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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
The Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Magazine
Author: The American Railroad Passenger Car
Author: John H. WhitePublisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 0801827477
Category : Railroad passenger cars
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Hailed since its publication as the definitive - and most opulent - book on the subject, The American Railroad Passenger Car is now made available in an unabridged two-part softcover edition.
Baltimore & Ohio's Capitol Limited and National Limited
Author: Joe WelshPublisher:
ISBN: 9781610603522
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
In 1923 the Baltimore & Ohio's Capitol Limited started its travels between Baltimore, Washington, D.C., and Chicago. Two years later the B&O's National Limited linked the nations capital to St. Louis. Almost at once the two lines became household names, famous for the outstanding service and cuisine offered in their Pullman sleepers and renowned dining cars. This authoritative, illustrated history takes readers back to the B&O's glory years, with a wealth of images, route information, details of the trains passenger motive power, and the inside story on the frugal railroads means of streamlining its equipment with innovative and aesthetically striking results. Against a backdrop of dozens of black-and-white archival images and period color photos depicting uniforms, dinnerware, stations, period ads and route maps, and interior views of passenger cars, award-winning rail author Joe Welsh discusses how B&O passenger operations led to the demise of at least one of its rival Pennsylvania Railroads passenger trains; and how, ultimately, market forces did in the B&O's passenger trains as well. Here is the whole story, with the National Limited's failure under Amtrak's auspices--and the 1981 rebirth of the Capitol Limited as one of Amtrak's most popular trains, keeping a legend alive.
Chessie
Author: Thomas DixonPublisher: TLC Publishing (VA)
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
The best-loved company symbol of all time. Introduced in 1933, Chessie appeared on calendars, railroad memorabilia, and in advertisements and was modernized to form the logo for the new Chessie System paint scheme in 1972.
Chesapeake & Ohio's Pere Marquettes
Author: Thomas W DixonPublisher: TLC Publishing (VA)
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
The new streamliners of 1946 between Detroit, Grand Rapids and Chicago, were the first of a wave of modernization of American railroads after WWII. The story is told in great detail from original documents and sources and is illustrated with great photos, many of them from C&O official files.
The Railroad Situation
Author: Guaranty Trust Company of New YorkPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Classic American Railroads
Author: Mike SchaferPublisher: 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.
Railfan & Railroad
Author: The Best Six Years of Any Life
Author: Joseph E. PlutaPublisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1770671889
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
This personal memoir of the author's early childhood takes place on a farm in southwestern Michigan during the late 1940s and early 1950s. It is told through the eyes of a small child who is just beginning to experience life with all its adventures, discoveries, and disappointments. It is a story of loving parents, uncommon neighbors, supportive relatives, first friends, and a small town in postwar America.
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