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The Railroad Never Sleeps: 24 Hours in the Life of Modern Railroading by Brian Solomon Publisher Comments For well over a century and a half the railroad has rolled on, crisscrossing the continent in the ceaseless activity that keeps the North American economy moving. This never-ending workday unfolds hour by hour in The Railroad Never Sleeps, a remarkable... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $31.06 Google eBooks - Electronic 
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Rails across Dixie: A History of Passenger Trains in the American South by Jim Cox Publisher Comments Covering legendary and obscure intercity passenger trains in a dozen Southeastern states, this book details the golden age of train travel. The story begins with the inception of steam locomotives in 1830 in Charleston, South Carolina, continuing through... (read more) List Price $34.99 Your price: $32.37 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Minneapolis and the Age of Railways by Donovan L. Hofsommer Publisher Comments Illustrated with more than two hundred period photographs and maps, a history of Minneapolis takes a close-up look at the era between the 1860s and 1950s, when railroads played a key role in linking rural communities with neighboring urban centers... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $22.19 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Blood Iron and Gold 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 $28.95 Your price: $15.97 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Atlas of North American Railroads by Bill Yenne Publisher Comments At its postwar peak, the North American railroad industry comprised as many as 100 lines. The classic system maps produced by the railroads of the day, collected for the first time in this volume, offer a sweeping view of the industry’s remarkable... (read more) List Price $36.95 Your price: $32.79 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Railroad Signaling by Brian Solomon Publisher Comments This complete and illustrated guide to railroad signaling in the U.S. simplifies and presents the utterly bewildering array of mechanisms, procedures, and rules that have evolved since the 1830s to promote safety, impose control, and disseminate... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $22.18 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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The Southern Pacific, 1901-1985 by Don L. Hofsommer Publisher Comments In writing this corporate history, DON L. HOFFSOMMER had full access to corporate archives and conducted interviews with dozens of present and past company officers. He is the author of several books and many articles on other railroads.... (read more) List Price $38.00 Your price: $33.72 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Twin Cities by Trolley: The Streetcar Era in Minneapolis and St. Paul by John W. Diers Publisher Comments The recent development of light rail transit in the Twin Cities has been an undeniable success. Plans for additional lines progress, and our ways of shopping, dining, and commuting are changing dramatically. As we embrace riding the new Hiawatha light... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $22.19 Google eBooks - Electronic
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From Steam to Diesel by Albert Churella Publisher Comments A 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... (read more) List Price $60.00 Your price: $53.25 Google eBooks - 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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Union Pacific: 1894-1969 by Maury Klein Publisher Comments The second volume in the history of the Union Pacific begins after the financial panic of 1893, one of the worst depressions Americans had yet experienced, which pushed the railroad into bankruptcy. Maury Klein examines the complex challenges faced by... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $22.14 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Hook & Eye: A History of the Iowa Central Railway by Donovan L. Hofsommer Publisher Comments Traces the colorful history of the Iowa Central Railway and its valuable contributions to the development of the upper Midwest, chronicling the origins, growth, and eventual dismantling of the railroad and assessing its relationship with its customers... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $22.19 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Rail Power 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: $13.27 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Railways, Urban Development and Town Planning in Britain: 1948â¿¿2008 by Russell Haywood Publisher Comments This book provides a critical overview of the relationships between planning and railway management and development during the key period in the 20th Century when the railway was in public ownership: 194894.... (read more) List Price $134.95 Your price: $129.89 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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The White Cascade: The Great Northern Railway Disaster and America's Deadliest Avalanche by Gary Krist Publisher Comments In February 1910, a monstrous blizzard hit the Northwest. High in the Cascade Mountains, near the tiny town of Wellington, two trainloads of cold, hungry passengers and their crews found their railcars marooned, buried in rising drifts on the edge of a... (read more) Your price: $9.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Transport Revolutions: Moving People and Freight Without Oil by Richard Gilbert Publisher Comments Modern societies rely upon prodigious amounts of oil for transport activity. The impacts over the near term of increasing oil scarcity and higher prices on transport will be among the major challenges facing humanity and will require a revolution in... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $23.92 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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The Official History of Britain and the Channel Tunnel by Terence Richard Gourvish Publisher Comments Commissioned by the Cabinet Office and using hitherto untapped British Government records, this book presents an in-depth analysis of the successful project of 1986-94. This is a vivid portrayal of the complexities of quadripartite decision-making (two... (read more) Your price: $120.00 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Vintage Diesel Power by Brian Solomon Publisher Comments This formative period of diesel locomotive evolution is examined with the help of more than 250 modern and period photos depicting passenger, freight, and switching locomotives. Author Brian Solomon covers every prominent manufacturer of the period... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $17.74 Google eBooks - 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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Logging Railroads of the Adirondacks by Bill Gove Publisher Comments One of the most definitive history books on the spider web of logging railroads that opened up the Adirondacks to large scale timber harvesting.... (read more) List Price $39.96 Your price: $35.46 Google eBooks - Electronic
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