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Railway Maps of the World by Mark Ovenden Publisher Comments A gorgeously illustrated collection of the world's greatest railway maps and posters, historical and contemporary Transit Maps of the World was an extraordinary and unexpected success and is now a cult favorite. In his irresistible follow-up Mark Ovenden... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $12.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Blood, Iron, and Gold: How the Railroads Transformed the World by Christian Wolmar Publisher Comments The opening of the world's first railroad in Britain and America in 1830 marked the dawn of a new age. Within the course of a decade, tracks were being laid as far afield as Australia and Cuba, and by the outbreak of World War I, the United States alone... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Model Railway Detailing Manual: The Steam Age by Alan Postlethwaite Publisher Comments Railway modellers constantly refer to photographs for details of real scenes. Here, a whole library of useful illustrations is brought together to give a single reference source, arranged in over 70 themed mini chapters. The most popular period for... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Maywood:: The Borough, the Railroad, and the Station (Images of America) by Edward S. Kaminski Publisher Comments Originally settled by Dutch farmers in the 1600s, the borough of Maywood experienced population and industrial growth in the late 1800s with the coming of the railroad. New Jersey Midland Railway, predecessor to the New York, Susquehanna and Western... (read more) List Price $21.99 Your price: $8.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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An American Family of the Underground Railroad: The Story of One Family's Experience as Safe-House Operators on the Nation's Underground Railroad, and by Peter H Michael Publisher Comments The Underground Railroad was a 280-year American phenomenon which served as the boldest and most active foil to slavery. Because the Underground Railroad was clandestine, its safe-house operators and conductors - black and white alike - who ushered... (read more) List Price $17.75 Your price: $10.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869 by Stephen E Ambrose From Powells.com 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) List Price $18.00 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Blood, Iron, & Gold: How the Railroads Transformed the World by Christian Wolmar Publisher Comments The opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in 1830 marked the beginning of a transport revolution that would forever transform the way we live. Blood, Iron, and Gold takes us on a journey encompassing jungle, mountain, and desert, revealing the... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Underground To Everywhere Londons Underground Railway in the Life of the Capital by Stephen Halliday Publisher Comments In 1900 an American financier called Charles Tyson Yerkes was placed in charge of London's underground railways, which had been in service since 1863 and were, even then, showing signs of their age. Over the next five years he applied his business... (read more) Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Engines of War: How Wars Were Won & Lost on the Railways by Christian Wolmar Publisher Comments The birth of the railway in the early 1830s revolutionized the way the world waged war. From armored engines with swiveling guns, to the practice of track sabotage, to the construction of tracks that crossed frozen Siberian lakes, the iron road... (read more) List Price $28.95 Your price: $19.95 Sale - Hardcover
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Milwaukee Road Remembered (Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Books) by Jim Scribbins Synopsis The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific was a railroad with a big personality. For a time it offered the world’s fastest steam-powered passenger trains. Extending from Indiana to Puget Sound, it crossed five mountain ranges in Montana, Idaho,... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $21.00 Sale - Trade Paper
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Arcade and Attica Railroad (Images of Rail) by Kenneth Springirth Publisher Comments In 1881, a narrow-gauge railroad was built in southwestern New York, from Attica to Arcade. It was later rebuilt to standard gauge to connect with what became the Pennsylvania Railroad. Concerned that the line would be abandoned, local farmers, merchants,... (read more) List Price $21.99 Your price: $10.50 Sale - Trade Paper
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Railroads of Pennsylvania: Your Guide to Pennsylvania's Historic Trains and Railway Sites by Brian Solomon Publisher Comments Few states have a railroad heritage as rich as Pennsylvanias. This illustrated book offers a colorful look at the Keystone States historic railroads, the men who built and ran them, and the engineering feats that made them possible. Railway historian... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $20.00 Sale - Hardcover
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Dining by Rail: The History and the Recipes of America's Golden Age of Railroad Cuisine by James D Porterfield Publisher Comments Dining by Rail is James D. Porterfield's book of history and recipes from America's golden age of railroad cuisine. Porterfield is a devotee of railroad history and a gourmet cook, and while preparing this book he sorted through 7,500 railroad recipes... (read more) List Price $22.99 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Railroads of Nevada & Eastern California #1: Railroads of Nevada and Eastern California by David F Myrick Publisher Comments This volume is a valuable and comprehensive record of more than 69 railroads of northern Nevada and California, many of them never before chronicled.... (read more) List Price $75.00 Your price: $59.95 Sale - Hardcover
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Toledo Railroads (Images of Rail) by Kirk F Hise Publisher Comments The advent of the railroad -- a major mode of transportation and an important link to industry -- forged the interworkings of a nation, and especially the City of Toledo due to its location on the harbor. In 1850, rail companies began moving in, and... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $13.75 Sale - Trade Paper
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Cincinnnati on the Go: History of Mass Transit (Images of America) by Allen J Singer Publisher Comments Cincinnati on the Go explores the various modes of transportation that helped people get around in the first half of the 20th century, providing a unique view of the Queen City through the eyes of her everyday commuters. This volume features historic... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $9.45 Sale - Trade Paper
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Railroads of Rensselaer (Images of America) by Ernie Mann Publisher Comments Rensselaer was once a classic American railroad town, and like most cities and towns of its type, it was part of an important junction of several destinations. From the 1840s to today, trains have rolled to the four principal compass points from town... (read more) List Price $21.99 Your price: $10.50 Sale - Trade Paper
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Trolleys of the Capital District (Images of America) by Gino Dicarlo Publisher Comments When it came to first-class transportation, not many regions of North America had more to offer than the trolley lines of New York's Capital District. From their humble beginnings as horse roads forming belts around Albany, Schenectady, and Troy, these... (read more) List Price $21.99 Your price: $12.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Railway: Art in the Age of Steam by Ian Kennedy and Julian Treuherz Publisher Comments Steam locomotives gripped the imagination when they first appeared in 19th-century Europe and America. Aboard these great machines, passengers traveled at faster speeds than ever before while watching the scenery transform itself and take on new forms... (read more) List Price $58.50 Your price: $44.95 Sale - Hardcover
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Locomotive Headboards: The Complete Story by Dave Peel Publisher Comments A locomotive headboard is a board placed on the front of an engine that shows the name of the train. First used in 1912 by the North British Railway, the last in regular use appeared in 1984 - although Virgin Trains initiated a short-lived revival in... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $23.00 Sale - Hardcover
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