The Train Stops Here

The Train Stops Here PDF Author: Marci L. Riskin
Publisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 9780826333070
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 168

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Architect Marci Riskin explores railroad depots from New Mexico's territorial days.

The Train Stops Here

The Train Stops Here PDF Author: Marci L. Riskin
Publisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 9780826333070
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 168

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Book Description
Architect Marci Riskin explores railroad depots from New Mexico's territorial days.

The Cloud-climbing Railroad

The Cloud-climbing Railroad PDF Author: Dorothy Jensen Neal
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780874042801
Category : Logging railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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New Mexico's Railroads

New Mexico's Railroads PDF Author: David F. Myrick
Publisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 9780826311856
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 308

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From narrow-gauge lines to Amtrak, this railroad lover's book shows the importance of trains to New Mexico's heritage.

Roadside New Mexico

Roadside New Mexico PDF Author: David Pike
Publisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 9780826331182
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 444

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The people, geological features, and historic events that have made New Mexico what it is today are commemorated in over 350 historic markers along the state's roads. This guide is designed to fill in the gaps and answer the questions those markers provoke.

The Railroad Trainman

The Railroad Trainman PDF Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Labor unions
Languages : en
Pages : 888

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Railroads Across North America

Railroads Across North America PDF Author: Claude Wiatrowski
Publisher: Voyageur Press (MN)
ISBN: 9780760329764
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 264

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A lavish celebration of the glory and grandeur of the great American railroad, from the first steam-powered trains of the early 19th century to the high-speed commuter trains of today.

The Southern Pacific, 1901-1985

The Southern Pacific, 1901-1985 PDF Author: Donovan L. Hofsommer
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 9781603441278
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 404

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Don Hofsommer chronicles the twentieth-century history of a transportation giant. Here is a story of divestiture and merger, Sunset Route, and Prosperity Special. " . . . a treasure house of information about the Southern Pacific Company . . . . This book is a joy to read."--Richard C. Overton, from the Foreword

Railroad Brakemen's Journal

Railroad Brakemen's Journal PDF Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Labor unions
Languages : en
Pages : 804

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Lost Railways of the World

Lost Railways of the World PDF Author: Nigel Welbourn
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN: 1399096206
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 258

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Many readers will be familiar with Nigel Welbourn’s long running series of books, covering lost railways in Britain and Ireland. This new book Lost Railways of the World is the latest by this author on the subject of disused railways. The material for this volume has been collected and researched over a period of almost fifty years of world travel by the author. Informative text records the fortunes of the world’s lost railways and every country with significant disused railways is included. Lost railways are a unifying theme, being found throughout the world, from the hottest African desert to the coldest steppes of Russia. The book has a surprisingly British flavor as historically many railways throughout the world used British equipment and operating practices. On his first trip in the 1970s the author discovered British signaling equipment in Europe. In 2020 he discovered the same firms’ equipment in South America. The world’s top ten lost lines are listed, from the seven-mile-long sea bridge on a line that ran through the Florida Keys, to the rugged mountain splendor of the Khyber Pass Railway. Some of the oldest, largest, longest, most northerly, southerly, expensive, crookedest, steepest, highest, lowest and most notorious lost railways are included. Quirky and other unique tales from lost railways are included, such as the disappearing phantom bridge, a line destroyed by molten lava, to one that sank under the sea, another that conveyed giant turtles, to a memorial to a brave railway elephant. The author also visited remote areas of Argentina and provides more information on the mysterious disappearance of the ex-Lynton & Barnstaple Railway locomotive Lew. A large number of the 300 color illustrations have not been published before, maps and stories from around the world will delight not only the railway enthusiast, but appeal to a wider cadre of readers with an interest in nostalgia, history, geography and travel. To some the book will be an informative source of information, to others it is written in a way that highlights the most amazing lost railways in the world, but either way it is a fascinating and unique book.

Alamogordo

Alamogordo PDF Author: Peter L. Eidenbach
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439625964
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 132

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In 1898, the El Paso and Northeastern Railroad established New Mexicos first preplanned development community at Alamogordo. This city and its satellite communities of Tularosa, La Luz, and Cloudcroft are the only urban settlements in an area almost as large as Connecticutthe vast deserts and mountains of the Tularosa Basin are where people climb for water and dig for wood. Alamogordo became the county seat after Otero County was created to modify the trial venue for the murder of Albert Fountain and his son Henry. West Texas ranching families moved into the Tularosa Basin in the 1880s and depended on ranching, farming, and tourism until World War II led to the creation of the Alamogordo Army Air Field (Holloman Air Force Base) and White Sands Proving Ground, the birthplace of the U.S. space and missile program. The first atomic explosion, Trinity, took place in White Sands northwest corner on July 16, 1945. Col. John Stapp, pioneer of aerospace medicine, rode rocket sleds at the Holloman Test Track, leading to modern automotive seat belts.