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HO Railroad from Start to Finish (Model Railroader) by Jim Kelly Publisher Comments Provides the construction steps for building a walkaround 4x8 layout. Photos, diagrams, and helpful instructions show how to construct benchwork and scenery, lay track, build detailed structures, weather freight cars, and more.... (read more) Your price $9.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Railways of San Francisco (Images of Rail) by Paul Trimble Publisher Comments It may be hard to believe now, but San Francisco was once dominated by railways. Before private cars crowded this hemmed-in city, rail was the only way to get around the challenging terrain, and the rail industry rose to the task with many innovative... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price $13.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list 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... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $6.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list A Sampling of Penn Central: Southern Region on Display (Railroads Past and Present) by Jerry Taylor Publisher Comments The Penn Central came into being with the merger of the New York Central and Pennsylvania lines in 1968 and ended with the formation of Conrail in 1976.<P>A Sampling of Penn Central is illustrated with over 200 photographs taken between 1970 and... (read more) List Price $59.95 Your price $25.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list The Train by Jonathan Glancey Publisher Comments The train changed the face of the world. From slow beginnings in the coalmines of England at the start of the nineteenth century, it was possible by the 1840s to cover vast distances at unprecedented speed, changing modern communications forever. Much... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price $9.63 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Chesapeake & Ohio Railway in West Virginia: Photos 1940-1960 by Thomas W Dixon Publisher Comments This book traces aeO from where it enters West Virginia in Alleghany Tunnel, until it exits the state across the Big Sandy Bridge at Kenova. Many great photos are included, mainly from the aeOHS collection, as well as maps and even building drawings... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price $13.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Classic Trains by Hans Halberstadt Publisher Comments Featuring more than 30 beautiful, historic trains and locomotives, this exquisite volume--big and horizontal, all the better to capture the length and breadth of the cars and tracks--paints an intimate portrait of North American railroad history... (read more) List Price $19.98 Your price $9.75 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Tales of the Old Railwaymen by Tom Quinn Synopsis Steam trains hold a nostalgic appeal for a great many people. This collection of tales recounts the experiences of those who worked on the railway. Memories of engine drivers and firemen are included as well as the crucial men behind the scenes.... (read more) Your price $19.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Great Train Robberies of the Old West by R Michael Wilson Publisher Comments During the 1800s trains carried the nation's wealth throughout the east, but no one thought to rob a speeding train until 1866. In 1870 the first western train was robbed in Nevada and within hours a second train was robbed. Railroads made every... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Kansas City and the Railroads: Community Policy in the Growth of a Regional Metropolis by Charles N Glaab Publisher Comments 'This book continues to be one of the best we have on the role of boosters in promoting the development of a major western or midwestern city.' --William J. Cronon, author of Nature's Metropolis: Chicago and the Great... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $9.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list

Sign up for our Recently Arrived Used Books newsletter service and find great used titles in Railroads on the very day they're added to our shelves. email address   Santa Fe Railway (Railroad Color History) by Steve Glischinski Publisher Comments A classic and colorful tribute to the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, the best-known railroad in the world. Beginning in 1860, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway quickly grew to become the premier transportation company in the US. Its... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price $13.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Writing the Rails: Train Adventures by the World's Best-Loved Writers by Edward C Goodman Publisher Comments Rich and inviting, this collection of 101 train travel stories, both fact and fiction, by renowned writers from around the world and throughout history, is a feast for the armchair vagabond. The stories, essays, historic accounts, poetry, songs and other... (read more) List Price $17.98 Your price $11.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list The Leyland Man: The History, Rediscovery and Resurrection of the Early Leyland Omnibus by Mike A Sutcliffe Publisher Comments Mike Sutcliffe has devoted the last thirty years to the rescue and restoration of several, now famous, examples of the early Leyland motorbus. The Mike Sutcliffe Collection is one of the most important collections of early buses in the world and... (read more) List Price $59.95 Your price $45.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list 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 $22.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list The North American Railroad: Its Origin, Evolution, and Geography (Creating the North American Landscape) by James E Vance Publisher Comments The Baltimore and Ohio. The New York Central. The Canadian Northern. The Union Pacific. The Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe. The names of the great North American railroads are part of a remarkable story of technological achievement and economic progress.... (read more) List Price $42.00 Your price $22.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Hudson Valley Heritage Series #2: Rails Under the Mighty Hudson: The Story of the Hudson Tubes, the Pennsylvania Tunnels, and Manhattan Transfer by Brian J Cudahy Publisher Comments Rails Under the Mighty Hudson tells a story that begins in the final years of the nineteenth century and reaches fulfillment in the first decade of the twentieth: namely, the building of rail tunnels under the Hudson River linking New Jersey and New York.... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price $15.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list 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 $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Guide to North American Railroad Hot Spots by J David Ingles Publisher Comments Indispensable for railfans who travel, this guide takes you to 100 of the busiest, most interesting train-watching sites across the U.S. and Canada. Each spread includes a color photo and authoritative text about the site written by train-watching... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list 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) check for new and sale copies add to wish list The Electric Interurban Railways in America by George Hilton Publisher Comments One of the most colorful yet neglected eras in American transportation history is re-created in this definitive history of the electric interurbans. Built with the idea of attracting short-distance passenger traffic and light freight, the interurbans... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price $19.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list

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