Author: George W. Hilton
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780804723695
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
This is a comprehensive, illustrated account of the growth and decline of American narrow gauge railroading. It documents a long-gone era, bringing to life ancient steam locomotives, railroads and rolling stock that have mostly disappeared without trace. The basic facts and information on the subject are heavily illustrated with photographs, drawings and maps, presented in an encyclopedia format.
American Narrow Gauge Railroads
Author: George W. Hilton
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780804723695
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
This is a comprehensive, illustrated account of the growth and decline of American narrow gauge railroading. It documents a long-gone era, bringing to life ancient steam locomotives, railroads and rolling stock that have mostly disappeared without trace. The basic facts and information on the subject are heavily illustrated with photographs, drawings and maps, presented in an encyclopedia format.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780804723695
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
This is a comprehensive, illustrated account of the growth and decline of American narrow gauge railroading. It documents a long-gone era, bringing to life ancient steam locomotives, railroads and rolling stock that have mostly disappeared without trace. The basic facts and information on the subject are heavily illustrated with photographs, drawings and maps, presented in an encyclopedia format.
American Narrow Gauge Railroads
Author: George Woodman Hilton
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780804717311
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
This is the first comprehensive, extensively illustrated account of the growth and decline of American narrow gauge railroading, a singular and still not fully understood episode in the history of American transportation.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780804717311
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
This is the first comprehensive, extensively illustrated account of the growth and decline of American narrow gauge railroading, a singular and still not fully understood episode in the history of American transportation.
Maine Narrow Gauge Railroads
Author: Robert L. MacDonald
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738511795
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
The narrow gauge railroad arrived in the United States in the late nineteenth century. Based on the Welsh two-foot gauge, the American narrow gauge was expanded by railroad engineers to a three-foot gauge that became the standard track width for narrow gauge railroads in the United States. Maine, however, adopted the two-foot gauge that was developed by George E. Mansfield in Massachusetts. The narrow track width was ideally suited to the mountainous terrain, and the maneuverability of the trains proved highly beneficial to companies and passengers traveling to remote locations. The narrow gauge railroad served Maine for over fifty years until the early 1940s. Maine Narrow Gauge Railroads is a comprehensive pictorial record of the history of the narrow gauge railroad in Maine. From the one-hundred-twelve-mile Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad to the five-mile Kennebec Central, Maine Narrow Gauge Railroads features the toylike miniature trains of Maine as they appeared at different stages in their history. The Bridgton and Harrison Railroad, the Monson Railroad, and the Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway lines are documented within, as well as the current restoration projects that are under way.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738511795
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
The narrow gauge railroad arrived in the United States in the late nineteenth century. Based on the Welsh two-foot gauge, the American narrow gauge was expanded by railroad engineers to a three-foot gauge that became the standard track width for narrow gauge railroads in the United States. Maine, however, adopted the two-foot gauge that was developed by George E. Mansfield in Massachusetts. The narrow track width was ideally suited to the mountainous terrain, and the maneuverability of the trains proved highly beneficial to companies and passengers traveling to remote locations. The narrow gauge railroad served Maine for over fifty years until the early 1940s. Maine Narrow Gauge Railroads is a comprehensive pictorial record of the history of the narrow gauge railroad in Maine. From the one-hundred-twelve-mile Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad to the five-mile Kennebec Central, Maine Narrow Gauge Railroads features the toylike miniature trains of Maine as they appeared at different stages in their history. The Bridgton and Harrison Railroad, the Monson Railroad, and the Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway lines are documented within, as well as the current restoration projects that are under way.
An American Classic
Author: Robert T. Royem
Publisher: Limelight Pr/Royem Photography
ISBN: 9780964343016
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Publisher: Limelight Pr/Royem Photography
ISBN: 9780964343016
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Narrow Gauge in the Rockies
Author: Lucius Morris Beebe
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780911581287
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Take a nostalgic 100 year Journey through the Rocky Mountains aboard the narrow gauge railways that snaked through them.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780911581287
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Take a nostalgic 100 year Journey through the Rocky Mountains aboard the narrow gauge railways that snaked through them.
American Narrow Gauge
Author: John Krause
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Rio Grande Narrow Gauge
Author: John B. Norwood
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
"There's a high level of excitement and interest in the Rio Grande's narrow gauge lines today. Perhaps more so now than at any other time since the narrow gauge lines were built. There has always been a certain romance of the rails where 3-foot-gauge trackage is concerned, and even more so with those lines that ran through the scenic wonders of our country, such as the Rocky Mountains. Dreamer and railroad builder General William J. Palmer projected a railroad to Mexico City, but instead his 3-foot railroad went west, to Salt Lake City and Ogden." --From inside of book jacket
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
"There's a high level of excitement and interest in the Rio Grande's narrow gauge lines today. Perhaps more so now than at any other time since the narrow gauge lines were built. There has always been a certain romance of the rails where 3-foot-gauge trackage is concerned, and even more so with those lines that ran through the scenic wonders of our country, such as the Rocky Mountains. Dreamer and railroad builder General William J. Palmer projected a railroad to Mexico City, but instead his 3-foot railroad went west, to Salt Lake City and Ogden." --From inside of book jacket
Little Book Cliff Railway
Author: Lyndon J. Lampert
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Classic American Railroads
Author: Mike Schafer
Publisher: Motorbooks International
ISBN: 076031649X
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
This book picks up where the previous two Classic American titles left off, focusing on the golden age of American railroading from 1945 to the early 1970s. It extends to the present day where applicable, providing a colorful look at locomotives, passenger and freight operations, development, and, in some cases, demise. Full color.
Publisher: Motorbooks International
ISBN: 076031649X
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
This book picks up where the previous two Classic American titles left off, focusing on the golden age of American railroading from 1945 to the early 1970s. It extends to the present day where applicable, providing a colorful look at locomotives, passenger and freight operations, development, and, in some cases, demise. Full color.
Narrow Gauge to Jerome
Author: Russell Wahmann
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description