Railroads category: 1183 books
Last Trains
Dr Beeching and the death of rural England
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2013
During the course of the 1950s England lost confidence in its rulers and convinced itself it must modernise. The bankrupt, steam-powered railway, run by a Colonel Blimp, symbolised everything that was wrong with the country; the future lay in motorways and high-speed electric - or even atomic - express...
Death, Dynamite & Disaster
A Grisly British Railway History
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2014
Life in Britain was revolutionized as the railways flourished in the nineteenth century. Cities were linked and the masses could travel; railway mania was born. Yet these early days were dramatically different o the present in terms of health and safety. In this fresh approach to railway history,...
Holding the Line
How Britains Railways were Saved
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The explosive story of the highly political process of railway closures and their implications, focusing on the period from the Beeching Report on 1963 through the Serpell plans of the early 1980s to the modern age and the recent McNulty Report on railway finances. Fiery stuff from two industry insiders and expert commentators.
by John Hein
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2013
I have a boast to make: I am a Railway Enthusiast - a veritable Anorak.So, when I noticed that Railtrack PLC (a Public Limited Company incorporated in England and Wales on 28th of February 1994) had re-registered as a Private Limited Company (on 3rd February 2003) and was now known as Network...
Leaves on the Line
Letters on Trains to the Daily Telegraph
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
Whether it’s leaves on the line or the wrong kind of snow, whether the extortionately priced, curled-up sandwich on sale in the buffet car, or the militancy of the rail unions that seem to be endlessly on strike over nothing, everyone in Britain has an opinion about our railways. After the weather,...
by Eugene Weiser
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2013
The Union Pacific is the largest and the most powerful railroad in the country. The railroad has been in service since 1862, some 151 years. The Union Pacific is older than any other American Class I railroad today with the Kansas City Southern coming in at second at 116 years. In that time the railroad...
Last Call for the Dining Car
The Daily Telegraph Book of Great Railway Journeys
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2011
Ever since Paul Theroux embarked in London on the first train of his Great Railway Bazaar, railways have been a rich source for the best travel writing.
This is truer than ever in the twenty-first century. As the environmental implications of relentless air travel cast an ominous shadow over...
Mémoires d'un cheminot du P.-L.-M.
1876-1908
Language: French
Release Date: August 30, 2016
Extrait : "Le Ier novembre 1876, je quittais (sans doute pour toujours) la maison qui m'avait vu naître. Cruelle ironie du sort, puisque j'avais cru y vivre et y mourir. Mes malheureux parents étaient navrés ; ma mère, surtout, me fit l'observation que je ne devais pas partir le jour de cette fête,...
End of the Line
The 1857 Train Wreck at the Desjardins Canal Bridge
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2013
In 1857, the Desjardins Canal bridge collapsed under a Toronto-to-Hamilton train, creating one of the worst railway wrecks in North American history. Sixty lives, including that of the main contractor, were lost. The story of how the Great Western Railway was conceived, where it was located, and how...
The Moffat Line
David Moffat’S Railroad over and Under the Continental Divide
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2011
By the latter part of the nineteenth century, the railroad was king. Railroad lines crisscrossed the North American continent, allowing for the long-distance transportation of oil, coal, lumbar, gold, and other valuables. Despite high operating costs and fierce competition, the search for better and...
Rails Across the Prairies
The Railway Heritage of Canada’s Prairie Provinces
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2012
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...
Conquering Gotham
Building Penn Station and Its Tunnels
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2007
“Superb. [A] first-rate narrative” (The Wall Street Journal) about the controversial construction of New York’s beloved original Penn Station and its tunnels, from the author of Eiffel's Tower and Urban Forests
As bestselling books like Ron Chernow's Titan and David McCullough's The Great...
Grand Central Terminal
100 Years of a New York Landmark
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2013
Opened in February 1913, Grand Central Terminalone of the country’s great architectural monumentshelped create Midtown Manhattan. Over the next century, it evolved into an unofficial town square for New York. Today, it sits astride Park Avenue at 42nd Street in all its original splendor, attracting...
London Underground The Quiz Book
Every pub quiz question never asked about the tube!
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2013
For the last 150 years, every Londoner, tourist, and visitor uses the tube to explore and enjoy London. But behind the facade of ox-blood brick buildings and colourful diagrams lies a wealth of history and interesting facts. This book tests your knowledge in this area with 250 questions (and answers) about this incredible network.