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  • A Public Spirit
    George H. Atkinson
    George Henry Atkinson (1819-89) was a son of New England who arrived in the Oregon Territory in 1848, sent by the American Home Missionary Society. Although his commission from the Society specified that his work was to be ecclesiastical and educational, he took an approach to that assignment which went well beyond his mandate. Well-informed and energetic, he made an impact on ...
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    10,45 €

  • History of Lehigh Valley Transit Company Railway Operations
    The Lehigh Valley Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society compiled this 1966 History of the Lehigh Valley Transit Company, beginning with the horse-drawn cars in 1868 Allentown. ...
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    13,34 €

  • Street Railways of Eureka
    Stanley T. Borden / Stanley TBorden
    This volume presents a detailed, heavily illustrated history of the street railway system of Eureka, California. It covers the system’s history beginning in beginning from its inception in 1887. ...
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    10,07 €

  • Monterey and Pacific Grove Street Railway
    Erle C. Hanson / Erle CHanson
    The Western Railroader, Vol. 22, No. 10, Issue No. 238, from September 1959, features a history of the Monterey and Pacific Grove Railway in California from 1890 to 1923. ...
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    9,81 €

  • A Treatise Upon Cable or Rope Traction as Applied to the Working of Street and Other Railways
    George W. Hilton / George WHilton / J. Bucknall Smith / JBucknall Smith
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    18,62 €

  • The Little Rock
    Barton Jennings
    One of the least-known parts of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad was its New Orleans line, a part of the Louisiana Division. No, the line never reached New Orleans, but it did reach the bauxite, timber, and agricultural products of South Arkansas and North Louisiana. With the addition of the former passenger-heavy line to Hot Springs, Arkansas, these lines became The...
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    36,80 €

  • THE LONG ISLAND RAILROAD POLICE DEPARTMENT
    robert l. bryan
    The Long Island Railroad is the busiest commuter railroad in the United States, and the oldest railroad still operating under its original name. The railroad operates seven days a week with service and branches from Manhattan in New York City to Montauk on the eastern tip of Long Island. The LIRR was formed in 1834 and from 1868 to 1998 the railroad was policed by the Long Isla...
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    11,02 €

  • CONDUCTOR
    robert l. bryan
    This is the story of one of the more fabled occupations in America - the railroad conductor.This book traces the origin of the railroad and the occupation as well as the conductor as a subject of folklore and the media. Additionally, the pathways to a career as a conductor are fully explored. ...
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    9,86 €

  • WORKING ON THE RAILROAD
    robert l. bryan
    It was on Christmas Day,1830, that Nicholas Darrell stood upon the platform of the "Best Friend of Charleston," and operated the first mechanical passenger train carrying 141 passengers along 6-miles of track at the break neck speed of 20 miles per hour. That trip marked the birth of the modern railroad industry and Nicholas Darrell became a pioneer railroader. Since that Chris...
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    9,85 €

  • Iberian Rails Last Days Of The Old Order
    Fred Matthews
    Fred Matthews has been an enthusiastic rail photographer for 75 years. He is the author of 2 succeeding volumes of Iberian Rails, Volume 2: Valencia, Meseta, Madrid, and Volume 3: The Atlantic Coast, as well as Sierra and Desert Rails, on the American South West, and Northern California Railroads: The Silver Age. ...
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    14,06 €

  • Cleveland & Chagrin Falls Interurban vs Cleveland & Eastern Railway
    Dan Rager
    ‘Kaleidoscope’ edition, Vol. 6 is an in-depth and historic look through northeast Ohio’s Cleveland & Chagrin Falls (C. & C. F.) and Cleveland & Eastern (C. & E.) railway interurban systems. The book contains an array of significant information not covered in previous editions. Comparisons between the two lines will be examined along with a merit of data. The author has previous...
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    78,01 €

