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The Katy Railroad and the Last Frontier by V V Masterson Publisher Comments The Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway—commonly known as the MK&T, or the Katy—began in 1865 as the Southern Branch of the Union Pacific Railway Company. As the American nation turned westward following the Civil War, the Katy was the... (read more) List Price $27.25 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper 
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Classic Lionel Trains 1900-1969 by Gerry Souter Publisher Comments The story of Lionel is a one-hundred-year saga of the world's most famous model trains. Yet in 1967, the company filed for bankruptcy, and in 1969 Lionel licensed its electric train manufacturing to breakfast-cereal conglomerate General Mills. This book... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Rails to Penn State: The Story of the Bellefonte Central by Michael Bezilla Publisher Comments More than five hundred short line railroads existed in the United States at the industry's height and Pennsylvania had more than any other state. The history of the Bellefonte Central, which operated in central Pennsylvania from the 1880s until 1982, is... (read more) List Price $27.25 Your price: $14.95 Used - Hardcover
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Engines of War: How Wars Were Won & Lost on the Railways by Christian Wolmar Publisher Comments Before the nineteenth century, armies had to rely on slow and unreliable methods of transportation to move soldiers and equipment during times of conflict. But with the birth of the railroad in the early 1830s, the way wars were fought would change... (read more) List Price $28.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Railroad Noir: The American West at the End of the Twentieth Century (Railroads Past and Present) by Linda G Niemann Synopsis Culled from the 20 years she spent traveling the American West as a freight brakeman and conductor, Linda Grant Niemann's Railroad Noir delves into the darker side of railroading. The 1990s were a time of crisis for workers caught in the breakup of the... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price: $27.50 Used - Hardcover
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Rival Rails (10 Edition) by Walter R. Borneman Publisher Comments From acclaimed historian Walter R. Borneman comes a dazzling account of the battle to build America’s transcontinental rail lines. Rival Rails is an action-packed epic of how an empire was born—and the remarkable men who made it happen. ... (read more) List Price $28.00 Your price: $14.00 Used - Hardcover
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Crookedest Railroad in the World: The Mt. Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railway by Ted Wurm Publisher Comments Imagine 281 curves, which make 42 complete circles in 8.5 miles of track. This book, filled with 216 photos, tells the history of California's Mt. Tamalpais and Muir Woods railroad, known as "The Crookedest Railroad in the World."... (read more) Your price: $25.00 Used - Hardcover
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In the Tracks of the Last Steam Trains by Cyril Le Tour Dison Publisher Comments The photographic record of 8 separate journeys in this book, took over 3 years to compile. The 200+ photographs especially commissioned appear here for the first time - this is a unique record of those lines where stream is still King, including: - The... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Hardcover
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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... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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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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Train Time: Railroads and the Imminent Reshaping of the United States Landscape by John R. Stilgoe Publisher Comments Trains have a nostalgic connotation for most Americans, but John Stilgoe argues that we should be looking to rail lines as the path to our future, not just our past. Train Time picks up where his acclaimed work Metropolitan Corridor left off, carrying... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $12.95 Used - Hardcover
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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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Railway stations :masterpieces of architecture by Charles Sheppard Publisher Comments Architecture is an important yardstick of society's development and the buildings of a particular era, function and locale say much about the culture and aspirations of the people. Each of these handsomely illustrated books examines a different focus of... (read more) List Price $10.98 Your price: $7.50 Used - Hardcover
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Pennsylvania Railroad (Railroad Color History) by Mike Schafer Publisher Comments At its peak the Pennsylvania was the largest railroad in the world. It operated 28,000 miles of track, directly served half of the U.S., and hauled more freight and passengers than any other railroad in the world. This colorful tribute to the... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $14.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Train Stops Here: New Mexico's Railway Legacy by Marci L Riskin Publisher Comments Architect Marci Riskin explores railroad depots from New Mexico's territorial days.... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $9.95 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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History of North American Rail PB by Christopher Chant Publisher Comments Our landscape format Encyclopedia series in the 12 x 9 1/4 trim size have been so popular that we have created a more portable format for those who are interested in a smaller paperback edition. Beautifully illustrated throughout in full color. A great... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A Remarkable Curiosity: Dispatches from a New York City Journalist's 1873 Railroad Trip Across the American West by Amos Jay Cummings Publisher Comments In 1873, Amos Jay Cummings, a decorated Civil War veteran and journalist for the New York Sun newspaper, set out on a westward journey aboard the newly completed transcontinental railroad. For some time, miners, settlers, and entrepreneurs had already... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $21.00 Used - Hardcover
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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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Kinsey Photographer: The Locomotive Portraits by Dave Bohn Publisher Comments In the winter of 1970, Dave Bohn found the surviving negatives of Darius and Tabitha Kinsey. Bohn and his colleague, Rodolfo Petschek, initiated a long-term effort to reproduce in book form the magnificent Kinsey archive. Here you’ll find Darius... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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