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Author : Stanley Alcide Changnon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781096318118
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (181 download)
Download or read book Railroad Bridges in the Heartland written by Stanley Alcide Changnon and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Theodore Cooper
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book American Railroad Bridges written by Theodore Cooper and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Craig Sanders
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253027934
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)
Download or read book Amtrak in the Heartland written by Craig Sanders and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2006-05-11 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Craig Sanders has done an excellent job of research . . . his treatment is as comprehensive as anyone could reasonably wish for, and solidly based. In addition, he succeeds in making it all clear as well as any human can. He also manages to inject enough humor and human interest to keep the reader moving." —Herbert H. Harwood, author of The Lake Shore Electric Railway Story and Invisible Giants: The Empires of Cleveland's Van Sweringen Brothers A complete history of Amtrak operations in the heartland, this volume describes conditions that led to the passage of the Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970, the formation and implementation of Amtrak in 1970–71, and the major factors that have influenced Amtrak operations since its inception. More than 140 photographs and 3 maps bring to life the story as told by Sanders. This book will become indispensable to train enthusiasts through its examination of Americans' long-standing fascination with passenger trains. When it began in 1971, many expected Amtrak to last about three years before going out of existence for lack of business, but the public's continuing support of funding for Amtrak has enabled it and the passenger train to survive despite seemingly insurmountable odds.
Author : Steve Glischinksi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781610604956
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (49 download)
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:
Author : Evan N. Kantwell
Publisher : Nova Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781604560978
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (69 download)
Download or read book America's Bridges??? written by Evan N. Kantwell and published by Nova Publishers. This book was released on 2008 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Has anyone actually seen a bridge being built in America? This editor has travelled for almost 40 years in America without seeing a single one being constructed -- and few even being repaired. Some critics point out that America has built excellent bridges in Vietnam and Iraq which indicates that the knowledge base remains intact. Others say that individual states cannot feed their armies of bureaucrats and fund their plush pensions and health care programs and still expect to build bridges. And the federal government cannot be counted on for much of anything useful. This book presents recent reports focusing on this part of America's crumbling infrastructure.
Author : Elmer Griffith Sulzer
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253334848
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (348 download)
Download or read book Ghost Railroads of Kentucky written by Elmer Griffith Sulzer and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ghost Railroads of Kentucky (first published in 1967) and its two sister volumes, Ghost Railroads of Indiana (1970) and Ghost Railroads of Tennessee (1975), provide the authoritative account of the abandoned lines in the railroad heartland east of the Mississippi. No mere compilation of dry statistics on track closings and running schedules (though they are here too!), this book is full of the life and vigor of Kentucky's economic arteries. Professor Sulzer, a consummate storyteller, recounts the human drama surrounding these ghost lines. Even poor Alex Richardson, shamefully lynched on the new railroad bridge over the Kentucky River at West Irvine, has his sad story told.
Author : Jerry Penry
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780967904146
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (41 download)
Download or read book The Valentine Railroad Bridge written by Jerry Penry and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Henry Belin Voorhees
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Alton Railroad Bridge at Glasgow, Missouri, 1879 written by Henry Belin Voorhees and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jennifer Hamer
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520950178
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)
Download or read book Abandoned in the Heartland written by Jennifer Hamer and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Urban poverty, along with all of its poignant manifestations, is moving from city centers to working-class and industrial suburbs in contemporary America. Nowhere is this more evident than in East St. Louis, Illinois. Once a thriving manufacturing and transportation center, East St. Louis is now known for its unemployment, crime, and collapsing infrastructure. Abandoned in the Heartland takes us into the lives of East St. Louis’s predominantly African American residents to find out what has happened since industry abandoned the city, and jobs, quality schools, and city services disappeared, leaving people isolated and imperiled. Jennifer Hamer introduces men who search for meaning and opportunity in dead-end jobs, women who often take on caretaking responsibilities until well into old age, and parents who have the impossible task of protecting their children in this dangerous, and literally toxic, environment. Illustrated with historical and contemporary photographs showing how the city has changed over time, this book, full of stories of courage and fortitude, offers a powerful vision of the transformed circumstances of life in one American suburb.
