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Author : Selwyn Kip Farrington
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Railroading from the Head End written by Selwyn Kip Farrington and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : H. Roger Grant
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253006376
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)
Download or read book Railroads and the American People written by H. Roger Grant and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2012-10-17 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “[A] wealth of vignettes and more than 100 black-and-white illustrations . . . Does a fine job of humanizing the iron horse” (The Wall Street Journal). In this social history of the impact of railroads on American life, H. Roger Grant concentrates on the railroad’s “golden age,” from 1830 to 1930. He explores four fundamental topics—trains and travel, train stations, railroads and community life, and the legacy of railroading in America—illustrating each with carefully chosen period illustrations. Grant recalls the lasting memories left by train travel, both of luxurious Pullman cars and the grit and grind of coal-powered locals. He discusses the important role railroads played for towns and cities across America, not only for the access they provided to distant places and distant markets but also for the depots that were a focus of community life, and reviews the lasting heritage of the railroads in our culture today. This is “an engaging book of train stories” from one of railroading’s finest historians (Choice). “Highly recommended to train buffs and others in love with early railroading.” —Library Journal “With plenty of detail, Grant brings a bygone era back to life, addressing everything from social and commercial appeal, racial and gender issues, safety concerns, and leaps in technology . . . A work that can appeal to both casual and hardcore enthusiasts.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Author : Calvin Franklin Swingle
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Art of Railroading written by Calvin Franklin Swingle and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Brian Solomon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781610600149
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Working on the Railroad written by Brian Solomon and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Brian Solomon
Publisher : Voyageur Press (MN)
ISBN 13 : 0760347360
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (63 download)
Download or read book North American Railroads written by Brian Solomon and published by Voyageur Press (MN). This book was released on 2014-10-21 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This richly illustrated encyclopedia of classic and contemporary railroads features histories of 101 U.S. and Canadian railroads past and present. It is the go-to resource for railfans of all stripes.
Author : Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 772 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Norfolk and Western Magazine written by Norfolk and Western Railway Company and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 772 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Brian Solomon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781610606721
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (67 download)
Download or read book Santa Fe Railway written by Brian Solomon and published by . This book was released on with total page 100 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 : Brian Solomon
Publisher : Voyageur Press
ISBN 13 : 1627886397
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (278 download)
Download or read book Classic Railroad Signals written by Brian Solomon and published by Voyageur Press. This book was released on 2015-02-15 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the history, quirks, and stories behind signals with gorgeous period and contemprary photography. Railroad signals are the link between the steam era and modern railroading. Designed for reliability and durability, signals can survive for decades. In fact, old semaphores installed during the early years of the twentieth century were still in service during the 1990s, protecting trains that were running with the latest modern diesels. Even searchlight-style signals that were the epitome of 1940s railroading continue to work today. Though standards were introduced in the early twentieth century, interpretation varied greatly among railroads, so even major railroads have individualized signals. Some, such as the Pennsylvania Railroad, were noted for their distinctive signaling hardware. Others lines became known for their peculiarities in practice. Classic Railroad Signals examines how different railroads developed specific hardware to serve their unique needs, in the process tracing the lineage of various types of hardware and highlighting how and where they were used. From nineteenth-century mechanical signals to disc signals, upper- and lower-quadrant semaphores, three-light electric signals, searchlight-style targets, positional lights, and color-position light hardware, author Brian Solomon covers nearly every conceivable piece of North American signaling hardware, even the virtually extinct wig wag that was once standard in California and Wisconsin. Gorgeous period and contemprary photography shows signals and trains from around North America. Classic Railroad Signals should be next to Railroad Signaling on every railroad fan's bookshelf.
Author : Brian Solomon
Publisher : Voyageur Press
ISBN 13 : 1616738979
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (167 download)
Download or read book Railroad Signaling written by Brian Solomon and published by Voyageur Press. This book was released on 2003-11-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 signaling history and all aspects of modern operations. Author and photographer Brian Solomon brings his wealth of knowledge and photographic talent to a subject that has not often been tackled in book form, yet is integral to the American railroad experience.
Author : Brian Solomon
Publisher : Voyageur Press
ISBN 13 : 1627884939
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (278 download)
Download or read book Chicago: America's Railroad Capital written by Brian Solomon and published by Voyageur Press. This book was released on 2014-10-15 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first illustrated history of the people, machines, facilities, and operations that made Chicago the hub around which an entire continent's rail industry still revolves. In the mid-nineteenth century, Chicago's central location in the expanding nation helped establish it as the capital of the still-new North American railroad industry. As the United States expanded westward, new railroads and rail-related companies like Pullman established their headquarters in the Windy City, while eastern railroads found their natural western terminals there. Historically, railroads that tried to avoid Chicago failed. While the railroad industry has undergone dramatic changes over the course of its existence, little has changed regarding Chicago's status as the nation's railroad hub. In Chicago: America's Railroad Capital, longtime, prolific railroading author and photographer Brian Solomon - joined by a cast of respected rail journalists - examines this sprawling legacy of nearly 180 years, not only showing how the railroad has spurred the city's growth, but also highlighting the city's railroad workers throughout history, key players in the city and the industry, and Chicago's great interurban lines, fabulous passenger terminals, vast freight-processing facilities, and complex modern operations. Illustrated with historical and modern photography and specially commissioned maps, Chicago: America's Railroad Capital also helps readers understand how Chicago has operated - and continues to operate - as the center of a nationwide industry that is an essential cog in the country's commerce.
