Author: Ian Wood
Publisher: Chartwell Books
ISBN: 9780785827818
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
With over 400 high quality maps, plans, and photographs this book brings the subject to life, revealing all aspects of rail transportation and technology. It maps the spread of the networks across the country, showing the stations and important intersections, the layout and location of major bridges and tunnels, and much more. It examines railroad technology, from the early steam engines, through diesel and electric locomotives. It also details the building of stations, railroad constructions and factories that grew up around the railroad network. Social history is explored, covering the movement of people, farm produce and manufactured goods, giving a real insight into the role that rail transportation played.
The Historical Atlas of North American Railroads
Author: Ian Wood
Publisher: Chartwell Books
ISBN: 9780785827818
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
With over 400 high quality maps, plans, and photographs this book brings the subject to life, revealing all aspects of rail transportation and technology. It maps the spread of the networks across the country, showing the stations and important intersections, the layout and location of major bridges and tunnels, and much more. It examines railroad technology, from the early steam engines, through diesel and electric locomotives. It also details the building of stations, railroad constructions and factories that grew up around the railroad network. Social history is explored, covering the movement of people, farm produce and manufactured goods, giving a real insight into the role that rail transportation played.
Publisher: Chartwell Books
ISBN: 9780785827818
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
With over 400 high quality maps, plans, and photographs this book brings the subject to life, revealing all aspects of rail transportation and technology. It maps the spread of the networks across the country, showing the stations and important intersections, the layout and location of major bridges and tunnels, and much more. It examines railroad technology, from the early steam engines, through diesel and electric locomotives. It also details the building of stations, railroad constructions and factories that grew up around the railroad network. Social history is explored, covering the movement of people, farm produce and manufactured goods, giving a real insight into the role that rail transportation played.
Atlas of North American Railroads
Author: Bill Yenne
Publisher: Voyageur Press
ISBN: 9780760322994
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
At its postwar peak, the North American railroad industry comprised as many as 100 lines. The classic system maps produced by the railroads of the day, collected for the first time in this volume, offer a sweeping view of the industry’s remarkable reach in the period of its greatest power. Each railroad’s routes unfold in multi-page spreads featuring a capsule history, vital specs such as track mileage and years of operation, and period photographs, all detailing the mid-twentieth-century might of North American railroads.
Publisher: Voyageur Press
ISBN: 9780760322994
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
At its postwar peak, the North American railroad industry comprised as many as 100 lines. The classic system maps produced by the railroads of the day, collected for the first time in this volume, offer a sweeping view of the industry’s remarkable reach in the period of its greatest power. Each railroad’s routes unfold in multi-page spreads featuring a capsule history, vital specs such as track mileage and years of operation, and period photographs, all detailing the mid-twentieth-century might of North American railroads.
Historical Atlas of the North American Railroad
Author: Derek Hayes
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
" ... the history of the railroad in North America, from its origins in Britain in the 1820s and short lines connecting Eastern Seaboard rivers in the 1830s to Amtrak and the modern intermodal freights driving today's railroad revival."--Jacket.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
" ... the history of the railroad in North America, from its origins in Britain in the 1820s and short lines connecting Eastern Seaboard rivers in the 1830s to Amtrak and the modern intermodal freights driving today's railroad revival."--Jacket.
A Railroad Atlas of the United States in 1946
Author: Richard C. Carpenter
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801873317
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Little now remains of the vast network of passenger and freight railroad lines that once crisscrossed much of eastern and midwestern America, but in 1946, the steam locomotive was king. This is a record of a time when traveling out of town meant, for most Americans, taking the train.
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801873317
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Little now remains of the vast network of passenger and freight railroad lines that once crisscrossed much of eastern and midwestern America, but in 1946, the steam locomotive was king. This is a record of a time when traveling out of town meant, for most Americans, taking the train.
The Routledge Historical Atlas of the American Railroads
Author: John F. Stover
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415921404
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
First published in 1999
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415921404
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
First published in 1999
1948 Handy Railroad Atlas of the United States
Author: Rand McNally
Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780890240892
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780890240892
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Guide to North America's Tourist Railways and Museums
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780980117806
Category : Great scenic railway journeys (Television program)
Languages : en
Pages : 395
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780980117806
Category : Great scenic railway journeys (Television program)
Languages : en
Pages : 395
Book Description
Landmarks on the Iron Road
Author: William D. Middleton
Publisher: Railroads Past and Present (Pa
ISBN: 9780253223609
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
"This book, for the first time, calls adequate attention to the physical plant over which railroads operate - the roadbeds, tracks, bridges, and tunnels, subjects that are often taken for granted. It is a book no rail fan or student of engineering can be without."--BOOK JACKET.
Publisher: Railroads Past and Present (Pa
ISBN: 9780253223609
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
"This book, for the first time, calls adequate attention to the physical plant over which railroads operate - the roadbeds, tracks, bridges, and tunnels, subjects that are often taken for granted. It is a book no rail fan or student of engineering can be without."--BOOK JACKET.
Atlas of North America
Author: National Geographic Society (U.S.)
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society
ISBN: 9780870446078
Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society
ISBN: 9780870446078
Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Nothing Like It In the World
Author: Stephen E. Ambrose
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 9780743203173
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
The story of the men who build the transcontinental railroad in the 1860's.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 9780743203173
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
The story of the men who build the transcontinental railroad in the 1860's.