  • Rails of change
    Ayush Ranjan
    This is a captivating and insightful book that delves into Ayush’s rich experiences with Indian Railways, one of the world’s largest railway networks. As a seasoned traveler, Ayush has embarked on numerous journeys across the country, discovering hidden gems and immersing himself in the vibrant culture of India.Throughout the book, Ayush recounts the various ways in which he ha...
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    13,06 €

  • A GUIDEBOOK TO AMTRAK’S® NORTHEAST CORRIDOR
    Eva Hoffman
    Planning an upcoming train trip on Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor from New York City to Washington, D.C.? Then this is the book for you! Learn about everything out your window milepost-by-milepost and really enhance your journey. It really helps pass the time knowing about the interesting people, places, and history that you will see. This book was written by Dr. Eva Hoffman of Ev...
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    48,77 €

  • A GUIDEBOOK TO AMTRAK’S® TEXAS EAGLE
    Eva Hoffman
    Planning an upcoming train trip on Amtrak’s Texas Eagle from Chicago, Illinois to San Antonio, Texas? Then this is the book for you! Learn about everything out your window milepost-by-milepost and really enhance your journey. It really helps pass the time knowing about the interesting people, places, and history that you will see. This book was written by Dr. Eva Hoffman of Eve...
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    60,31 €

  • A GUIDEBOOK TO AMTRAK’S® SUNSET LIMITED
    Eva Hoffman
    Planning an upcoming train trip on Amtrak’s Sunset Limited from New Orleans, Louisiana to San Antonio, Texas? Then this is the book for you! Learn about everything out your window milepost-by-milepost and really enhance your journey. It really helps pass the time knowing about the interesting people, places, and history that you will see. This book was written by Dr. Eva Hoffma...
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    50,87 €

  • A GUIDEBOOK TO AMTRAK’S® COAST STARLIGHT
    Eva Hoffman
    Planning an upcoming train trip on Amtrak’s Coast Starlight from Sacramento to Los Angeles, California? Then this is the book for you! Learn about everything out your window milepost-by-milepost and really enhance your journey. It really helps pass the time knowing about the interesting people, places, and history that you will see. This book was written by Dr. Eva Hoffman of E...
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    42,38 €

  • A GUIDEBOOK TO AMTRAK’S® DOWNEASTER
    Eva Hoffman
    Planning an upcoming train trip on Amtrak’s Downeaster from Boston to Coastal Maine? Then this is the book for you! Learn about everything out your window milepost-by-milepost and really enhance your journey. It really helps pass the time knowing about the interesting people, places, and history that you will see. This book was written by Dr. Eva Hoffman of Evergreen, Colorado....
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    38,13 €

  • A GUIDEBOOK TO AMTRAK’S® EMPIRE BUILDER
    Eva Hoffman
    Planning an upcoming train trip on Amtrak’s Empire Builder from Glacier National Park to Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Washington? Then this is the book for you! Learn about everything out your window milepost-by-milepost and really enhance your journey. It really helps pass the time knowing about the interesting people, places, and history that you will see. This book was writ...
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    54,87 €

  • A GUIDEBOOK TO AMTRAK’S® EMPIRE BUILDER
    Eva Hoffman
    Planning an upcoming train trip on Amtrak’s Empire Builder from St. Paul, Minnesota to Glacier National Park, Montana? Then this is the book for you! Learn about everything out your window milepost-by-milepost and really enhance your journey. It really helps pass the time knowing about the interesting people, places, and history that you will see. This book was written by Dr. E...
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    47,12 €

  • A GUIDEBOOK TO AMTRAK’S® CALIFORNIA ZEPHYR
    Eva Hoffman
    Planning an upcoming train trip on Amtrak’s California Zephyr from Salt Lake City, Utah to San Francisco, California? Then this is the book for you! Learn about everything out your window milepost-by-milepost and really enhance your journey. It really helps pass the time knowing about the interesting people, places, and history that you will see. This book was written by Dr. Ev...
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    49,13 €

