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Trains: A Complete History

Author : Philip Steele
Publisher : Thunder Bay Press
ISBN 13 : 9781626861565
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (615 download)

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Download or read book Trains: A Complete History written by Philip Steele and published by Thunder Bay Press. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Immerse yourself in railroad history all the livelong day! An icon of the Industrial Revolution, railroads were essential to the progress of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Today’s trains travel at speeds up to 268 miles per hour, and the limits continue to be pushed. Trains: A Complete History provides an excellent overview of the train models that were groundbreaking in their respective eras. The scope of progress comes to life on these pages—from the 1830 Best Friend of Charleston, whose passengers were to said to have traveled “on the wings of the wind” at a whopping top speed of twenty-five miles per hour, to the 2012 hybrid-powered Japan Railway HD300, which uses 36 percent less fuel than traditional trains and travels at speeds up to seventy miles per hour. Complete with a detachable collection of press-out model train pieces, Trains: A Complete History is the two-in-one book that will have train enthusiasts young and old tooting their horns and hollering, “All aboard!”

Train

Author : DK
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1465436588
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (654 download)

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Download or read book Train written by DK and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This glorious visual celebration of train travel keeps you on the right track with stop-offs at the most important and incredible rail routes from all over the world. Your first stop in The Train Book is the groundbreaking steam locomotives of the 19th century and your final destination is the high-speed bullet trains of today. From the Union-Pacific Railroad to the Trans-Siberian Railway, you'll cross the continents to experience epic journeys and staggering scenery. You'll pick a seat on the most iconic locomotives, including the Orient Express, the Blue Train, and the Eurostar. You can also inspect the engines of famous British trains, such as Rocket, Mallard, and Javelin, and international trains, such as India's Palace on Wheels and America's Thatcher Perkins. You'll meet the true pioneers of train and track, including "Father of the Railways" George Stephenson, engineering legend Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and Métro maestro Fulgence Bienvenüe. For train-spotters and transport enthusiasts everywhere, this is your trip of a lifetime.

A Short History of the Railroad

Author : Christian Wolmar
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0744020700
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book A Short History of the Railroad written by Christian Wolmar and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2024-12-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating journey through the history of the railroad, packed with first-hand accounts of innovation, triumph, and tragedy. From the earliest steam engine to the high-speed bullet trains of today, A Short History of the Railroad reveals the hidden stories of railroad history across the world - the inspired engineering; the blood, sweat, and tears that went into the construction of the tracks; the ground-breaking innovations behind the trains that travelled along them; and the triumphs and tragedies of the people who made the railway what it is. Chart the history of the Trans-Siberian railway, the Orient Express, and Maglev trains and the impact of world events on the development of trains and the railway. Explore the pioneering railway lines that crossed continents, the key trains of each era, and the locomotives that changed the world. A riveting narrative packed with photographs, diagrams, and maps to illustrate and illuminate, this is the biography of the machines that carried us into the modern era.

Cut & Assemble an Old-Fashioned Train in Full Color

Author : A. G. Smith
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486253244
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (862 download)

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Download or read book Cut & Assemble an Old-Fashioned Train in Full Color written by A. G. Smith and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1987-01-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relive the exciting days of the "fiery chariot" with this ready-to-be-assembled model of a steam-driven passenger train. Meticulously rendered replica includes a locomotive, passenger car, boxcar, and caboose. Complete illustrated instructions ensure easy assembly. Water tower (6 1/4 inches tall) and station (8 1/4 inches x 5 inches x 4 3/4 inches) also included.

Coal Trains

Author : Brian Solomon
Publisher : Voyageur Press
ISBN 13 : 1616731370
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (167 download)

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Download or read book Coal Trains written by Brian Solomon and published by Voyageur Press. This book was released on 2009-07-15 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the first, U.S. railroads have carried coal from mines to docks, steel mills, and power plants across the country. In this authoritative book spanning the whole of that history, from the mid-nineteenth century to present, noted rail author Brian Solomon explores the railroads and hardware that have transported the fossil fuels that made America work. Brilliant period and contemporary photographs convey the drama of the enterprise: the very long—and very heavy—trains powering up mountain grades and thundering across barren prairies. At sites from the eastern and western U.S., past and present, readers see giant double-headed Norfolk and Western steam locomotives moving Appalachian coal in Virginia; modern CSX diesels dragging unit coal trains over the well-groomed former Chesapeake & Ohio main line; BNSF’s SD70MACs with more than 100 hoppers in tow; Rio Grande locomotives snaking through the Rocky Mountains; and coal trains working full-throttle up Colorado’s Tennessee Pass, cresting the Continental Divide at 10,000 feet above sea level. Taking up topics ranging from the colorful but now-defunct “anthracite roads” of eastern Pennsylvania to today’s AC-traction diesels that work Wyoming’s thriving Powder River Basin, Solomon reveals how for 150 years the unique demands of coal—and America’s demand for coal—have prompted new railroad technologies.

