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The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas by Paul Theroux Publisher Comments Starting with a rush-hour subway ride to South Station in Boston to catch the Lake Shore Limited to Chicago, Theroux winds up on the poky, wandering Old Patagonian Express steam engine, which comes to a halt in a desolate land of cracked hills and thorn... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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The Encyclopedia of Trains and Locomotives by C J Riley Publisher Comments This classic reference has now been revised and updated. Alphabetically organized, fully cross-referenced, and densely illustrated, The Encyclopedia of Trains & Locomotives was written by noted historian C.J. Riley to be the perfect handbook for any... (read more) List Price $22.98 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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Rail Power (Gallery) by Steve Barry Publisher Comments For nearly two centuries, through vast upheavals and enormous change, railroads have remained crucial to North American transportation. And always setting the pace have been the mighty American locomotives in all their ever-evolving forms. This... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Last Train To Paradise by Les Standiford Publisher Comments Now in paperback, "Last Train to Paradise" is acclaimed novelist Standiford's fast-paced and gripping true account of the extraordinary construction and spectacular demise of the Key West Railroad--one of the greatest engineering feats ever undertaken... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Great American Rail Journeys by John Grant Publisher Comments Great American Rail Journeys takes you on location to eight of North America's most scenic and historically rich landscapes. Each of the rail adventures profiled in this volume - a counterpart to the highly praised public television programs - celebrates... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Home on the Rails: Women, the Railroad, and the Rise of Public Domesticity by Amy G Richter Publisher Comments "A fine work of cultural history, broadly conceived and imaginatively researched." -- The Pennsylvania Magazine of History & Biography "A groundbreaking contribution to the history of women and the railroad, Richter's meticulous research and lucid prose... (read more) List Price $24.75 Your price: $4.98 Used - Trade Paper
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Passage to Union: How the Railroads Transformed American Life, 1829-1929 by Sarah Gordon Publisher Comments Exploring the social, economic, and legal impact of the growth of the railroads, Sarah Gordon has written a richly informed narrative history of an American icon with surprising conclusions. Where the railroads and their entrepreneurs are ordinarily... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Modern Diesel Locomotives (Enthusiast Color) by Hans Halberstadt Publisher Comments Exceptional photography captures modern diesel locomotives hard at work moving trains on tracks everywhere from California to Boston. Major railroads are brought to life including the Santa Fe, Union Pacific, Conrail, Southern Pacific, and Burlington... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Tales of the CPR by David Laurenc Jones Publisher Comments The Canadian Pacific Railway forms the backbone of Canada, but few people are aware that, as well as trains, the CPR has a history in steamship service, international trade, hotel building, and many other unusual projects and promotions. David Jones has... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - 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 Publisher Comments In this account of an unprecedented feat of engineering, vision, and courage, Stephen E. Ambrose offers a historical successor to his universally acclaimed Undaunted Courage, which recounted the explorations of the West by Lewis and Clark. Nothing Like... (read more) List Price $28.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Hardcover
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Illustrated Dictionary of Trains of the World by Brian Hollingsworth Publisher Comments Detailed technical descriptions and info on more than 150 international steam and modern trains. 350 colour photos.... (read more) Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Railroads Triumphant: The Growth, Rejection, and Rebirth of a Vital American Force by Albro Martin Publisher Comments In 1789, when the First Congress met in New York City, the members traveled to the capital just as Roman senators two thousand years earlier had journeyed to Rome, by horse, at a pace of some five miles an hour. Indeed, if sea travel had improved... (read more) List Price $119.50 Your price: $4.50 Used - Hardcover
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Railroad Collectibles: An Illustrated Value Guide by Stanley L Baker Synopsis Thousands of listings and hundreds of photos of popular railroadiana from dining car china to switch keys. This book is invaluable to railroad buffs. It is not only a must for collectors, but is considered the book on the subject.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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"The Midland Branch" in Iowa by Paul R. Horst Publisher Comments What child lucky enough to have lived in the era was not struck by the awesome size, power and mystery of a steam locomotive going to distant locations? Although the locations for the Midland were not so distant, given the time and the exuberance of the... (read more) Your price: $6.00 DRM-Free PDF - 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 Publisher Comments Relates the history of Moosic Lake; the Scranton, Dunmore, Moosic Lake Railroad; and it's builders Timothy Burke and John M. Burke.... (read more) List Price $4.95 Your price: $4.39 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Empire Express: Building the First Transcontinental Railroad by David H Bain From Powells.com The completion of the transcontinental railroad on May 10th, 1869 was one of the defining moments in American history. News of the railroad's completion was simultaneously broadcast across the country via morse code, and the recently reunited nation... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Golden Age of Steam (Golden Age of Transport) by Dean Server Publisher Comments Steam power expanded the world and launched a revolution in transportation that propelled us into the twentieth century. Here, document with 90 outstanding period illustrations, is the story of the successes, setbacks and grand experiments of this... (read more) List Price $10.98 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Strategy of Great Railroads by Frank H Spearman Publisher Comments CONTENTS The Vanderbilt Lines The Pennsylvania System The Harriman Lines The Hill Lines The Fight for Pittsburg The Gould Lines The Rock Island System The Atchison The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul The Chicago and Northwestern The Rebuilding of an... (read more) List Price $20.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Old Iron Road by David Haward Bain Publisher Comments In the summer of 2000, David Haward Bain and his family headed west in search of Americas past. Following abandoned railroad tracks and the traces of old wagon trails, they discovered a uniquely American spirit of adventure that connects our past to... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Wheat Kings: Vanishing Landmarks of the Canadian Prairies by Greg Mcdonnell Publisher Comments Now in paper: A lavishly illustrated and poignantly written look at the demise of the traditional northern prairie grain elevators and the railcars that served them.... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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