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Book Synopsis United States Military Railway Service by : Don DeNevi
Download or read book United States Military Railway Service written by Don DeNevi and published by Boston Mills Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A story of true heroism. America's 44,000 soldier-railroaders kept vast numbers of troops and essential supplies moving through war-torn Europe.
Book Synopsis The Railway Station by : Jeffrey Richards
Download or read book The Railway Station written by Jeffrey Richards and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the preface the authors describe their approach, 'In examining the social history of railway stations we were concerned to treat them not as inanimate objects, but as living, breathing places which, better than any other building type of the last 150 years, reflected the societies around them, public buildings which people used in all sorts of ways and whose significance they instantly recognized when depicted in the theatre, the cinema, paintings, photographs, poetry, novels, and travel works. For this reason we have chosen to allow other voices to tell part of the story, to illustrate through quotation the central, but often differing, role of the station in so many societies and so many lives.'They succeed triumphantly in this aim. After the introduction aptly called 'The Mystique of the Railway Station' there are fifteen absorbing chapters covering: The Station in Architecture (three chapters); The Station and Society; The Station in Politics; Class, Race, and Sex; Some Station Types; The Station in the Economy (two chapters); The Station as Place of Work; The Station in Wartime (two chapters); The Usual Offices; The Station in Painting and Poetry, Postcard and Poster; and The Station in Literature and Film. The scope is comprehensive, the achievement magnificent.'written with great enthusiasm . . . packed with rich detail. This is real social history.' Asa Briggs'full of good quotations, and (the authors) write with the infectious enthusiasm of addicts, captivated by the romance of railways' Times Literary Supplement'remarkable . . . the railway station in all its aspects' A. N. Wilson.
Book Synopsis Waiting on a Train by : James McCommons
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.
Download or read book The Official Railway Guide written by and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 1952 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Railway Journey by : Wolfgang Schivelbusch
Download or read book The Railway Journey written by Wolfgang Schivelbusch and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2014-05-06 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The impact of constant technological change upon our perception of the world is so pervasive as to have become a commonplace of modern society. But this was not always the case; as Wolfgang Schivelbusch points out in this fascinating study, our adaptation to technological change—the development of our modern, industrialized consciousness—was very much a learned behavior. In The Railway Journey, Schivelbusch examines the origins of this industrialized consciousness by exploring the reaction in the nineteenth century to the first dramatic avatar of technological change, the railroad. In a highly original and engaging fashion, Schivelbusch discusses the ways in which our perceptions of distance, time, autonomy, speed, and risk were altered by railway travel. As a history of the surprising ways in which technology and culture interact, this book covers a wide range of topics, including the changing perception of landscapes, the death of conversation while traveling, the problematic nature of the railway compartment, the space of glass architecture, the pathology of the railway journey, industrial fatigue and the history of shock, and the railroad and the city. Belonging to a distinguished European tradition of critical sociology best exemplified by the work of Georg Simmel and Walter Benjamin, The Railway Journey is anchored in rich empirical data and full of striking insights about railway travel, the industrial revolution, and technological change. Now updated with a new preface, The Railway Journey is an invaluable resource for readers interested in nineteenth-century culture and technology and the prehistory of modern media and digitalization.
Book Synopsis Russian Railway Service Corps by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Military Affairs
Download or read book Russian Railway Service Corps written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Military Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Public Response to the Secretary of Transportation's Rail Services Report, Rail Service in the Midwest and Northeast Region by : United States. Rail Services Planning Office
Download or read book The Public Response to the Secretary of Transportation's Rail Services Report, Rail Service in the Midwest and Northeast Region written by United States. Rail Services Planning Office and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Subcommittee on Transportation and Commerce Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :280 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (18 download)
Book Synopsis Local Rail Service Assistance by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Subcommittee on Transportation and Commerce
Download or read book Local Rail Service Assistance written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Subcommittee on Transportation and Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Educational Training for Railway Service by : J. Shirley Eaton
Download or read book Educational Training for Railway Service written by J. Shirley Eaton and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :United States. Congress. House. Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on Commodities and Services Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :188 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (18 download)
Book Synopsis Impact of Deteriorating Rail Service Upon Rural Communities and Small Businesses by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on Commodities and Services
Download or read book Impact of Deteriorating Rail Service Upon Rural Communities and Small Businesses written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on Commodities and Services and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Impact of Deteriorating Rail Service Upon Rural Communities and Small Businesses, Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Commodities and Services of ... , 94-1, Estherville, Iowa, and Slayton, Minn., July 19, 1975 by : United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Small Business
Download or read book Impact of Deteriorating Rail Service Upon Rural Communities and Small Businesses, Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Commodities and Services of ... , 94-1, Estherville, Iowa, and Slayton, Minn., July 19, 1975 written by United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Small Business and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation, and Tourism Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :240 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (121 download)
Book Synopsis Local Rail Services Assistance Act Authorization by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation, and Tourism
Download or read book Local Rail Services Assistance Act Authorization written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation, and Tourism and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Rail Service in the Midwest and Northeast Region by : United States. Dept. of Transportation
Download or read book Rail Service in the Midwest and Northeast Region written by United States. Dept. of Transportation and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 916 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Public Response to the Secretary of Transportation's Rail Services Report by : United States. Interstate Commerce Commission
Download or read book The Public Response to the Secretary of Transportation's Rail Services Report written by United States. Interstate Commerce Commission and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :United States. Army Service Forces. Office of the Chief of Transportation Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :140 pages Book Rating :4.:/5 (89 download)
Book Synopsis Report of the Chief of Transportation, Army Service Forces, World War II. by : United States. Army Service Forces. Office of the Chief of Transportation
Download or read book Report of the Chief of Transportation, Army Service Forces, World War II. written by United States. Army Service Forces. Office of the Chief of Transportation and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Mountains of Romania by : Janneke Klop
Download or read book The Mountains of Romania written by Janneke Klop and published by Cicerone Press. This book was released on 2020-02-15 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide describes 27 short treks of 2-6 days and 10 day walks in the mountains of Romania. Although there is a slight focus on Transylvania, most of the main massifs are included, with chapters covering the Mountains of Maramures, the Eastern Carpathians, the mountains around Brasov, the Fagara?, the region between the Olt and the Jiu, the Retezat, the mountains of Banat and the Apuseni. Also included is an ascent of Moldoveanu, Romania's highest peak at 2544m. There is a wealth of advice to help you plan your trip and organise the logistics of your walk or trek. Some routes avail of the network of mountain huts; others offer opportunities to camp in attractive wild locations. Overviews and a route summary table make it easy to choose an appropriate excursion. Each route includes clear description and mapping, as well as notes on accommodation and access (some can be accessed by public transport, although others require either pre-arranged pick-up or hitchhiking). There are fascinating insights into Romania's colourful culture and history and appendices containing hut listings, useful contacts and a helpful glossary. The graded routes are as varied as Romania's diverse landscapes. They take in rolling hills, craggy karst peaks, glacial lakes and Europe's last virgin forests, with other highlights including Transylvanian castles, wooden churches, the Piatra Craiului ridge and the spectacular Sapte Scari (Seven Ladders) and Turda Gorges. Historic towns such as the medieval towns of Brasov and Sibiu and the spa resort of Vatra Dornei offer easy access to the mountains; other routes visit remote villages that have changed little over the centuries, where self-sufficiency is still very much the way of life. All in all, the guide is a perfect companion to discovering the unspoilt beauty of Romania's enchanting mountain regions.
Download or read book The Railway and Shipping World written by and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