Author : Brian Solomon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1610603613
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (16 download)
Download or read book Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway written by Brian Solomon and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Brian Solomon
Publisher : Voyageur Press
ISBN 13 : 0760351260
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (63 download)
Download or read book Field Guide to Trains written by Brian Solomon and published by Voyageur Press. This book was released on 2016-05-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now you can be the human Wikipedia page of trains--from locomotives to rolling stock. No Great American road trip would be complete without seeing trains streaming across wild prairies and through thick forests. All kinds of diesel and even a few steam locomotives can be seen, with everything from boxy frontends to curving streamlined bodies. The containers, flat cars, and boxcars pulled by these locomotives carry diverse freight, and the variety of these cars is wide. Field Guide to Trains: Locomotives and Rolling Stock is the source for easy-to-digest information on locomotives and cars. Model railroaders will also find this book indispensible, as it offers myriad ideas for realistic train systems. The book is divided by diesel-electric locomotives, self-propelled passenger trains, passenger cars, freight cars, rail transit, and preserved equipment at museums and excursion steam locomotives. It also touches on historic diesels, vintage trams, maintenance trains, snowplow engines, and circus trains. Featuring North American and world examples of trains, Field Guide to Trains includes just about any type of locomotive and train car you are likely to see on the rails today, making this book the only available comprehensive guide to locomotives and rolling stock out there. Bring Field Guide to Trains: Locomotives and Rolling Stock along on family trips to see what rolls the rails as you're traveling. Make a game of how many locomotives and car types you can identify. Buy locomotives and certain car types for your model layout. This is simply the handiest field guide for families and railroad buffs that you'll ever find.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1062 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Railroad Work Rules Dispute. Hearings ... 88-1 ... July 24-26, 29-31; August 1, 2, 1963 written by United States. Congress. House. Interstate and Foreign Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 1062 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Lowell Putnam
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786489200
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)
Download or read book Great Railroad Tunnels of North America written by William Lowell Putnam and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2011-07-25 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describing and detailing the boring of major railroad tunnels throughout Canada, the United States, and Mexico, this book covers the period from the creation of Virginia's Blue Ridge Tunnel in the 1850s to Copper Canyon's Continental and El Descanso tunnels in the early 1960s. Other notable tunnels featured here include Massachusetts' notoriously expensive and slow-progressing Hoosac Tunnel; Colorado's rail and water Moffat Tunnel; Montana's Flathead Tunnel; and several major tunnels along the Canadian Pacific's main line. In addition to providing details on the tunnels, the author considers the reasons they were created, their engineers, and their use. The book includes more than 50 period and contemporary photos. A glossary explains concepts related to railroad construction and maintenance.
Author : Norman S. Stevens
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738533711
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (337 download)
Download or read book Kankakee Railroads written by Norman S. Stevens and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tracks for the Chicago branch of the Illinois Central Railroad were established in the vicinity of the Kankakee River in 1853. The Kankakee Depot was set up and soon thereafter the Associates Land Company had a 49-block town laid out around the depot. By the beginning of the 20th century, Kankakee, a town that formed because of the railroad, was a thriving industrial city, as well as a railroad center served by five major railroad lines. This book traces the history of Kankakee's railroads from 1850 to 1950. Photographs from the Kankakee County Historical Society archives illustrate the stories of the trains, depots, and workers who made the railroads of the late 19th and early 20th centuries an economic and industrial force in Illinois and the Midwest.
Author : Brian Solomon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781610603751
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (37 download)
Download or read book Csx written by Brian Solomon and published by . This book was released on with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Formed in 1980 as a holding company for the Chessie and Seaboard Systems and several other eastern railroads, CSX in 1986 merged these several companies into CSX Transportation, staking its claim as one of the nation's dominant merger roads. This illustrated history provides a background of CSX's 25 years on the American railroad scene, describing how the company came to swallow several legendary regional lines and merger roads. The book also examines CSX hardware, facilities, and operations on more than 20,000 miles of trackage throughout the eastern half of the United States, from 1980 through today. Included is an explanation of the 1999 agreement by which CSX and Norfolk Southern purchased and effectively split the operations of their northern rival Conrail. Marvelous color photography, of course, depicts CSX diesel-electric powered freight operations in eastern and Midwestern U.S. urban centers and rural areas.
