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Intermodal Railroading

Author : Brian Solomon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781616731144
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (311 download)

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Download or read book Intermodal Railroading written by Brian Solomon and published by . This book was released on with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This richly illustrated history chronicles one of the most revolutionary developments in freight railroading during the twentieth century: intermodal shipping, or the use of containers to move cargo between trains, trucks, and oceangoing vessels. It was a development that transformed the movement of freight around the world, with an almost incalculable impact on American industry. Intermodal railroading in North America begins tentatively, with attempts at piggybacking in the 1930s, before moving on to more serious developments in the period from World War II through the 1960s, notably by Canadian Pacific and the New Haven and Southern Pacific railroads. After looking at early intermodal technology and traffic, particularly the formation of pioneering equipment manufacturer and provider TTX, author Brian Solomon turns to the contemporary period. His account of mighty changes in North American shipping ranges from the implications of deregulation and various railroad mergers, to the emergence of partnerships between railroads and trucking and shipping firms. In addition to railroads like Conrail, BNSF, and CSX, this comprehensive history features trucking, freight delivery, and forwarding firms such as J. B. Hunt, Sea-Land, Maersk, and K-Line. It also considers the importance of specialized modern rolling stock, motive power, loading equipment, and intermodal hubs including South Kearney, Seattle, Long Beach, Oakland, and Houston.

Intermodal Railroading

Author : Brian Solomon
Publisher : Voyageur Press
ISBN 13 : 9780760325285
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (252 download)

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Download or read book Intermodal Railroading written by Brian Solomon and published by Voyageur Press. This book was released on 2007-09-15 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This richly illustrated history chronicles one of the most revolutionary developments in freight railroading during the twentieth century: intermodal shipping, or the use of containers to move cargo between trains, trucks, and oceangoing vessels. It was a development that transformed the movement of freight around the world, with an almost incalculable impact on American industry. Intermodal railroading in North America begins tentatively, with attempts at piggybacking in the 1930s, before moving on to more serious developments in the period from World War II through the 1960s, notably by Canadian Pacific and the New Haven and Southern Pacific railroads. After looking at early intermodal technology and traffic, particularly the formation of pioneering equipment manufacturer and provider TTX, author Brian Solomon turns to the contemporary period. His account of mighty changes in North American shipping ranges from the implications of deregulation and various railroad mergers, to the emergence of partnerships between railroads and trucking and shipping firms. In addition to railroads like Conrail, BNSF, and CSX, this comprehensive history features trucking, freight delivery, and forwarding firms such as J. B. Hunt, Sea-Land, Maersk, and K-Line. It also considers the importance of specialized modern rolling stock, motive power, loading equipment, and intermodal hubs including South Kearney, Seattle, Long Beach, Oakland, and Houston.

Piggyback and Containers

Author : David J. DeBoer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book Piggyback and Containers written by David J. DeBoer and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Model Railroader's Guide to Intermodal Equipment & Operations

Author : Jeff Wilson
Publisher : Kalmbach Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780890243138
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book The Model Railroader's Guide to Intermodal Equipment & Operations written by Jeff Wilson and published by Kalmbach Publishing Company. This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An up-to-date history of intermodal equipment and operations with photos and descriptions of prototype intermodal railcars, loads, and yard equipment. Includes instructions for modeling intermodal transportation on a layout of any scale.

The Globalization of American Infrastructure

Author : Matthew Heins
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131728237X
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (172 download)

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Download or read book The Globalization of American Infrastructure written by Matthew Heins and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-01-29 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book gives an account of how the U.S. freight transportation system has been impacted and “globalized,” since the 1950s, by the presence of the shipping container. A globally standardized object, the container carries cargo moving in international trade, and it utilizes and fits within the existing transportation infrastructures of shipping, trucking and railroads. In this way it binds them together into a nearly seamless worldwide logistics network. This process occurs not only in ocean shipping and at ports, but also deep within national territories. In its dependence on existing infrastructural systems, though, the network of container movement as it pervades domestic space is shaped by the history and geography of the nation-state. This global network is not invariably imposed in a top-down manner—to a large degree, it is cobbled together out of national, regional and local systems. Heins describes this in the American context, examining the freight transportation infrastructures of railroads, trucking and inland waterways, and also the terminals where containers are transferred between train and truck. The book provides a detailed historical narrative, and is also theoretically informed by the contemporary literature on infrastructure and globalization.

North American Railyards, Updated and Expanded Edition

Author : Michael Rhodes
Publisher : Voyageur Press (MN)
ISBN 13 : 0760346097
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book North American Railyards, Updated and Expanded Edition written by Michael Rhodes and published by Voyageur Press (MN). This book was released on 2014-12-04 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An updated edition of the work first published in 2003, describing and illustrating more than 100 working railyards throughout the United States and Canada. Includes photos, system maps, and yard diagrams"--Provided by publisher.

