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Early American Locomotives (Trains) by John White Publisher Comments Finest locomotive engravings from early 19th century: historical (1804–1874), main line (after 1870), special, foreign, but mostly American domestic engines. Many types: grasshoppers, camel-backs, Moguls, Forneys, plus some famous ones —... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price $6.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Railroads across America :a celebration of 150 years of railroading by Mike Del Vecchio Publisher Comments This comprehensive photographic history is arranged by eight geographical regions to present the grand saga of railroading in the United States and Canada -- from the earliest days of steam locomotives, through the dawn of the diesel era and modern... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $15.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Last Train to Paradise: Henry Flagler and the Building of the Railroad That Crossed the Ocean by Les Standiford Publisher Comments Last Train to Paradise is acclaimed novelist Les 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 $24.00 Your price $8.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Merging Lines: American Railroads, 1900-1970 by Richard Jr Saunders Publisher Comments Why did American railroads decline from the glory days at the turn of the twentieth century to the near-death experience of the early 1970s? Why did so many railroad mergers in the 1950s and 1960s, intended as a panacea for the ills of an outdated system,... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price $25.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list The American Railroad Passenger Car by John H White Publisher Comments The American Railroad Passenger Car recaptures the lost, but not-too-distant past when 98 percent of all intercity travel in the United States was by rail. It documents in extraordinary detail the ingenuity and splendor of the classic trains as well as... (read more) List Price $65.00 Your price $38.50 (Used - Set Softcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Classic American Railroads (Classic American Railroads) by Mike Schafer Publisher Comments This stunning work showcases sixteen of the most-remembered rail companies of yesteryear. This collection of classic American railroads includes the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, The Milwaukee Road, New York Central, Pennsylvania, Union Pacific, Denver... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price $18.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list The Strategy of Great Railroads by Frank H Spearman Publisher Comments CONTENTSThe Vanderbilt LinesThe Pennsylvania SystemThe Harriman LinesThe Hill LinesThe Fight for PittsburgThe Gould LinesThe Rock Island SystemThe AtchisonThe Chicago, Milwaukee and St. PaulThe Chicago and NorthwesternThe Rebuilding of an American... (read more) Your price $37.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list 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... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list 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.... (read more) Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Legendary Trains by Dumont Monte Publisher Comments This superb book is devoted to trains past and present, all over the world. It is superbly illustrated with numerous magnificent photographs of locomotives then and now. The history of railways is comprehensively covered, from horse-drawn streetcars and... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price $12.50 (Used - Hardcover) 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   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... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price $2.38 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list 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... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list 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... (read more) List Price $17.50 Your price $1.49 (Used - Trade Paper) 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 $50.00 Your price $30.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list On the Move: Transportation and the American Story by Janet F Davidson Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 316-317) and index.... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price $25.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Tourist Trains: 40th Annual Guide to Tourist Railroads and Museums (Tourist Trains) by Empire State Railway Museum Synopsis Relive North America's railroading past with "Tourist Trains 2005. Photographs, Locomotive rosters, ticket prices, directions, and even trip times are included in this guide to more than 450 preserved and restored railroads and train museums. - Includes... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list 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.... (read more) Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list 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... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price $5.95 (Used - Flexible) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Heritage of North American Trains by David Ross Synopsis This work offers an account of where and why rail lines were built in various regions across the North American continent. It tells why the US and Canada developed distinctive forms of rail technology, different from those of Britain, where railroading... (read more) Your price $25.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list The Welsh Highland Railway by John Stretton Publisher Comments Nine more miles of the WHR to explore...... (read more) Your price $25.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list

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