Rails Across Dixie - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Rails Across Dixie write by Jim Cox. This book was released on 2010-11-17. Rails Across Dixie available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Covering legendary and obscure intercity passenger trains in a dozen Southeastern states, this book details the golden age of train travel. The story begins with the inception of steam locomotives in 1830 in Charleston, South Carolina, continuing through the mid-1930s changeover to diesel and the debut of Amtrak in 1971 to the present. Throughout, the book explores the technological achievements, the romance and the economic impact of traveling on the tracks. Other topics include contemporary museums and excursion trains; the development of commuter rails, monorails, light rails, and other intracity transit trains; the social impact of train travel; and historical rail terminals and facilities. The book is supplemented with more than 160 images and 10 appendices.
Rails Across the Mississippi
Rails Across the Mississippi - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Rails Across the Mississippi write by Robert Wendell Jackson. This book was released on 2001. Rails Across the Mississippi available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "A tale of grand dreams, shady politics, daring engineering experiments, greed, ambition, and westward expansion, Rails across the Mississippi is the first book-length history since 1881 to document the planning, financing, and construction of the first bridge across the Mississippi River at St. Louis, a national engineering landmark completed in 1874 that is now known as the Eads Bridge. Robert W. Jackson takes a fresh look at this monumental project, dispersing the myths and filling in the gaps left by earlier scholarship."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Rails Across the Land
Rails Across the Land - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Rails Across the Land write by Kenody J. Charlton. This book was released on 1991. Rails Across the Land available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. RAILS ACROSS THE LAND traces the numerous railroads that crisscrossed the country from East to West, North to South during the late steam/early diesel era. 242 photos, $41.95. RIO GRANDE MEMORIES, standard & narrow gauge operations of the Rio Grande Railroad, $41.95; MILWAUKEE ROAD NARROW GAUGE describes this 36-mile line in eastern Iowa; hardbound, $39.95. TRAINS OF AMERICA, 204 pages,all-color, $44.95; WABASH RAILROAD, 320-pages, 550 photos, $41.95. LOGGING RAILROADS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 260 pages of logging railroads & logging camps, $42.95. ALONG THE EAST BROAD TOP tells the story of this coal-hauling 3-foot guage line in Pennsylvania, $41.95. THE MAN WHO LIVES IN PARADISE, autobiography of A.C. Gilbert who invented American Flyer trains & Erector sets, paper, $24.95. A.C. GILBERT'S HERITAGE, history of Gilbert Company, $15.95; JOHN NORWOOD'S WESTERN COOKBOOK, 150 delicious trailside & indoor kitchen recipes, paper, $9.95; VICTORY BRANCH RAILROAD OF VERMONT, logging railroads, 32 pages, $9.95. BUILDING & OPERATING MODEL RAILROADS features 18 model railroads in more than 200 photos, softbound, $9.95. Heimburger House Publishing.
Rails Across the Prairies
Rails Across the Prairies - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Rails Across the Prairies write by Ron Brown. This book was released on 2012-06-30. Rails Across the Prairies available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Follow the evolution of the rail legacy of the Canadian Prairies from the arrival of the first engine on a barge to today’s realities. Rails Across the Prairies traces the evolution of Canada’s rail network, including the appearance of the first steam engine on the back of a barge. The book looks at the arrival of European settlers before the railway and examines how they coped by using ferry services on the Assiniboine and North Saskatchewan Rivers. The work then follows the building of the railways, the rivalries of their owners, and the unusual irrigation works of Canadian Pacific Railway. The towns were nearly all the creation of the railways from their layout to their often unusual names. Eventually, the rail lines declined, though many are experiencing a limited revival. Learn what the heritage lover can still see of the Prairies’ railway legacy, including existing rail operations and the stories the railways brought with them. Many landmarks lie vacant, including ghost towns and elevators, while many others survive as museums or interpretative sites.
Nothing Like It In the World
Nothing Like It In the World - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Nothing Like It In the World write by Stephen E. Ambrose. This book was released on 2001-11-06. Nothing Like It In the World available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The story of the men who build the transcontinental railroad in the 1860's.
