(Paperback)
By: David Burke
ISBN: 9780648043928
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2017
Publisher: Rosenberg Publishing
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This is a wonderful history of the steam era coming to an end and the rise of diesels. Using contemporary advertising material, timetables, photographs and other printed ephemera, combined with primary source material the author has created a nostalgic journey of railways and those who worked there.
(Paperback)
By: James P. Bell
ISBN: 9781510756649
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2024
UK Publication Date: 18th January 2024
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
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For train enthusiasts, model railroaders, and history buffs, hop aboard this tour of North American railroads, both great and obscure.
(Paperback)
By: Jim Scribbins
ISBN: 9780816654499
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2008
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
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(Paperback)
By: Thomas Curtis Clarke
ISBN: 9781616083342
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2012
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
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Looks at the American railroad industry in the 1880's and how it developed as the business boomed. This title presents detailed texts about how railroads were built, the types of railways, the various ways the railway affected political and business economics, as well as the safety precautions of people who rode or worked with the railway system.
(Paperback)
By: Thomas Curtis Clarke
ISBN: 9781634502962
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2015
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
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(Paperback)
By: Jim Scribbins
ISBN: 9780816650033
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2007
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
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Originally published: Milwaukee: Kalmbach, 1970.
(Hardback)
By: Don L. Hofsommer
ISBN: 9780816644971
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2005
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
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Analyzing the origins, growth, and eventual dismantling of the Iowa Central Railway, which traversed the state from Ackley to Zearing and Mason City to Marshalltown, Don Hofsommer examines how this unremarkable, "plain vanilla" railway was an example of the life cycle of the American railroad industry.
(Paperback)
By: Pepperbox Press
ISBN: 9781510756588
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2024
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
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(Paperback)
By: Terry Gainer
ISBN: 9781771606714
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2024
Publisher: Rocky Mountain Books
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(Paperback)
By: Don L. Hofsommer
ISBN: 9780816643660
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2004
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
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The definitive history of one of the Midwest's most remarkable railroads.
(Paperback)
By: Maury Klein
ISBN: 9780816644599
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2006
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
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Presents the history of the railroad that connected the coasts and unified the United States.
(Paperback)
By: Maury Klein
ISBN: 9780816644605
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2006
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
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The Union Pacific lays the groundwork for modern industry in America.
(Paperback)
By: Stan Abbott
ISBN: 9781913393083
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2022
UK Publication Date: 20th May 2021
Publisher: Saraband
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In the company of this knowledgeable guide to the Settle & Carlisle Railway, you'll discover centuries' worth of local history and traditions: Roman remains, medieval castles, and the Romany who still meet at the annual Appleby Horse Fair gathering.
(Hardback)
By: John Dunn
ISBN: 9781922013521
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2013
Publisher: Rosenberg Publishing
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By: magazine Editors of Trains
ISBN: 9781627001823
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2014
Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing Co ,U.S.
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(Paperback)
By: Simon Garfield
ISBN: 9780571216086
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2003
Publisher: Faber & Faber
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The Liverpool and Manchester Railway was the greatest engineering feat of its age. George and Robert Stephenson's "Rocket" was to become the most famous locomotive in history. William Huskisson was one of the greatest statesmen of his generation. On 15th September 1830, the three met.
By: David Barnett
ISBN: 9781925078527
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2015
Publisher: Rosenberg Publishing
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(Hardback)
By: Oliver Green
ISBN: 9780711240131
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2019
Publisher: Quarto Publishing PLC
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A comprehensive guide to the London Underground, combining a historical overview, illustrations and newly commissioned photography.
(Paperback, Main)
By: Professor Jack Simmons
ISBN: 9780571247806
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2008
Publisher: Faber & Faber
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Bringing great writing back into print - a Faber Finds book.
(Paperback, Main)
By: Professor Jack Simmons
ISBN: 9780571247813
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2008
Publisher: Faber & Faber
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Bringing great writing back into print - a Faber Finds book.
(, New edition)
By: Robert Beaumont
ISBN: 9780747232360
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 1999
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
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George Hudson, the eponymous Railway King - started his career with a stroke of luck, inheriting a fortune from a distant relative. He invested successfully in the new railways but from his glory in 1845 he fell into disgrace, admitting corruption, and died a broken man.
By: Robert Beaumont
ISBN: 9780747232353
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 1999
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
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George Hudson - the "Railway King" - formed his own Midland Railway, raising #5 million and bribing MP's along the way. But from his glory in 1845 he fell into disgrace, and died a broken man in 1871. This text depicts his story, providing insight into 19th century politics and industrial progress.
(Hardback, Main)
By: Andrew Martin
ISBN: 9781788163941
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2023
UK Publication Date: 3rd November 2022
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
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A quiz, and an eye-opening journey through British railway history.
(Hardback)
By: George Muir
ISBN: 9781913491796
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2021
Publisher: Unicorn Publishing Group
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