Author: Russell Roberts
Publisher: Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc.
ISBN: 1612283640
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
There was once a time when the idea of a transcontinental railroad was considered foolish—a waste of time and resources. After all, what use was a railroad through the desolate regions of western America? However, as the United States began to expand and more and more settlers made their way west by horseback or covered wagon, the concept of a railroad spanning the country made more and more sense. Finally, in the midst of an epic civil war, President Abraham Lincoln signed the law that called for the building of a transcontinental railroad. There were many obstacles for the railroad builders to overcome. Harsh weather, mountains, hostile attacks, and even a lack of manpower were just some of the problems that had to be overcome. However, eventually the railroad builders triumphed, and finally train whistles could be heard echoing over the once quiet landscape of the western United States.
The Railroad Fuels Westward Expansion (1870s)
Author: Russell Roberts
Publisher: Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc.
ISBN: 1612283640
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
There was once a time when the idea of a transcontinental railroad was considered foolish—a waste of time and resources. After all, what use was a railroad through the desolate regions of western America? However, as the United States began to expand and more and more settlers made their way west by horseback or covered wagon, the concept of a railroad spanning the country made more and more sense. Finally, in the midst of an epic civil war, President Abraham Lincoln signed the law that called for the building of a transcontinental railroad. There were many obstacles for the railroad builders to overcome. Harsh weather, mountains, hostile attacks, and even a lack of manpower were just some of the problems that had to be overcome. However, eventually the railroad builders triumphed, and finally train whistles could be heard echoing over the once quiet landscape of the western United States.
Publisher: Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc.
ISBN: 1612283640
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
There was once a time when the idea of a transcontinental railroad was considered foolish—a waste of time and resources. After all, what use was a railroad through the desolate regions of western America? However, as the United States began to expand and more and more settlers made their way west by horseback or covered wagon, the concept of a railroad spanning the country made more and more sense. Finally, in the midst of an epic civil war, President Abraham Lincoln signed the law that called for the building of a transcontinental railroad. There were many obstacles for the railroad builders to overcome. Harsh weather, mountains, hostile attacks, and even a lack of manpower were just some of the problems that had to be overcome. However, eventually the railroad builders triumphed, and finally train whistles could be heard echoing over the once quiet landscape of the western United States.
Rail
Author: Kai Carlson-Wee
Publisher: Poulin, Jr. New Poets of Ameri
ISBN: 9781942683582
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
A spiritual journey across the railways and backroads of the American West.
Publisher: Poulin, Jr. New Poets of Ameri
ISBN: 9781942683582
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
A spiritual journey across the railways and backroads of the American West.
Train
Author: Elisha Cooper
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 1338137808
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
A night train, a freight train, a high-speed train. Racing across the country, from coast to coast. All aboard!Climb aboard a red-striped Commuter Train in the East. Switch to a blue Passenger Train rolling through midwestern farmland. Then hop on a Freight Train, soar over mountains on an Overnight Train, and finish on a High-Speed Train as it races to the West Coast.Trains are moving. Fast and loud, colorful and powerful. Experience their sights, sounds, smells--and the engineers and conductors who make them go--as they roll across the country.
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 1338137808
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
A night train, a freight train, a high-speed train. Racing across the country, from coast to coast. All aboard!Climb aboard a red-striped Commuter Train in the East. Switch to a blue Passenger Train rolling through midwestern farmland. Then hop on a Freight Train, soar over mountains on an Overnight Train, and finish on a High-Speed Train as it races to the West Coast.Trains are moving. Fast and loud, colorful and powerful. Experience their sights, sounds, smells--and the engineers and conductors who make them go--as they roll across the country.
Westward
Author: Mark Ruwedel
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300141344
Category : Landscape
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A collection of photographs taken of abandoned railroad lines, built since 1869, landforms and ruins created by the railroads including cuts, grades, collapsed tunnels and derelict trestles.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300141344
Category : Landscape
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A collection of photographs taken of abandoned railroad lines, built since 1869, landforms and ruins created by the railroads including cuts, grades, collapsed tunnels and derelict trestles.
Bulletin
Author: American Railway Engineering Association
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroad engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1356
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroad engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1356
Book Description
Empire's Tracks
Author: Manu Karuka
Publisher: University of California Press
ISBN: 0520296648
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Empire’s Tracks boldly reframes the history of the transcontinental railroad from the perspectives of the Cheyenne, Lakota, and Pawnee Native American tribes, and the Chinese migrants who toiled on its path. In this meticulously researched book, Manu Karuka situates the railroad within the violent global histories of colonialism and capitalism. Through an examination of legislative, military, and business records, Karuka deftly explains the imperial foundations of U.S. political economy. Tracing the shared paths of Indigenous and Asian American histories, this multisited interdisciplinary study connects military occupation to exclusionary border policies, a linked chain spanning the heart of U.S. imperialism. This highly original and beautifully wrought book unveils how the transcontinental railroad laid the tracks of the U.S. Empire.
Publisher: University of California Press
ISBN: 0520296648
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Empire’s Tracks boldly reframes the history of the transcontinental railroad from the perspectives of the Cheyenne, Lakota, and Pawnee Native American tribes, and the Chinese migrants who toiled on its path. In this meticulously researched book, Manu Karuka situates the railroad within the violent global histories of colonialism and capitalism. Through an examination of legislative, military, and business records, Karuka deftly explains the imperial foundations of U.S. political economy. Tracing the shared paths of Indigenous and Asian American histories, this multisited interdisciplinary study connects military occupation to exclusionary border policies, a linked chain spanning the heart of U.S. imperialism. This highly original and beautifully wrought book unveils how the transcontinental railroad laid the tracks of the U.S. Empire.
Railroads
Author: Eliot Jones
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroad law
Languages : en
Pages : 908
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroad law
Languages : en
Pages : 908
Book Description
Pioneer railroad the story of the Chicago and North Western System
Author: Robert Joseph Casey
Publisher: Robert Joseph Casey
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Pioneer railroad the story of the Chicago and North Western System.
Publisher: Robert Joseph Casey
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Pioneer railroad the story of the Chicago and North Western System.
Railway Signaling and Communications
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
The American Reports
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 774
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 774
Book Description