Author : Poughkeepsie-Highland Railroad Bridge Co., Inc
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (93 download)
Download or read book 1994, the Year of the Railroad Bridge written by Poughkeepsie-Highland Railroad Bridge Co., Inc and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jeff Wilson
Publisher : Kalmbach Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780890243374
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (433 download)
Download or read book Burlington Route Across the Heartland 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: "The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy - the Burlington Route - was known for its Zephyrs, the fleet of fluted stainless-steel passenger trains taht connected Chicago to points west. However, there was more to the CB&Q than flashy passenger trains. The railroad connected the nation's heartland, relying hevaily on agricultural traffic, including grain, livestock, and perishable goods. Ownded jointly by the Northern Pacific and Great Northern, the Burlington prospered through the forties and fifties. The heart of the Burlington was its Chicago-to-Denver main line, which hosted several of the Q's famous passenger trains, including the California Zephyr, Denver Zephyr, and Nebraska Zephyr. The line also hosted freight trains, including Chicago-to-Denver time freights, livestock specials, and large blocks of reefers (refrigerator cars). The start of the Golden Years for the Q was 1934, when the original Zephyr first created a stir around the country. The Burlington had maintained a modern fleet of steam locomotives in 1930, powerful O-5 and O-5A 4-8-4 Northerns and class S-4 Hudsons that were the primary fast freight and name passenger power into the 1940s. In Burlington Route Across the Hearland, Jeff Wilson highlights much of this action, along with the first arrival of freight diesels and the evolution of Zephyr operations and equipment." -From back cover
Author : Richard Braden
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595197817
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (951 download)
Download or read book The Seventh Bridge written by Richard Braden and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2001-09 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We all have fantasies in our lives; George's fantasy was to build a great bridge somewhere in North America, high in the mountains, glistening in the sunlight. The bridge had to be an amalgam of iron, concrete, and stainless steel, and it had to be heavy enough to transport the biggest loads across some canyon or river. Then one day he got a chance to fulfill his fantasy—
Author : Theodore Cooper
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781016609456
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (94 download)
Download or read book American Railroad Bridges written by Theodore Cooper and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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Total Pages : 540 pages
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Download or read book RailNews written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 720 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Soldiers written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : H. Roger Grant
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
ISBN 13 : 9780877456001
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (56 download)
Download or read book Railroads in the Heartland written by H. Roger Grant and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historians of midwestern railroading during the early part of the twentieth century have generally focused on the production of railroad company histories while ignoring the regional view. Fortunately for railway historians and buffs, coincidentally with the zenith of the Railway Age, the national fad for producing and mailing postcards was at its height. Millions of cards, including "real-photo" images, were produced between 1905 and 1915. Roger Grant has selected more than a hundred representative picture postcards to visualize the principal themes and characteristics that gave this dynamic industry its distinctive regional features. By the turn of the century, the railroad map of the Midwest was unequaled. Anyone who examined it carefully sensed that this was the vital center of America's massive network of steel rails. Depots erected in the western prairie environment were spartan, with only minor decoration, but those in the Midwest usually mirrored more ornate New England styles. These features are often reflected in the images in this heavily illustrated book, which depicts the spare but strong pioneering spirit of the enterprise.
Author : James E. Sherow
Publisher : UNM Press
ISBN 13 : 0826355102
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (263 download)
Download or read book Railroad Empire across the Heartland written by James E. Sherow and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 2014-10-15 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best known for his Civil War photographs, Alexander Gardner also documented the construction of the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division (later the Kansas Pacific Railroad), across Kansas beginning in 1867. This book presents recent photographs by John R. Charlton of the scenes Gardner recorded, paired with the Gardner originals and accompanied by James E. Sherow’s discussion. Like most rephotography projects, this one provides fascinating information about the changes in the landscape over the last century and a half. The book presents ninety pairs of Gardner’s and Charlton’s photographs. In all of Charlton’s photos he duplicates the exact location and time of day of the Gardner originals. Sherow uses the paired images to show how Indian and Anglo-American land-use practices affected the landscape. As the Union Pacific claimed, the railroad created an American empire in the region, and Charlton’s rephotography captures the transformation of the grasslands, harnessed by the powerful social and economic forces of the railroad.