The LEGO Trains Book

Author : Holger Matthes
Publisher : No Starch Press
ISBN 13 : 1593278195
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (932 download)

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Download or read book The LEGO Trains Book written by Holger Matthes and published by No Starch Press. This book was released on 2017-10-24 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn the model-making process from start to finish, including the best ways to choose scale, wheels, motors, and track layout. Get advice for building steam engines, locomotives, and passenger cars, and discover fresh ideas and inspiration for your own LEGO train designs. Inside you'll find: -A historical tour of LEGO trains -Step-by-step building instructions for models of the German Inter-City Express (ICE), the Swiss “Crocodile,” and a vintage passenger car -Tips for controlling your trains with transformers, receivers, and motors -Advice on advanced building techniques like SNOT (studs not on top), microstriping, creating textures, and making offset connections -Case studies of the design process -Ways to use older LEGO pieces in modern designs For ages 10+

The Great Book of Trains

Author : Brian Hollingsworth
Publisher : Crestline Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780760311936
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (119 download)

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Download or read book The Great Book of Trains written by Brian Hollingsworth and published by Crestline Publishing Company. This book was released on 2001 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrations and descriptions of more than 300 locomotives from the early steam pioneers of the 1830s to modern electric and diesel locomotives and proposed locomotives for the 1990s and beyond.

All Aboard!

Author : Ron Hollander
Publisher : Workman Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780894801846
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book All Aboard! written by Ron Hollander and published by Workman Publishing. This book was released on 1981 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To commemorate the milestone of Lionel Train Company's 100th anniversary comes an updated second edition of ALL ABOARD!, the marvelous story of Joshua Lionel Cowen and the toy trains he created. Originally published in 1981, ALL ABOARD! brings back the classic electric trains for all those who remember them. The Santa Fe came in gleaming silver and shiny red. The New York Central was gray and white. World War I models carried seige guns, a 1957 engine came in pink for girls. There were Pullmans and steam locomotives, Lehigh Valley coal cars, lumber cars, and a design from 1964 that carried radioactive waste and the Mercury capsule. A&E Network named Lionel trains a "Top Ten Toy" of the century-#4 specifically. But the story of Lionel trains is far from over. Co-owned by rock star Neil Young, who bought the company because of his autistic son's love for the trains, the Lionel Train Company is stronger than ever, and is evolving with the times by employing remote control, sound chips, and other technical innovations. With 32 all-new pages and scores of colorful illustrations from the archives of Lionel catalogs, ALL ABOARD! is the definitive collector's book on the subject.

The Complete Visual History of Steam and Rail

Author : Colin Garratt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780754823636
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (236 download)

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Download or read book The Complete Visual History of Steam and Rail written by Colin Garratt and published by . This book was released on 2011-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two perfect books for train enthusiasts, with a historical reference book spanning nearly two centuries of locomotive development, and an enthralling illustrated guide to the world's greatest railway journeys of all timme

Waiting on a Train

Author : James McCommons
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1603582592
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (35 download)

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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.

Paris To the Past

Author : Ina Caro
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0393343154
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (933 download)

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Download or read book Paris To the Past written by Ina Caro and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2012-04-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “I’d rather go to France with Ina Caro than with Henry Adams or Henry James.”—Newsweek In one of the most inventive travel books in years, Ina Caro invites readers on twenty-five one-day train trips that depart from Paris and transport us back through seven hundred years of French history. Whether taking us to Orléans to evoke the visions of Joan of Arc or to the Place de la Concorde to witness the beheading of Marie Antoinette, Caro animates history with her lush descriptions of architectural splendors and tales of court intrigue. “[An] enchanting travelogue” (Publishers Weekly), Paris to the Past has become one of the classic guidebooks of our time.

The Great Railroad Revolution

Author : Christian Wolmar
Publisher : PublicAffairs
ISBN 13 : 1610391802
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book The Great Railroad Revolution written by Christian Wolmar and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2012-09-25 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America was made by the railroads. The opening of the Baltimore & Ohio line -- the first American railroad -- in the 1830s sparked a national revolution in the way that people lived thanks to the speed and convenience of train travel. Promoted by visionaries and built through heroic effort, the American railroad network was bigger in every sense than Europe's, and facilitated everything from long-distance travel to commuting and transporting goods to waging war. It united far-flung parts of the country, boosted economic development, and was the catalyst for America's rise to world-power status. Every American town, great or small, aspired to be connected to a railroad and by the turn of the century, almost every American lived within easy access of a station. By the early 1900s, the United States was covered in a latticework of more than 200,000 miles of railroad track and a series of magisterial termini, all built and controlled by the biggest corporations in the land. The railroads dominated the American landscape for more than a hundred years but by the middle of the twentieth century, the automobile, the truck, and the airplane had eclipsed the railroads and the nation started to forget them. In The Great Railroad Revolution, renowned railroad expert Christian Wolmar tells the extraordinary story of the rise and the fall of the greatest of all American endeavors, and argues that the time has come for America to reclaim and celebrate its often-overlooked rail heritage.

