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Railroad Signaling by Brian Solomon Publisher Comments From the 1830s to today, the railroad industry has developed myriad complex mechanisms to help keep North America’s railroad rights-of-ways safe, efficient, and relatively accident-free. In this paperback rerelease of the successful 2003 title, the... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $22.18 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic 
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The Bering Strait Project: Collected Papers (1992-2002) by James A Oliver Publisher Comments The Bering Strait Project: Collected Papers (1992-2002)... (read more) List Price $400.00 Your price: $370.00 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Electro-Motive E-Units and F-Units by Brian Solomon Publisher Comments Blending automotive manufacturing and styling techniques with state-of-the-art diesel-electric technologies, General Motors’ Electro-Motive Division conceived and marketed America’s first commercially successful road diesels: the fabulous E-Units and... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price: $39.94 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Rails Across Canada by Tom Murray Publisher Comments Few stories in the annals of railroading are as compelling as the construction, evolution, and astounding successes of the Canadian Pacific and Canadian National railways. This sprawling volume combines two of Voyageur Press' most successul Railroad... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $26.62 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Regulating Railroad Innovation by Steven W. Usselman Publisher Comments Efforts to create and mold new technologies have been a central, recurrent feature of the American experience since at least the time of the Revolution. Many of the most tumultuous events in the nation's history have involved disputes over the... (read more) List Price $28.00 Your price: $26.95 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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The Men Who Loved Trains: The Story of Men Who Battled Greed to Save an Ailing Industry by Rush Loving Publisher Comments A saga about one of the oldest and most romantic enterprises in the land -- America's railroads -- The Men Who Loved Trains introduces some of the most dynamic businessmen in America. Here are the chieftains who have run the railroads, including those... (read more) List Price $14.35 Your price: $12.74 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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American Passenger Trains and Locomotives Illustrated by Mark Wegman Publisher Comments The period from the 1890s to the mid-1950s is generally considered the “golden era” of passenger rail travel in America. It was a time of celebrated locomotives and luxurious passenger service, a time when rail technology saw its greatest advances... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $24.85 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Railroad Advertising by Tad Burness Publisher Comments Relive the glory years of American railroadingReturn to an era when passenger trains represented the height of luxury and riding the rails was the only way to travel. Classic Railroad Advertising covers nearly a century of memories - of powerful steam... (read more) List Price $12.99 Your price: $11.53 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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A Century of Subways: Celebrating 100 Years of New York's Underground Railways by Brian Cudahy Publisher Comments "I declare the subway open," said Mayor George B. McClelland at about 2 p.m. on October 27, 1904. His hand on the switch, McClelland drove the new electric-powered cars of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company out of the City Hall station for the ride... (read more) List Price $44.00 Your price: $15.00 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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From Steam to Diesel: Managerial Customs and Organizational Capabilities in the Twentieth-Century American Locomotive Industry by Albert Churella Publisher Comments comparative work of business history and the history of technology, the book is not a complete history of any locomotive builder, nor does it explore the origins of the diesel engine in great detail. What it does is to demonstrate how managers addressed... (read more) Your price: $9.95 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Baldwin Locomotives by Brian Solomon Publisher Comments Philadelphia-based Baldwin began designing and building steam locomotives in the 1830s and gave the U.S. many of its most significant and famous types of steam,and diesel-electric motive power. This history of Baldwin is illustrated with a large... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price: $35.50 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Caboose by Brian Solomon Publisher Comments The image of a little red caboose trundling along behind a long freight train is a classic slice of Americana. With the help of nearly 300 marvelous modern and historical images depicting cabooses of all colors, this collection traces the development of... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $17.74 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Sunset Limited: The Southern Pacific Railroad and the Development of the American West, 1850-1930 by Richard J. Orsi Publisher Comments The only major U.S. railroad to be operated by westerners and the only railroad built from west to east, the Southern Pacific acquired a unique history and character. It also acquired a reputation, especially in California, as a railroad that people... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $16.65 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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The Complete Book of North American Railroading by Kevin EuDaly Publisher Comments The year 1827 marked the completion of the United States’ first railroad--and the beginning of a transformation of American life. This book, spanning nearly two centuries, offers an exhilarating tour of the railways’ inroads into the economy, society,... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price: $35.50 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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The Cars of Pullman by Joe Welsh Publisher Comments One of America's greatest business enterprises, the Pullman Company provided outstanding service aboard a vast fleet of railroad passenger cars that could be found in almost every nook and cranny of the United States. This illustrated history examines... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price: $35.50 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Amazing & Extraordinary Railway Facts by Julian Holland Publisher Comments What is the story behind the Mallard's speed record?Why did Brunel's atmospheric South Devon Railway fail?Who were the most famous locomotive engineers and designers?How did a locomotive manage to reach the summit of Snowdon Mountain in the 19th century... (read more) List Price $11.99 Your price: $10.64 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Gateway to the Clouds: The Story of a Short Line Railroad, The Scranton, Dunmore, Moosic Lake Railroad, 1902-1926 by Alan Sweeney Synopsis Gateway to the Clouds is a story of the Scranton, Dunmore, Moosic Lake Railroad. From narrow and standard gauge steam railroading to the electric trolley, readers will ride the pages of this interesting segment (1902-1926) of Northeastern Pennsylvania... (read more) Your price: $4.95 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Courage and Conflict by Ian Kenneally Publisher Comments Dispossessed and oppressed for so long, it is no surprise that many Irish ended up fighting in other people's wars. For many, a career as a soldier was the last hope for a better life. Courage and Conflict is based around extraordinary people and events,... (read more) List Price $12.99 Your price: $12.02 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Amazing & Extraordinary Railway Facts by Julian Holland Publisher Comments What is the story behind the Mallard's speed record? Why did Brunel's atmospheric South Devon Railway fail? Who were the most famous locomotive engineers and designers? How did a locomotive manage to reach the summit of Snowdon Mountain in the 19th... (read more) List Price $11.99 Your price: $10.64 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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The Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore by Ron Brown Publisher Comments Despite the green benefits of rail travel, Canada has lost much of its railway heritage. Across the country stations have been bulldozed and rails ripped up. Once the heart of communities large and small, stations and tracks have left little more than a... (read more) List Price $29.99 Your price: $28.87 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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