Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
National Railway Bulletin
Bulletin
Author: National Railway Historical SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 1000
Book Description
The Bulletin
Author: National Railway Historical SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Trains and Technology: Track and structures
Author: Anthony J. BianculliPublisher: University of Delaware Press
ISBN: 9780874138023
Category : Locomotives
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
From Small Town to Downtown
Author: Lawrence A. BroughPublisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253343697
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
The Jewett Car Company was born in the heyday of the electric railway boom in the 1890s. The company gained an excellent reputation for its elegant, well-built wooden cars for street railway companies, interurban lines, and rapid transit service. Cities large and small used Jewett cars, including New York, Boston, Chicago, and San Francisco. Many Jewett cars found their way to Indiana and many of the interurban lines employed the graceful, arch-windowed wood interurban that Jewett was famous for.Automobile competition and the problems of competing with much larger car builders, such as J.G. Brill and the St. Louis Car Company, signaled the beginning of the end. The company was offered the opportunity to produce munitions for World War I, but refused. The reason: the major source of finance for Jewett was a German nationalist banker from Wheeling, West Virginia, who refused to have the company do anything to harm Germany. As a direct result of that action, the Jewett Car Company failed.
Trains and Technology: Cars
Author: Anthony J. BianculliPublisher: University of Delaware Press
ISBN: 0874137306
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Volume 2 of 'Trains and Technology' is devoted to railroad cars of nineteenth-century America. Since the variety of cars used during the nineteenth century was huge, the book is divided into three sections- passenger, freight, and non-revenue cars. The easily understood, jargon-free discussions and explanations throughout the book are accompanied by over 225 illustrations and accurate scale drawings of the various equipment.
Steam Over Scranton
Author: Gordon S. ChappellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
NRHS Bulletin
Author: Yosemite, the Park and Its Resources: Discussion of historical resources, appendixes, historical base maps, bibliography
Author: Linda W. GreenePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Railroads and the American People
Author: H. Roger GrantPublisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253006376
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
“[A] wealth of vignettes and more than 100 black-and-white illustrations . . . Does a fine job of humanizing the iron horse” (The Wall Street Journal). In this social history of the impact of railroads on American life, H. Roger Grant concentrates on the railroad’s “golden age,” from 1830 to 1930. He explores four fundamental topics—trains and travel, train stations, railroads and community life, and the legacy of railroading in America—illustrating each with carefully chosen period illustrations. Grant recalls the lasting memories left by train travel, both of luxurious Pullman cars and the grit and grind of coal-powered locals. He discusses the important role railroads played for towns and cities across America, not only for the access they provided to distant places and distant markets but also for the depots that were a focus of community life, and reviews the lasting heritage of the railroads in our culture today. This is “an engaging book of train stories” from one of railroading’s finest historians (Choice). “Highly recommended to train buffs and others in love with early railroading.” —Library Journal “With plenty of detail, Grant brings a bygone era back to life, addressing everything from social and commercial appeal, racial and gender issues, safety concerns, and leaps in technology . . . A work that can appeal to both casual and hardcore enthusiasts.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)