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Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869
Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869
by Stephen E Ambrose
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Abraham Lincoln, prior to being elected president and at the time working as a railway lawyer, met future Civil War hero General Grenville Dodge, in Council Bluffs, Iowa in 1859. According to historian Stephen Ambrose, Lincoln's first words were "Dodge... (read more)

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Trolleys and Subways
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Electric Railway Dictionary
Electric Railway Dictionary
by Rodney Hitt
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If you are a fan of trolley cars, interurban streetcars and electric railroading, then The Electric Railway Dictionary is a book you need to have on your shelf This historic text is far more than just a dictionary, although it does contain over sixty... (read more)

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The Trans-Siberian Railway: Railways from Moscow to the Pacific Ocean
The Trans-Siberian Railway: Railways from Moscow to the Pacific Ocean
by Anne Meinhardt
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Some 10,000 kilometers (6,200 miles) of track and seven time zones Luxury trains and simple wagons, endless taiga, and the clearest lake in the world: a trip with the Trans-Siberian Railway promises many highlights. Anne and Olaf Meinhardt spent six... (read more)

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Electric and Street Railroads
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Subway Style: 100 Years of Architecture & Design in the New Yorkcity Subway
Subway Style: 100 Years of Architecture & Design in the New Yorkcity Subway
by Andrew Garn
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October 2004 marks the 100th anniversary of the largest underground transit network in the world. Love it or hate it, if you're a New Yorker, you can't live without it: 3.5 million people ride the rails every day. The subway is as much a symbol of New... (read more)

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Pacific Northwest
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Railroads of the Columbia River Gorge (Images of Rail)
Railroads of the Columbia River Gorge (Images of Rail)
by D. C. Jesse Burkhardt
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Before the rails were up and running along the stunning Columbia River landscape of Oregon and Washington, 19th-century westward travelers faced treacherous conditions. Many emigrants perished before reaching Oregon Territory. Only recently have railways... (read more)

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North American Railroad Bridges
North American Railroad Bridges
by Brian Solomon
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Few railroading scenes are as enduring as those that depict a freight or passenger train traversing river or roadway, creek or canyon, atop a sturdy structure specially engineered for the situation. In this marvelously illustrated work sure to appeal to... (read more)

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Steam Railroads
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Vanishing Steam: A Photographer's Odyssey Around the World
Vanishing Steam: A Photographer's Odyssey Around the World
by Eric Langhammer
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Eric Langhammer has been riding the rails around the world for a quarter-century in search of the last steam engines. Now on the brink of extinction, these magnificent mechanical beasts can still be found at China's Jingpeng Pass and throughout the faded... (read more)

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The Great Northern Railway: A History (Great Northern Railway)
The Great Northern Railway: A History (Great Northern Railway)
by Ralph W. Hidy
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In the sprawling Northwest, from the upper Mississippi River valley to Puget Sound, no railroad shaped the landscape and society like the Great Northern Railway Company. This is the complete history of that enterprise, from 1856, when the first charter... (read more)

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North Bank Road: The Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway
North Bank Road: The Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway
by John T. Gaertner
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Gaertner begins his story in the 19th century, continues the saga through 1905 when the SP&S was incorporated, describes six decades of operations, and ends in the 1970s when the railroad was assimilated into the massive Burlington Northern system... (read more)

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Interurban and Suburban Motorcars & Passenger Cars 1910 Catalog Reprint
Interurban and Suburban Motorcars & Passenger Cars 1910 Catalog Reprint
by Niles Car & Manufacturing Company
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Founded in 1901 in Niles, Ohio, the Niles Car and Manufacturing Co. produced a range of machinery for railroads and sugar mills. The company gained a reputation for making high quality passenger cars, trolley cars, and locomotives. Niles trolleys and... (read more)

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Early American Steam Locomotives
Early American Steam Locomotives
by Reed Kinert
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Relive train travel's earliest days with this splendidly illustrated story of steam locomotion, from "teakettles" to "titans." Working from builders' specifications, old engravings, and written contemporaneous accounts, author Reed Kinert re-creates, in... (read more)

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Great Railway Journeys of the East
Great Railway Journeys of the East
by Max Wade Matthews
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From Casablanca to Wellington - Evocative Accounts of the Great Rail Journeys of the East. Comprehensively illustrated, this wonderfully evocative book encounters 49 of the world's most legendary train journeys in the Eastern hemisphere. A book to... (read more)

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