rival the most advance European nations.
Author : Association of American Railroads. Office of Information and Public Affairs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 8 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (714 download)
Download or read book Chronology of America's Railroads written by Association of American Railroads. Office of Information and Public Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Brian Solomon
Publisher : Voyageur Press (MN)
ISBN 13 : 0760344884
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (63 download)
Download or read book North American Railroad Family Trees written by Brian Solomon and published by Voyageur Press (MN). This book was released on 2013-10-20 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Illustrated history of the North American Railroad industry's mergers and acquisitions illustrated with historical photography and 50 specially commissioned maps and line diagrams charting that evolution"-Provided by publisher.
Author : Association of American Railroads
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)
Download or read book Highlights of American Railroad History written by Association of American Railroads and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kevin EuDaly
Publisher : Crestline Books
ISBN 13 : 0785833897
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (858 download)
Download or read book The Complete Book of North American Railroading written by Kevin EuDaly and published by Crestline Books. This book was released on 2016-09 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrate over 150 years of the North American railroad with this visual history. You'll be amazed by over 400 modern and vintages photographs of these trains!
