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Author : Bruce C. Cooper
Publisher : Polyglot PressInc
ISBN 13 : 9781411599932
Total Pages : 445 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (999 download)
Download or read book Riding the Transcontinental Rails written by Bruce C. Cooper and published by Polyglot PressInc. This book was released on 2004 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sara Gillingham
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 9780811856430
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (564 download)
Download or read book C Is for Caboose written by Sara Gillingham and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2007-03 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Simple information about trains is given for every letter of the alphabet.
Author : Robert D. Krebs
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253031877
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)
Download or read book Riding the Rails written by Robert D. Krebs and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2018-01-22 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A former Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway CEO tells the behind-the-scenes story of the transformation and resurgence of America’s ailing railroads. When Robert D. Krebs joined the ranks of Southern Pacific Railroad in 1966, the industry had been in decline for decades, and the future of trains was in peril. Despite these obstacles, Krebs fell in love with the rugged, competitive business of railroads and was determined to overcome its resistance to change and put rail transportation back on track. By the age of forty, Krebs was president of the Southern Pacific Railroad and had also served as chief executive of both the Santa Fe Railway and Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway companies. Riding the Rails: Inside the Business of America’s Railroads details Krebs’s rise to a position of influence in the recovery of America’s railroads—and offers a unique insider’s view into the boardrooms where executives and businessmen reimagined transportation in the United States.
Author : Stephen E. Ambrose
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 9780743203173
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Nothing Like It In the World written by Stephen E. Ambrose and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2001-11-06 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the men who build the transcontinental railroad in the 1860's.
Author : Martin W. Sandler
Publisher : Candlewick
ISBN 13 : 0763665274
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (636 download)
Download or read book Iron Rails, Iron Men, and the Race to Link the Nation: The Story of the Transcontinental Railroad written by Martin W. Sandler and published by Candlewick. This book was released on 2015-09-08 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experience the race of rails to link the country—and meet the men behind this incredible feat—in a riveting story about the building of the transcontinental railroad, brought to life with archival photos. In the 1850s, gold fever swept the West, but people had to walk, sail, or ride horses for months on end to seek their fortune. The question of faster, safer transportation was posed by national leaders. But with 1,800 miles of seemingly impenetrable mountains, searing deserts, and endless plains between the Missouri River and San Francisco, could a transcontinental railroad be built? It seemed impossible. Eventually, two railroad companies, the Central Pacific, which laid the tracks eastward, and the Union Pacific, which moved west, began the job. In one great race between iron men with iron wills, tens of thousands of workers blasted the longest tunnels that had ever been constructed, built the highest bridges that had ever been created, and finally linked the nation by two bands of steel, changing America forever.
Author : Tom Zoellner
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698151399
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (981 download)
Download or read book Train written by Tom Zoellner and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-01-30 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An epic and revelatory narrative of the most important transportation technology of the modern world In his wide-ranging and entertaining new book, Tom Zoellner—coauthor of the New York Times–bestselling An Ordinary Man—travels the globe to tell the story of the sociological and economic impact of the railway technology that transformed the world—and could very well change it again. From the frigid trans-Siberian railroad to the antiquated Indian Railways to the Japanese-style bullet trains, Zoellner offers a stirring story of this most indispensable form of travel. A masterful narrative history, Train also explores the sleek elegance of railroads and their hypnotizing rhythms, and explains how locomotives became living symbols of sex, death, power, and romance.
Author : James McCommons
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1603582592
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (35 download)
Download or read book Waiting on a Train written by James McCommons and published by Chelsea Green Publishing. This book was released on 2009-11-06 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the tumultuous year of 2008--when gas prices reached $4 a gallon, Amtrak set ridership records, and a commuter train collided with a freight train in California--journalist James McCommons spent a year on America's trains, talking to the people who ride and work the rails throughout much of the Amtrak system. Organized around these rail journeys, Waiting on a Train is equal parts travel narrative, personal memoir, and investigative journalism. Readers meet the historians, railroad executives, transportation officials, politicians, government regulators, railroad lobbyists, and passenger-rail advocates who are rallying around a simple question: Why has the greatest railroad nation in the world turned its back on the very form of transportation that made modern life and mobility possible? Distrust of railroads in the nineteenth century, overregulation in the twentieth, and heavy government subsidies for airports and roads have left the country with a skeletal intercity passenger-rail system. Amtrak has endured for decades, and yet failed to prosper owing to a lack of political and financial support and an uneasy relationship with the big, remaining railroads. While riding the rails, McCommons explores how the country may move passenger rail forward in America--and what role government should play in creating and funding mass-transportation systems. Against the backdrop of the nation's stimulus program, he explores what it will take to build high-speed trains and transportation networks, and when the promise of rail will be realized in America.
Author : Martin W. Sandler
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198030339
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (98 download)
Download or read book Riding the Rails in the USA written by Martin W. Sandler and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2003-08-07 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preachers railed against it: "Traveling at speeds up to 20 miles per hour went against the Lord's plan!" Doctors told their patients that traveling on it would cause serious physical and mental ailments, including the boiling of the blood. Newspapers cried out, "It is a topsy-turvy, harum-scarum whirligig!" But it didn't matter: America loved the train and the freedom of movement that came with it. Riding the Rails in America traces the dynamic relationship of America with the train, showing how the railroad was the single largest influence on the development of the nation's history and economy as it became possible to move freight and people farther and faster than ever before.
