Author: William Gould
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
An entertaining and historical account of Gould's life as a railroad engineer. His fifty-year career spanned the transition from steam engines to diesel locamotives.
My Life On Mountain Railroads
Author: William Gould
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
An entertaining and historical account of Gould's life as a railroad engineer. His fifty-year career spanned the transition from steam engines to diesel locamotives.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
An entertaining and historical account of Gould's life as a railroad engineer. His fifty-year career spanned the transition from steam engines to diesel locamotives.
My Life On Mountain Railroads
Author: William Gould
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
An entertaining and historical account of Gould's life as a railroad engineer. His fifty-year career spanned the transition from steam engines to diesel locamotives.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
An entertaining and historical account of Gould's life as a railroad engineer. His fifty-year career spanned the transition from steam engines to diesel locamotives.
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.
Ghosts of Gold Mountain
Author: Gordon H. Chang
Publisher: Mariner Books
ISBN: 1328618579
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
Guangdong -- Gold Mountain -- Central Pacific -- Foothills -- The High Sierra -- The Summit -- The Strike -- Truckee -- The Golden Spike -- Beyond Promontory.
Publisher: Mariner Books
ISBN: 1328618579
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
Guangdong -- Gold Mountain -- Central Pacific -- Foothills -- The High Sierra -- The Summit -- The Strike -- Truckee -- The Golden Spike -- Beyond Promontory.
Rip Van Winkle Railroads
Author: William F. Helmer
Publisher: Berkeley, Calif. : Howell-North Books
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
"These four railroads/railways steamed in the Catskill Mountains of New York State and were primarily passenger carriers. For forty years these operations connected with the steams of the Hudson River Day Line, the Catskill Night Line, the N. Y. C. & Hudson River Railroad and the West Shore Railroad."--Flap.
Publisher: Berkeley, Calif. : Howell-North Books
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
"These four railroads/railways steamed in the Catskill Mountains of New York State and were primarily passenger carriers. For forty years these operations connected with the steams of the Hudson River Day Line, the Catskill Night Line, the N. Y. C. & Hudson River Railroad and the West Shore Railroad."--Flap.
Mixed Train Daily
Author: Lucius Beebe
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
The Train of Tomorrow
Author: Ric Morgan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Complete history of the Train Of Tomorrow from concept to rescue
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Complete history of the Train Of Tomorrow from concept to rescue
All Aboard!
Author: Jim Loomis
Publisher: Prima Lifestyles
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Longtime rail enthusiast and travel writer Jim Loomis has assembled a practical guide that lauds the joys of stress-free train travel. With information about booking, schedules, on-board etiquette, and more, the book also features a fascinating history of railroading in North America. Maps.
Publisher: Prima Lifestyles
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Longtime rail enthusiast and travel writer Jim Loomis has assembled a practical guide that lauds the joys of stress-free train travel. With information about booking, schedules, on-board etiquette, and more, the book also features a fascinating history of railroading in North America. Maps.
Ghost Train
Author: Anne Capeci
Publisher: Holiday House
ISBN: 1561459666
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 103
Book Description
This third book in the Cascade Mountain Railroad Mysteries series, based on a page from American history, follows a trio of mischievous and determined young crime solvers. It is 1926 in the remote camp town of Scenic, Washington, and Billy, Dannie, and Finn have more on their minds than the upcoming Fourth of July pageant. When Billy finds a mysterious burlap sack containing a threatening note, he and his best friends have a brand new case to solve. The trail leads the trio to a planned railroad heist of a special train carrying raw silk worth millions from the Seattle shipyards to the East Coast textile mills. But time is running out as the three friends frantically search for clues to the identity of the robber before the targeted "ghost train" passes through Scenic. Anne Capeci's fast-paced historical series offers young readers a satisfying mystery, well-drawn characters, and an authentic portrait of the rough and tumble life of a western camp town in the 1920s.
Publisher: Holiday House
ISBN: 1561459666
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 103
Book Description
This third book in the Cascade Mountain Railroad Mysteries series, based on a page from American history, follows a trio of mischievous and determined young crime solvers. It is 1926 in the remote camp town of Scenic, Washington, and Billy, Dannie, and Finn have more on their minds than the upcoming Fourth of July pageant. When Billy finds a mysterious burlap sack containing a threatening note, he and his best friends have a brand new case to solve. The trail leads the trio to a planned railroad heist of a special train carrying raw silk worth millions from the Seattle shipyards to the East Coast textile mills. But time is running out as the three friends frantically search for clues to the identity of the robber before the targeted "ghost train" passes through Scenic. Anne Capeci's fast-paced historical series offers young readers a satisfying mystery, well-drawn characters, and an authentic portrait of the rough and tumble life of a western camp town in the 1920s.
Uintah Railway
Author: Henry E. Bender
Publisher: Heimburger House Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780911581362
Category : Mine railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Uintah rail line, one of the last of the narrow gauge railroads, was a steep, tortuous line built to haul gilsonite, a unique asphalt deposit in the Colorado Rockies. ETHS graduate, Bender, presents a well researched study.
Publisher: Heimburger House Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780911581362
Category : Mine railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Uintah rail line, one of the last of the narrow gauge railroads, was a steep, tortuous line built to haul gilsonite, a unique asphalt deposit in the Colorado Rockies. ETHS graduate, Bender, presents a well researched study.