Railroads category: 1183 books
by Kevin EuDaly, Mike Schafer, Jessup
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2009
The year 1827 marked the completion of the United States’ first railroad--and the beginning of a transformation of American life. This book, spanning nearly two centuries, offers an exhilarating tour of the railways’ inroads into the economy, society, and culture of North America.
Illustrated...
Coal Trains
The History of Railroading and Coal in the United States
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2009
From the first, U.S. railroads have carried coal from mines to docks, steel mills, and power plants across the country. In this authoritative book spanning the whole of that history, from the mid-nineteenth century to present, noted rail author Brian Solomon explores the railroads and hardware that...
Railroads Across North America: An Illustrated History
An Illustrated History
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2007
From the first steam-powered locomotives of the early nineteenth century to the high-speed commuter trains of today, the American railroad has been a great engine powering the nations growth and industry. This book celebrates the glory and grandeur of that legacy with a lavish tour of the history...
by Cynthia L. Ogorek, Bill Molony
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2016
The Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad was a short line running 16 miles from downtown Chicago to Dolton, Illinois, the first suburb south of Chicago, with another line running southeast from Eighty-First Street to the Indiana state line. Built in the 1880s, it was owned by five trunk line railroads...
Blood, Iron, and Gold
How the Railways Transformed the World
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2010
The opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in 1830 marked the beginning of a transport revolution that would forever transform the way we live. Blood, Iron, and Gold takes us on a journey encompassing jungle, mountain, and desert, revealing the huge impact of the railroads as they spread...
Lionel FasTrack Model Railroads
The Easy Way to Build a Realistic Lionel Layout
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2009
As model railroaders began demanding ever-greater realism, Lionel responded in 2004 with its FasTrack system featuring an integrated roadbed, scale-sized ties, and a less-obvious center rail. Veteran hobby author Bob Schleicher follows up his The Lionel FasTrack Book with a closer, more detailed look...
The Angola Horror
The 1867 Train Wreck That Shocked the Nation and Transformed American Railroads
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
On December 18, 1867, the Buffalo and Erie Railroad’s eastbound New York Express derailed as it approached the high truss bridge over Big Sister Creek, just east of the small settlement of Angola, New York, on the shores of Lake Erie. The last two cars of the express train were pitched completely...
by Edward Kelley
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2006
The picturesque town of Los Gatos stands between the once verdant orchards of the Santa Clara Valley and the forested slopes of the Santa Cruz Mountains. The narrow-gauge South Pacific Coast Railroad arrived in 1878 and, within two years, laid track over the mountains to carry passengers, redwood, and...
by Marc Pitanza
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2015
Staten Island's first railroad began in 1860 as a passenger line connecting towns along the island's eastern shore, with ferry service from Vanderbilt's Landing to Manhattan. The Staten Island Rapid Transit was a second line, built in 1885. During the 19th century, major eastern trunk railroads competed...
Rock Island Requiem
The Collapse of a Mighty Fine Line
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2015
Celebrated in history and song, the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company—the Rock Island Line—was a powerful Midwestern railroad that once traversed thirteen states with its fast freights and Rocket passenger trains but eventually succumbed to government regulation and a changing...
All Aboard!
A History of Florida’s Railroads
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2016
Florida's size and shape meant a largely remote interior until shortly before the Civil War. The catalysts for blasting through that anonymity were three ambitious and very different visionaries who built railroads linking east to west and north to south: Henry Morrison Flagler, David Levy Yulee,...
Branch Line Empires
The Pennsylvania and the New York Central Railroads
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2017
The Pennsylvania and the New York Central railroads helped to develop central Pennsylvania as the largest source of bituminous coal for the nation. By the late 19th century, the two lines were among America’s largest businesses and would soon become legendary archrivals. The PRR first arrived in...
Rails to Penn State
The Story of the Bellefonte Central
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2007
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 a classic story of the rise and decline of...
by Stephen D. Mikesell
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2016
The Sierra Railway is one of the most intact steam railroads in the United States. It is operated today by California State Parks to interpret and celebrate the importance of steam railroading in California history. Located in the Gold Rush town of Jamestown, in Tuolumne County, the railway began operations...