  • A GUIDEBOOK TO AMTRAK’S® CALIFORNIA ZEPHYR
    Eva Hoffman
    Planning an upcoming train trip on Amtrak’s California Zephyr from Chicago, Illinois to Denver, Colorado? Then this is the book for you! Learn about everything out your window milepost-by-milepost and really enhance your journey. It really helps pass the time knowing about the interesting people, places, and history that you will see. This book was written by Dr. Eva Hoffman of...
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    47,20 €

  • A GUIDEBOOK TO AMTRAK’S® SOUTHWEST CHIEF
    Eva Hoffman
    Planning an upcoming train trip on Amtrak’s Southwest Chief from Kansas City, Missouri to Albuquerque, New Mexico? Then this is the book for you! Learn about everything out your window milepost-by-milepost and really enhance your journey. It really helps pass the time knowing about the interesting people, places, and history that you will see. This book was written by Dr. Eva H...
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    45,53 €

  • Oil on the Pigtail
    Rexford G. Wiggers
    Until the fall season of 1859, naturally occurring seeps of crude oil in rural Northwestern Pennsylvania were considered a local oddity. The locals who lived near the seeps would often skim off the oil that collected on the surface of ponds and streams. The skimmed oil was used as a cure-all medicine, as a fuel for torches, or as a crude lubricant for neighborhood sawmill and g...
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    34,01 €

  • Hopewell Junction
    Bernard L. Rudberg / John M. Desmond
    Reveals the life and lore of a vanished era of railroad history.Hopewell Junction: A Railroader’s Town tells the remarkable history of the east-west, short-line railroads that ran throughout Dutchess County, New York from 1869 to 1984, centering on the hamlet of Hopewell Junction. It explains how these lines transformed the rural countryside and supercharged the growth of the a...
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    26,95 €

  • Derailed
    Tom Haines-Doran
    Why don’t trains run on time? Why are fares so expensive? Why are there so many strikes? Few would disagree that Britain’s railways are broken, and have been for a long time. This insightful new book calls for a radical rethink of how we view the railways, and explains the problems we face and how to fix them. Haines-Doran argues that the railways should be seen as a social goo...
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    22,52 €

  • Death on the Railway, Second Edition
    Manuel Rose
    A horrific thrill ride you won’t be able to put down, until the unbelievably shocking ending! Death on the Railway is a supernatural crime thriller with an element of romance. This thriller is set in the highly stressed, fast-paced world we live in today and will appeal to readers who enjoy psychological thrillers.   When the parents of 21-year-old Angelo Russo are tragically k...
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    13,68 €

  • SIERRA AND DESERT RAILS
    Fred Matthews
    A survey in black and white photos and text of the railroads of California’s Sierra Nevada mountains and the old minng lines in the desert just beyond the mountains, in the last steam era, from 1947 to 1959.  The two main-line routes, Donner Pass and the Feather River Route, were enjoying an Indian Summer of activity after World War II, with the postwar construction boom bringi...
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    9,94 €

  • The Nashville and Decatur in the Civil War
    Walter R. Green
    The Nashville and Decatur Railroad was in operation five months before the start of the Civil War and 17 months before the Federals took control of Nashville and the railroad. Running through Central Tennessee to Alabama, the highly contested line passed through Confederate-held territory, where rebels and their sympathizers continually sabotaged bridges, trestles and track....
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    58,67 €

  • The Mobile & Ohio Railroad in the Civil War
    Dan Lee
    The Mobile & Ohio Railroad was the longest line in the nation when it was completed in spring of 1861--the final spike driven a few weeks after Confederate artillery shelled Fort Sumter. Within days, the M&O was swept up in the Civil War as a prime conveyor of troops and supplies, a strategic and tactical asset to both Confederate and Union armies, who fought to control it. ...
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    57,38 €

  • Lost at Thaxton
    Michael E. Jones
    A storm like no one had ever seen caused tiny Wolf Creek in Thaxton, Virginia, to rage in the darkness of night. An earthen fill that carried the railroad over the creek could not withstand the power of the rising water, and Norfolk & Western passenger train Number Two plummeted into a hole in the earth.There in the valley beneath the shadow of the towering Peaks of Otter, pass...
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    25,12 €


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