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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...
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The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas
by Paul Theroux Synopsis Starting with a rush-hour subway ride to South Station in Boston to catch Amtrak's Lake Shore Limited to Chicago, Theroux takes readers on a train journey from New England to Patagonia in southernmost Argentina....
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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...
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Union Pacific Country
by Robert G Athearn Publisher Comments "No one has done before what Athearn has done in this volume. He has utilized company records and a variety of other sources to write a very attractive and readable, but scholarly account of the impact of the Union Pacific and its branch line son the...
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Illustrated Directory of Trains of the World
by Brian Hollingsworth Publisher Comments Whether you're a steam buff or your interest lies in the modern railways of today, you'll treasure this incredibly compact volume filled with over 150 interestingly written chronological entries, from the 1830s to the present day. This highly illustrated...
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Empire State Railway Museum's Tourist Trains: 41st Annual Guide to Tourist Railroads and Museums (Tourist Trains)
by The Empire State Railway Museum Synopsis Tourist railroads may be the best-kept vacation secret around! But now it's time to get aboard, with Tourist Trains 2006, the forty-first annual authoritative guide to more than 550 historic railroads, train museums, and railroad attractions across North...
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Last Journey of William Huskisson
by Simon Garfield Synopsis The Liverpool and Manchester Railway was the greatest engineering feat of its age. George and Robert Stephenson's "Rocket" was to become the most famous locomotive in history. William Huskisson was one of the greatest statesmen of his generation. On 15th...
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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....
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Wanted Man: The Forgotten Story of an American Outlaw
by Tamsin Spargo Publisher Comments In 1892, a masked man boarded the American Express Special train as it sped through New York State and stole a fortune. His name was Oliver Curtis Perry, and he instantly became the country's most wanted man and media darling. Spargo brings this...
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Kent & Sussex
by Terry Gough Publisher Comments Part of the Southern Railway Reflections series, providing enthusiasts and the wider public with a permanent record of a great railway....
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The philosophy of railways :the transcontinental railway idea in British North America
by A A Den Otter Publisher Comments When, in the Late 1980s, the Federal Government initiated a plan to deregulate the Canadian railway system, lobby groups protested the betrayal of a national mandate. They asserted that the railway was founded to promote a sense of national identity, to...
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Playing with Trains: A Passion Beyond Scale
by Sam Posey Publisher Comments Why do grown men play with trains? Is it a primal attachment to childhood, nostalgia for the lost age of rail travel, or the stuff of flat-out obsession? In this delightful and unprecedented book, Grand Prix legend Sam Posey tracks those who share his...
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Six Streamlined Trains Cards
by Maggie Kate Publisher Comments Beautiful full-color reproductions of vintage postcards depicting such sleek beauties as the Hiawatha, City of San Francisco, Santa Fe's Super Chief, the City of Los Angeles, 2 more. Captions. 6 cards....
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The Great Machines: Poems and Songs of the American Railroad
by Robert Hedin Publisher Comments Here, for the first time, is a feast for anyone who has ever been beguiled by the trains that formerly thrummed through the landscapes of our lives. This entertaining and evocative anthology presents the amazing variety of poems and songs written about...
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Great Railway Journeys of the East
by Max Wade Matthews Publisher Comments 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...
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Last Journey of William Huskisson
by Simon Garfield Synopsis The Liverpool and Manchester Railway was the greatest engineering feat of its age. George and Robert Stephenson's "Rocket" was to become the most famous locomotive in history. William Huskisson was one of the greatest statesmen of his generation. On 15th...
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Platform Souls: The Trainspotter As 20th-Century Hero
by Nicholas Whittaker Synopsis An insider's perspective on the world of the trainspotter. A variety of topics, such as station and locomotive design, lesser-known titles in the Ian Allan catalogue, dieselization, Beeching's legacy and the ramifications of privatization, are covered....
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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 America's 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 our...
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Britain by Britrail: Touring Britain by Train (Britain by Britrail)
by Laverne Ferguson Publisher Comments There is no better way to see England, Scotland, and Wales than by train, and there is no better guide to the British train system than Britain by BritRail. This book explains how you can use London, Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Cardiff as base cities for day...
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Great and Shining Road: The Epic Story of the Transcontinental Railroad
by John Hoyt Williams Publisher Comments The Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads were officially joined on May 10, 1869 at Promontory Point, Utah, with the driving of a golden spike. This historic ceremony marked the completion of the first transcontinental railroad. Spanning the...
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