Author: Karl Zimmerman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781610603621
Category : Burlington Northern Railroad Company
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
This authoritative, illustrated history of the Zephyr fleet examines the trains, their motive power and landmark streamlined designs, rolling stock (including the Vista-Dome, generally considered the first successful dome car), and services. Dozens of black-and-white archival images and period color photographs depict Zephyrs along routes throughout the Midwest, Rocky Mountains, Pacific Coast, and Texas, as well as Burlington uniforms, dinnerware, stations and terminals, and interior views of cars. In the process, the book provides a dramatic visual account of train travel's decline throughout the century. Also featured are period advertisements, and route maps, timetables, and menus.
Burlington's Zephyrs
Author: Karl Zimmerman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781610603621
Category : Burlington Northern Railroad Company
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
This authoritative, illustrated history of the Zephyr fleet examines the trains, their motive power and landmark streamlined designs, rolling stock (including the Vista-Dome, generally considered the first successful dome car), and services. Dozens of black-and-white archival images and period color photographs depict Zephyrs along routes throughout the Midwest, Rocky Mountains, Pacific Coast, and Texas, as well as Burlington uniforms, dinnerware, stations and terminals, and interior views of cars. In the process, the book provides a dramatic visual account of train travel's decline throughout the century. Also featured are period advertisements, and route maps, timetables, and menus.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781610603621
Category : Burlington Northern Railroad Company
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
This authoritative, illustrated history of the Zephyr fleet examines the trains, their motive power and landmark streamlined designs, rolling stock (including the Vista-Dome, generally considered the first successful dome car), and services. Dozens of black-and-white archival images and period color photographs depict Zephyrs along routes throughout the Midwest, Rocky Mountains, Pacific Coast, and Texas, as well as Burlington uniforms, dinnerware, stations and terminals, and interior views of cars. In the process, the book provides a dramatic visual account of train travel's decline throughout the century. Also featured are period advertisements, and route maps, timetables, and menus.
Railfan & Railroad
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 852
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 852
Book Description
Original Challenger and Barracuda 1970-1974
Author: Jim Schild James J. Schild
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781610591270
Category : Barracuda automobile
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Renowned for their sleek shapes and prodigiously powerful engines, the Chrysler corporation's Challenger and Barracuda were among the top cars of the muscle car era. This book will demonstrate the correct parts, finishes, options, and trim pieces for all the versions of the E-body Dodge Challenger and Plymouth Barracuda, which appeared from 1970 to 1974. Especially important to this are the variety of engine options available, including the hemispherical-head engines-Hemis-that are so crucial to the mystique of these muscle cars.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781610591270
Category : Barracuda automobile
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Renowned for their sleek shapes and prodigiously powerful engines, the Chrysler corporation's Challenger and Barracuda were among the top cars of the muscle car era. This book will demonstrate the correct parts, finishes, options, and trim pieces for all the versions of the E-body Dodge Challenger and Plymouth Barracuda, which appeared from 1970 to 1974. Especially important to this are the variety of engine options available, including the hemispherical-head engines-Hemis-that are so crucial to the mystique of these muscle cars.
Reading Stories for Comprehension Success
Author: Katherine L. Hall
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0787975540
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
A flexible, high-interest program that can be used with all regulare and special students, grades 10-12. Each volume provides over 45 factual stories with related teaching materials, 15 at each level.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0787975540
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
A flexible, high-interest program that can be used with all regulare and special students, grades 10-12. Each volume provides over 45 factual stories with related teaching materials, 15 at each level.
National Railway Bulletin
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Burlington Route Streamlined Observation Cars
Author: Jonathan Boyle
Publisher: TLC Publishing
ISBN: 9780976620167
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In 80 pages, with scores of photos and drawings, author Jonathan Boyle, Sr., chronicles the life of Burlington's premier cars of the streamlined era, the observation cars that brought up the rear of the great trains and carried their names --the "signature" cars of the fleet.
Publisher: TLC Publishing
ISBN: 9780976620167
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In 80 pages, with scores of photos and drawings, author Jonathan Boyle, Sr., chronicles the life of Burlington's premier cars of the streamlined era, the observation cars that brought up the rear of the great trains and carried their names --the "signature" cars of the fleet.
Classic American Railroad Terminals
Author: Kevin J. Holland
Publisher: Motorbooks International
ISBN: 0760308322
Category : Railroad terminals
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
A blend of archival photos combine with modern color shots to relate the stories behind the design, the architecture, and the use of terminals like Grand Central Station and Pennsylvania Station in New York City, and Washington, D.C.'s Union Station. 150 photos.
Publisher: Motorbooks International
ISBN: 0760308322
Category : Railroad terminals
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
A blend of archival photos combine with modern color shots to relate the stories behind the design, the architecture, and the use of terminals like Grand Central Station and Pennsylvania Station in New York City, and Washington, D.C.'s Union Station. 150 photos.
The Complete Book of North American Railroading
Author: Kevin EuDaly
Publisher: Crestline Books
ISBN: 0785833897
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 355
Book Description
Celebrate over 150 years of the North American railroad with this visual history. You'll be amazed by over 400 modern and vintages photographs of these trains!
Publisher: Crestline Books
ISBN: 0785833897
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 355
Book Description
Celebrate over 150 years of the North American railroad with this visual history. You'll be amazed by over 400 modern and vintages photographs of these trains!
The Libby Family in America, 1602-1881
Author: Charles Thornton Libby
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385483484
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 710
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385483484
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 710
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.
Classic Railroad Scenes: Railroads at Work Hard Cover
Author: Art Peterson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781627008631
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Art Peterson is back with more color images from his Krambles-Peterson Archive. This book focuses on freight railroading and features scenes of switching and trains in industrial areas in the Transition and Classic eras. Large photos and in depth captions go beyond just telling what's in the photo - they put the images in context with the greater railroad scene as well as what was going on in the larger society.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781627008631
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Art Peterson is back with more color images from his Krambles-Peterson Archive. This book focuses on freight railroading and features scenes of switching and trains in industrial areas in the Transition and Classic eras. Large photos and in depth captions go beyond just telling what's in the photo - they put the images in context with the greater railroad scene as well as what was going on in the larger society.