Long Island Rail Road

Author : Stan Fischler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781616731564
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Long Island Rail Road written by Stan Fischler and published by . This book was released on 1845 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Walt Disney's Railroad Story

Author :
Publisher : Carolwood Pacific LLC
ISBN 13 : 0975858424
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (758 download)

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Download or read book Walt Disney's Railroad Story written by and published by Carolwood Pacific LLC. This book was released on with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Trains to Victory

Author : Donald J. Heimburger
Publisher : Heimburger House Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780911581607
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (816 download)

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Download or read book Trains to Victory written by Donald J. Heimburger and published by Heimburger House Publishing Company. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trains to Victory tells the dramatic story of the years 1941-1945 when U.S. railroads, using fewer cars and locomotives than in WWI, moved more tonnage and more passengers than ever before. Divided into 13 chapters, plus a 32-page four-color section, an introduction, bibliography and a complete index, the volume appeals to railfans, historians, military historians, and many others. The 380-page hardbound book features 542 photographs, an additional 285 illustrations, a four-color laminated dustjacket and a complete listing of U.S. military camps, posts and bases as of August 1, 1941. The book discusses the implications of the war on the railroads, embarkation of troops and materiels, how the Military Railway Service joined the fight and what was happening on U.S railroads during the war. It also addresses new railroad cars and locomotives built for the war, military camp railroads, how Alaska’s railroads played a part in the conflict, how women helped the war effort, and what was happening in foreign theaters. It describes how railroads aided in the return of wounded troops and equipment, and the atmosphere on the railroads immediately after the war. Scale drawings of war-emergency box cars are also included, as are troop train car plans. Trains to Victory covers such topics as the huge Chicago & NorthWestern Proviso Yards during wartime, personal glimpses of the war from a number of railroaders and intriguing aspects of the war from the Army Engineers, Association of American Railroads and the War Department. Wartime products of locomotive and railroad car manufacturers such as Baldwin, Alco, Davenport, Lima, Whitcomb, Budd, Electro-Motive, H.K. Porter, Pullman, American Car & Foundry and the St. Louis Car Company are documented throughout the volume. Hardbound, 8½ x11", 380 pages, 825 photos and illustrations, 32-page all-color photo section, 13 chapters, extensive historical military/railroad documentation.

Trains Across the Continent, Second Edition

Author : Rudolph Daniels
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253214119
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (141 download)

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Download or read book Trains Across the Continent, Second Edition written by Rudolph Daniels and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trains Across the Continent North American Railroad History Second Edition Rudolph Daniels A wonderfully readable, illustrated guide to the history of railroads in America. "Trains Across the Continent is everything you need to know about railroad history—both educational and enjoyable reading." —Dean Bruce, President, Railroad Education Training Association "Trains Across the Continent should be in every public school library in the country. Quickly and concisely Dr. Daniels leads you through the maze of building, merging, and a myriad of other details necessary to understand modern railroading. Steam, diesel, passenger, and freight are all carefully explained on a national scale rather than railroad specific, making this book even more of a useful tool for the student." —Donald D. Snoddy, Historian, Union Pacific Railroad "Trains Across the Continent" is a truly comprehensive account of how railroads helped shape, and are continuing to shape, the history of North America." —Jonathan B. Hanna, Historian, Canadian Pacific Railway "Nothing but positive comments about it from faculty and students alike. . . . The industry bible in this area." —Phillip B. Cypret, Sacramento City College "Professor Daniels displays both passion and scholarship in this nicely arranged buffet of subjects both large and minute, important and interesting, serious and fun, to present a delicious overview of railroad history." —James D. Porterfield, author of Dining by Rail "Daniels manages to make brief mention of all major points of North American railroad history . . . from the workings of a steam locomotive to the dawn of the railroad mega-merger, nearly every conceivable aspect of railroading receives attention. . . . This volume is a must for those wishing to broaden or hone their knowledge of the birth and evolution of the railroad industry in North America." —Rail News Updated maps, new appendices, a greatly expanded bibliography, detailed discussions of the recent attempted mergers of the CN and BNSF, of the diesel locomotive, and of railroad electrification further round out the usefulness of Trains Across the Continent as the complete and concise introduction to North American railroads. Rudolph Daniels is Chair of the Behavioral Sciences Department at Western Iowa Tech Community College, where he teaches history and Railroad Operations Technology.

The Illustrated Directory of Trains of the World

Author : Brian Hollingsworth
Publisher : Voyageur Press
ISBN 13 : 9780760308912
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book The Illustrated Directory of Trains of the World written by Brian Hollingsworth and published by Voyageur Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you're a steam buff or your interest lies in the modern railways of today, you'll treasure this incredibly compact volume filled with over 150 interestingly written chronological entries, from the 1830s to the present day. This highly illustrated reference contains technical specs, design development and service information, plus a complete history of international passenger and freight locomotive evolution.