Author: Carla Johnson
Publisher: J. & L. Lee Company
ISBN: 9780934904445
Category : Railroad stations
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Union Pacific and Omaha Union Station
Author: Carla Johnson
Publisher: J. & L. Lee Company
ISBN: 9780934904445
Category : Railroad stations
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher: J. & L. Lee Company
ISBN: 9780934904445
Category : Railroad stations
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Railroads of Omaha and Council Bluffs
Author: William Kratville
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738520421
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Well into the 20th century, the railroad industry implemented a series of great technological changes that revolutionized rail transit in America. The twin cities of Omaha and Council Bluffs, serving as Union Pacific headquarters and the nation's nucleus of continental train travel, witnessed the bulk of these changes. Through a collection of captivating photographs, Railroads of Omaha and Council Bluffs documents the transformations that took place in the railroad industry and the impact those changes made on these two cities, as well as the rest of the country. The creation of the "streamlined" passenger train, the transition from steam to diesel power, the golden years of Omaha's Union Station, and the revolution of railroad freight service through mergers and government deregulation are just some of the events explored in this fascinating book.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738520421
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Well into the 20th century, the railroad industry implemented a series of great technological changes that revolutionized rail transit in America. The twin cities of Omaha and Council Bluffs, serving as Union Pacific headquarters and the nation's nucleus of continental train travel, witnessed the bulk of these changes. Through a collection of captivating photographs, Railroads of Omaha and Council Bluffs documents the transformations that took place in the railroad industry and the impact those changes made on these two cities, as well as the rest of the country. The creation of the "streamlined" passenger train, the transition from steam to diesel power, the golden years of Omaha's Union Station, and the revolution of railroad freight service through mergers and government deregulation are just some of the events explored in this fascinating book.
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.
The Official Railway Guide
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 1302
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 1302
Book Description
Once Upon a Town
Author: Bob Greene
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061751278
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
In search of "the best America there ever was," bestselling author and award-winning journalist Bob Greene finds it in a small Nebraska town few people pass through today—a town where Greene discovers the echoes of the most touching love story imaginable: a love story between a country and its sons. During World War II, American soldiers from every city and walk of life rolled through North Platte, Nebraska, on troop trains en route to their ultimate destinations in Europe and the Pacific. The tiny town, wanting to offer the servicemen warmth and support, transformed its modest railroad depot into the North Platte Canteen. Every day of the year, every day of the war, the Canteen—staffed and funded entirely by local volunteers—was open from five a.m. until the last troop train of the day pulled away after midnight. Astonishingly, this remote plains community of only 12,000 people provided welcoming words, friendship, and baskets of food and treats to more than six million GIs by the time the war ended. In this poignant and heartwarming eyewitness history, based on interviews with North Platte residents and the soldiers who once passed through, Bob Greene tells a classic, lost-in-the-mists-of-time American story of a grateful country honoring its brave and dedicated sons.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061751278
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
In search of "the best America there ever was," bestselling author and award-winning journalist Bob Greene finds it in a small Nebraska town few people pass through today—a town where Greene discovers the echoes of the most touching love story imaginable: a love story between a country and its sons. During World War II, American soldiers from every city and walk of life rolled through North Platte, Nebraska, on troop trains en route to their ultimate destinations in Europe and the Pacific. The tiny town, wanting to offer the servicemen warmth and support, transformed its modest railroad depot into the North Platte Canteen. Every day of the year, every day of the war, the Canteen—staffed and funded entirely by local volunteers—was open from five a.m. until the last troop train of the day pulled away after midnight. Astonishingly, this remote plains community of only 12,000 people provided welcoming words, friendship, and baskets of food and treats to more than six million GIs by the time the war ended. In this poignant and heartwarming eyewitness history, based on interviews with North Platte residents and the soldiers who once passed through, Bob Greene tells a classic, lost-in-the-mists-of-time American story of a grateful country honoring its brave and dedicated sons.
Railroad Stations in Nebraska
Author: James J. Reisdorff
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780960956814
Category : Railroad stations
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780960956814
Category : Railroad stations
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Burlington Northern Adventures
Author: William J. Brotherton
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780942035681
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 159
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780942035681
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 159
Book Description
Outline Description of U.S. Military Posts and Stations in the Year 1871
Author: United States. Quartermaster's Department
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military bases
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military bases
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
The Monitor Guide to Post Offices and Railroad Stations in the United States and Canada, 1876
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Shippers' guides
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Shippers' guides
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Outline Description of U. S. Military Posts and Stations
Author: Anonymous
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3382154420
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1872. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3382154420
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1872. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.