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Chicago & North Western Railway (MBI Railroad Color History)
by Tom Murray  Publisher Comments By the time it merged into the Union Pacific in 1995, the unassuming yet iconic Chicago & North Western Railway was one of the nation’s oldest surviving railroads, a testament to the Midwestern stoicism with which it had gone about its business...
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Burlington's Zephyrs (Great Passenger Trains)
by Karl R Zimmermann Publisher Comments This authoritative, illustrated history of the Zephyr fleet examines the trains, their motive power and landmark streamlined designs, rolling stock and services....
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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...
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Railroad Signaling
by Brian Solomon Publisher Comments A complete and illustrated guide to railroad signalling in the US....
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Union Pacific: Volume I, 1862-1893
by Maury Klein Publisher Comments The Union Pacific Railroad is renowned as America's first transcontinental railroad and is one of the strongest companies in the railroad industry today. The laying of the golden spike in Promontory, Utah, in 1869 marked not only the opening of the...
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The Old Iron Road: An Epic of Rails, Roads, and the Urge to Go West
by David Haward Bain Publisher Comments In the summer of 2000, David Haward Bain and his family left their home in Vermont and headed west in search of America's past. From Omaha to San Francisco, Bain and his family retraced the entire route of the first transcontinental railroad. Following...
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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...
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Union Pacific: Volume II, 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...
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Nothing Like It In The World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad, 1863-1869
by Stephen 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...
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Hear That Lonesome Whistle Blow : the Epic Story of Thetranscontinental Railroads (01 Edition)
by Dee Brown Publisher Comments From the author of the best-selling Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, Dee Brown's classic account of the building of the transcontinental railroad. In February 1854 the first railroad from the East reached the Mississippi; by the end of the nineteenth...
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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 reach...
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The Hiawatha Story (Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage)
by Jim Scribbins Publisher Comments First there was a single experimental coach, then an entire fleet. Soon "Hiawatha "was a railway legend. Loved for their radically new, streamlined look, the "Hiawatha'"s" "Art Deco engines were a hallmark of American industrial design--a genre of...
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Railroads Across North America: An Illustrated History
by Claude Wiatrowski Publisher Comments A lavish celebration of the glory and grandeur of the great American railroad, from the first steam-powered trains of the early 19th century to the high-speed commuter trains of today....
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A Missouri Railroad Pioneer: The Life of Louis Houck
by Joel P Rhodes Publisher Comments Lawyer and journalist, entrepreneur and philanthropist, Louis Houck is often called the Father of Southeast Missouri because he brought the railroad to the region and opened this backwater area to industrialization and modernization. Although Houck's...
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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...
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Outbound Trains: In the Era Before the Mergers
by Jim Boyd Publisher Comments The best of Jim Boyd's railroad images from the early 1960s through the 1970s with an emphasis on the colorful first generation diesel locomotives. Boyd is a noted photographer and rail magazine editor....
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The 400 Story: Chicago & North Western's Premier Passenger Trains (Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage)
by Jim Scribbins Publisher Comments Three midwestern railroads introduced luxury passenger service in 1935, competing for Chicago–Twin Cities business and leisure travelers. Chicago and North Western’s modern, sleek, and fast rail line began with a conventional steam-powered...
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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...
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Long Island Rail Road (MBI Railroad Color History)
by Stan Fischler Publisher Comments Chartered in 1834, the Long Island Rail Road is the oldest American railway still operating under its original name. Today, as a component of the New York State Metropolitan Transit Authority, the LIRR is also the busiest commuter railroad on the...
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Train Time: Railroads and the Imminent Reshaping of the United States Landscape
by John R. Stilgoe Publisher Comments Unlike many United States industries, railroads are intrinsically linked to American soil and particular regions. Yet few Americans pay attention to rail lines, even though millions of them live in an economy and culture "waiting for the train." In...
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