Transportation category: 6808 books
by Philip K. Smith, Historical Society of Berks County
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2004
Rail transportation has been part of daily life in Reading since the 1830s. Reading Trains and Trolleys portrays the good old days of the Philadelphia & Reading Railway (reorganized as the Reading Company in 1923), the Schuykill Valley Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad, the Mount Penn Gravity Railroad,...
by Bruce D. Heald Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2005
The Boston & Maine Railroad serviced most of New England as a primary mode of transportation during the 19th and 20th centuries. The birth of this railroad spurred the growth and development of industry in New England. This heritage is captured in Boston & Maine Trains and Services, the fourth volume...
by Matthew Gerald Vurek
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2016
The "Capitol Corridor" is the name of the Amtrak passenger train route between California's capital, Sacramento, and San Jose, the state's first capital upon admission to the Union in 1850. The scenery between these two areas highlights vastly different land uses; examples include an industrialized...
Floating Palaces of the Great Lakes
A History of Passenger Steamships on the Inland Seas
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015
Through much of the nineteenth century, steam-powered ships provided one of the most reliable and comfortable transportation options in the United States, becoming a critical partner in railroad expansion and the heart of a thriving recreation industry. The aesthetic, structural, and commercial peak...
by Douglas Barberio
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2010
The Middletown and Unionville Railroad, successor to the Middletown, Unionville and Water Gap Railroad, operated from December 1, 1913, until May 31, 1946, when it was reorganized as the Middletown and New Jersey Railway. The railroad�s main revenue was derived from the transportation of dairy products,...
The Pilot's Manual: Multi-Engine Flying
All the aeronautical knowledge required to earn a multi-engine rating on your pilot certificate
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2015
This is the Ebook (epub) edition of this title.
Multi-engine flying opens up new opportunities to utilize an airplane for personal or professional transportation, allowing you to cruise faster, carry more passengers or cargo, and in most cases, fly higher and in greater comfort. With this enhanced...
by Dennis Davis
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2011
Build Your Own Canoe is a comprehensive, clearly structured and uncomplicated manual that guides the reader through the various stages of constructing an inexpensive, lightweight and versatile plywood canoe. Topics covered include: design considerations; building and fitting out the basic hull; customizing...
From T-2 to Supertanker
Development of the Oil Tanker, 1940 - 2000, Revised
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2011
From T-2 to Supertanker provides a unique insight into the oil tanker industrys efforts to produce safe and efficient vessels.
Dr. Andrew G. Spyrou believes that marine transportation is the key to effective global shipping, part of which is carrying petroleum by tanker. Enormous changes have...
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...
Building the St. Helena II
Rebirth of a Nineteenth-Century Canal Boat
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2012
Building the St. Helena II tells the story of the 1970 reconstruction of an authentic, operational 1825 canal boat. The narrative unfolds in the small village of Canal Fulton, Ohio, along the surviving one- mile section of the 333-mile Ohio & Erie Canal, which in the 1820s connected the new nation’s...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2012
The USFA has selected the topic of rail emergencies as the subject of a special report under the Major Fires Investigation Program. The focus of this report will be the planning and response aspects of managing large scale rail emergencies from the standpoint of command and control, with the objective...
North American Railroads
The Illustrated Encyclopedia
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2014
Get an up-close and personal look at over 150 years of railway history. This richly illustrated encyclopedia of classic and contemporary American railroads features concise histories of 101 U.S. and Canadian railroads past and present. Over 400 stunning images include period and modern photography...
Riding Denver's Rails
A Mile-High Streetcar History
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2013
In 1872, the Mile High City embraced a new way to get around and eventually boasted one of the largest streetcar systems in the nation. Enjoy the varied stops the transit system made as it grew along with the city, from the early horsecars of the Denver Horse Railroad Company and the steam-powered Colfax...
200 Years Yonge
A History
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 1998
The Yonge Street as conceived by Lieutenant-Governor John Graves Simcoe is celebrated, from its beginning as a First Nation's Trail, to the Yonge Street we know today, extending from Toronto to Innisfil. Augustus Jones, the surveyor assigned by Simcoe, the French, the German pioneers, the Loyalists...