Author : Randal O'Toole
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781944424947
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (249 download)
Download or read book Romance of the Rails written by Randal O'Toole and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American transportation has undergone many technological revolutions: from sailing ships to steam ships; from passenger trains and urban rail transit to airplanes and automobiles. Normally, the government has allowed and even encouraged these revolutions, but for some reason the federal government is spending billions of dollars trying to preserve and build obsolete rail transit and passenger train lines, including high-speed trains that cost more but are less than half as fast as flying. O'Toole asks why passenger trains have been singled out -- and whether this policy makes sense. -- adapted from jacket
Author : Brian Floca
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1442485221
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (424 download)
Download or read book Locomotive written by Brian Floca and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-09-03 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Caldecott Medal Winner, Sibert Honor Book, and New York Times bestseller Locomotive is a rich and detailed sensory exploration of America’s early railroads, from the creator of the “stunning” (Booklist) Moonshot. It is the summer of 1869, and trains, crews, and family are traveling together, riding America’s brand-new transcontinental railroad. These pages come alive with descriptive details of the journey: the sounds, speed, and strength of the mighty locomotives; the work that keeps them moving; and the thrill of travel from plains to mountain to ocean. Come sit inside the caboose, feel the heat of the engine, watch the landscape race by. Come ride the rails, come cross the young country!
Author : Rush Loving
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253000645
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)
Download or read book The Men Who Loved Trains written by Rush Loving and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2006-05-21 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An award-winning account of a crisis in railroad history: “This absorbing book takes you on an entertaining ride.” —Chicago Tribune A saga about one of the oldest and most romantic enterprises in the land—America’s railroads—The Men Who Loved Trains introduces the chieftains who have run the railroads, both those who set about grabbing power and big salaries for themselves, and others who truly loved the industry. As a journalist and associate editor of Fortune magazine who covered the demise of Penn Central and the creation of Conrail, Rush Loving often had a front-row seat to the foibles and follies of this group of men. He uncovers intrigue, greed, lust for power, boardroom battles, and takeover wars and turns them into a page-turning story. He recounts how the chairman of CSX Corporation, who later became George W. Bush’s Treasury secretary, managed to make millions for himself while his company drifted in chaos. Yet there were also those who loved trains and railroading—and who played key roles in reshaping transportation in the northeastern United States. This book will delight not only the rail fan, but anyone interested in American business and history. Includes photographs
Author : Janet Dawson
Publisher : SCB Distributors
ISBN 13 : 1564747735
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (647 download)
Download or read book Death Rides the Zephyr written by Janet Dawson and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2020-08-26 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: December 23, 1952. A transcontinental train is stopped cold by a rockslide in a remote Colorado canyon. There’s a murderer aboard, one who has already killed, and will kill again unless stopped. The California Zephyr, with its run from Oakland to Chicago and back, was famous for its Vista-Domes, which provided a 360-degree view of spectacular Western scenery. It was a kind of small city populated by passengers from all walks of life and a large crew whose duty it was to keep them safe. Zephyrette Jill McLeod is the passengers’ primary point of contact. She’s armed for any emergency—with a first-aid kit, a screwdriver, and her knowledge of human nature. But can she figure out a ruthless killer's clever plot in time?
Author : Norma Lewis
Publisher : Capstone Classroom
ISBN 13 : 1491401915
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (914 download)
Download or read book Connecting the Coasts written by Norma Lewis and published by Capstone Classroom. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Examines the Transcontinental Railroad by discussing why it was needed and the immediate and lasting effects it had on the nation as well as the people and places involved."--
Author : Martin W. Sandler
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195132289
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (951 download)
Download or read book Riding the Rails in the USA written by Martin W. Sandler and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2003-08-07 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the impact of trains in the United States as they allowed settlers to move West in large numbers and get needed supplies, helped farmers to move goods to market, and provided transportation for commuters.
Author : Benjamin Fraser
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (19 download)
Download or read book Trains, Culture, and Mobility written by Benjamin Fraser and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mary Ann Fraser
Publisher : Square Fish
ISBN 13 : 1250131243
Total Pages : 81 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)
Download or read book Ten Mile Day written by Mary Ann Fraser and published by Square Fish. This book was released on 2016-08-02 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On May 10, 1869, the final spike in North America's first transcontinental railroad was driven home at Promontory Summit, Utah. Illustrated with the author's carefully researched, evocative paintings, here is a great adventure story in the history of the American West--the day Charles Crocker staked $10,000 on the crews' ability to lay a world record ten miles of track in a single, Ten Mile Day.
Author : Alison Rose Jefferson
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 1496229061
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (962 download)
Download or read book Living the California Dream written by Alison Rose Jefferson and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2022 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2020 Miriam Matthews Ethnic History Award from the Los Angeles City Historical Society Alison Rose Jefferson examines how African Americans pioneered America’s “frontier of leisure” by creating communities and business projects in conjunction with their growing population in Southern California during the nation’s Jim Crow era.