Norfolk Southern Railway

Author : Richard C. Borkowski
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781616739553
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (395 download)

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Download or read book Norfolk Southern Railway written by Richard C. Borkowski and published by . This book was released on with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a quarter of a century behind it, Norfolk Southern is one of the oldest Class 1 railroads operating in North America. This illustrated history tells how Norfolk Southern came to be what it is today, from the merger of two of American railroadings most legendary roads-- Southern Railway and Norfolk and Western--through its rise to the heights of the worlds leading transportation companies. After a concise history of the roads that became Norfolk Southern, author Richard Borkowski explores the railroads corporate history and operating structure and details the specific operations that go into the lines customer-oriented approach, including its vast intermodal network. Along with each of Norfolk Southerns 11 operating divisions, this book offers a close look at NS motive power, a wealth of color photographs, and a specially commissioned system map.

Railroad Rolling Stock

Author : Steve Barry
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781616732097
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Railroad Rolling Stock written by Steve Barry and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Railroad Facts

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Railroad Facts written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Complete Book of North American Railroading

Author : Kevin EuDaly
Publisher : Crestline Books
ISBN 13 : 0785833897
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (858 download)

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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!

Santa Fe Railway

Author : Steve Glischinski
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781616731670
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (316 download)

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Download or read book Santa Fe Railway written by Steve Glischinski and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

From Rail to Road and Back Again?

Author : Colin Divall
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317131851
Total Pages : 473 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)

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Download or read book From Rail to Road and Back Again? written by Colin Divall and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-03 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The coming of the railways signalled the transformation of European society, allowing the quick and cheap mass transportation of people and goods on a previously unimaginable scale. By the early decades of the twentieth century, however, the domination of rail transport was threatened by increased motorised road transport which would quickly surpass and eclipse the trains, only itself to be challenged in the twenty-first century by a renewal of interest in railways. Yet, as the studies in this volume make clear, to view the relationship between road and rail as a simple competition between two rival forms of transportation, is a mistake. Rail transport did not vanish in the twentieth century any more than road transport vanished in the nineteenth with the appearance of the railways. Instead a mutual interdependence has always existed, balancing the strengths and weaknesses of each system. It is that interdependence that forms the major theme of this collection. Divided into two main sections, the first part of the book offers a series of chapters examining how railway companies reacted to increasing competition from road transport, and exploring the degree to which railways depended on road transportation at different times and places. Part two focuses on road mobility, interpreting it as the innovative success story of the twentieth century. Taken together, these essays provide a fascinating reappraisal of the complex and shifting nature of European transportation over the last one hundred years.

The Railroad Never Sleeps

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781616731281
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (312 download)

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Download or read book The Railroad Never Sleeps written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Regional Railroads of the Midwest

Author : Steve Glischinksi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781610604956
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book Regional Railroads of the Midwest written by Steve Glischinksi and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Encyclopedia of North American Railroads

Author : William D Middleton
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253027993
Total Pages : 1295 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of North American Railroads written by William D Middleton and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2007-04-06 with total page 1295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lavishly illustrated and a joy to read, this authoritative reference work on the North American continent's railroads covers the U.S., Canadian, Mexican, Central American, and Cuban systems. The encyclopedia's over-arching theme is the evolution of the railroad industry and the historical impact of its progress on the North American continent. This thoroughly researched work examines the various aspects of the industry's development: technology, operations, cultural impact, the evolution of public policy regarding the industry, and the structural functioning of modern railroads. More than 500 alphabetical entries cover a myriad of subjects, including numerous entries profiling the principal companies, suppliers, manufacturers, and individuals influencing the history of the rails. Extensive appendices provide data regarding weight, fuel, statistical trends, and more, as well as a list of 130 vital railroad books. Railfans will treasure this indispensable work.

My Life with Trains

Author : Jim McClellan
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253024080
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book My Life with Trains written by Jim McClellan and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2017-06-16 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A vivid memoir” of a long career in the industry, packed with color photos (Classic Trains). Named one of the “75 People You Should Know” by Trains Magazine, Jim McClellan was a railroading legend and one of the railroad industry’s titans. An iconic and innovative executive, McClellan participated in the creation of both Amtrak and Conrail and worked for the Norfolk Southern, the New York Central, US Railway Association, and the Federal Railroad Administration. My Life with Trains combines a world-class photographer’s love of railroading with the insights of a government and railroad official. The book provides a short historical overview of the changes in the industry, recounts McClellan’s experience at various railroads, and offers personal reflections on a lifetime of working with and chasing trains. Expertly detailed with over 250 stunning color photographs, My Life with Trains covers sixty years as observed by a legendary railroad strategist.

The Railroad, what it Is, what it Does

Author : John H. Armstrong
Publisher : Simmons-Boardman Books, Incorporated
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book The Railroad, what it Is, what it Does written by John H. Armstrong and published by Simmons-Boardman Books, Incorporated. This book was released on 1990 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Populäre Eisenbahnliteratur.