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.
Ghosts of Gold Mountain
Author: Gordon H. Chang
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
ISBN: 1328618579
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
A groundbreaking, breathtaking history of the Chinese workers who built the Transcontinental Railroad, helping to forge modern America only to disappear into the shadows of history until now.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
ISBN: 1328618579
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
A groundbreaking, breathtaking history of the Chinese workers who built the Transcontinental Railroad, helping to forge modern America only to disappear into the shadows of history until now.
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.
Walt Disney's Railroad Story
Author:
Publisher: Carolwood Pacific LLC
ISBN: 0975858424
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
Publisher: Carolwood Pacific LLC
ISBN: 0975858424
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
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.
My Life with Trains
Author: Jim McClellan
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253024080
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
“A vivid memoir” of a long career in the industry, packed with color photos (Classic Trains). Named one of the “75 People You Should Know” by Trains Magazine, Jim McClellan was a railroading legend and one of the railroad industry’s titans. An iconic and innovative executive, McClellan participated in the creation of both Amtrak and Conrail and worked for the Norfolk Southern, the New York Central, US Railway Association, and the Federal Railroad Administration. My Life with Trains combines a world-class photographer’s love of railroading with the insights of a government and railroad official. The book provides a short historical overview of the changes in the industry, recounts McClellan’s experience at various railroads, and offers personal reflections on a lifetime of working with and chasing trains. Expertly detailed with over 250 stunning color photographs, My Life with Trains covers sixty years as observed by a legendary railroad strategist.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253024080
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
“A vivid memoir” of a long career in the industry, packed with color photos (Classic Trains). Named one of the “75 People You Should Know” by Trains Magazine, Jim McClellan was a railroading legend and one of the railroad industry’s titans. An iconic and innovative executive, McClellan participated in the creation of both Amtrak and Conrail and worked for the Norfolk Southern, the New York Central, US Railway Association, and the Federal Railroad Administration. My Life with Trains combines a world-class photographer’s love of railroading with the insights of a government and railroad official. The book provides a short historical overview of the changes in the industry, recounts McClellan’s experience at various railroads, and offers personal reflections on a lifetime of working with and chasing trains. Expertly detailed with over 250 stunning color photographs, My Life with Trains covers sixty years as observed by a legendary railroad strategist.
Mount Mitchell
Author: Jeff Lovelace
Publisher: The Overmountain Press
ISBN: 9780932807847
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Short line mountain railroads are often miracles of construction. Built primarily for shipping logs, the Mount Mitchell Railroad was no exception. Within a span of 21 miles, the road climbed 3,500 feet, but utilized only three trestles and nine switchbacks, while maintaining a grade of five and a half percent. In this richly illustrated work the author brings to life a time when Mount Mitchell was dressed in virgin timber. Access to the mountain, located in Western North Carolina, was slow and difficult; but after completion of the railroad, a timbering industry was born. The railroad also provided tourists with scenic trips along its rugged contours.
Publisher: The Overmountain Press
ISBN: 9780932807847
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Short line mountain railroads are often miracles of construction. Built primarily for shipping logs, the Mount Mitchell Railroad was no exception. Within a span of 21 miles, the road climbed 3,500 feet, but utilized only three trestles and nine switchbacks, while maintaining a grade of five and a half percent. In this richly illustrated work the author brings to life a time when Mount Mitchell was dressed in virgin timber. Access to the mountain, located in Western North Carolina, was slow and difficult; but after completion of the railroad, a timbering industry was born. The railroad also provided tourists with scenic trips along its rugged contours.
Mountain Railroads
Author: Robert S. McGonigal
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781627005937
Category : Mountain railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 121
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781627005937
Category : Mountain railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 121
Book Description
Railroads of Colorado
Author: Claude A. Wiatrowski
Publisher: Voyageur Press
ISBN: 9780896585911
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
Claude Wiatrowski, with photography by Claude Wiatrowski. Through informative text, sharp color photography, and historical black-and-white images, Railroads of Colorado invites you on a journey from the railroad's humble and hard-won beginnings to its status as a symbol of our past. Railroads of Colorado also includes ideas for exploring Colorado's railways; both the ghosts of long-gone trains that haunt the mountains and the preserved trains whose whistles still echo off those granite peaks. It also contains other helpful information--such as a map showing the routes of more than 30 Colorado rail lines and a "railroad directory," which lists the contact information for 13 operating passenger trains and trolleys.Explores the fascination these improbable railways inspire, providing the history of these unique railroads, the engineering that paved their way into the mountains, and the men who built and ran them.
Publisher: Voyageur Press
ISBN: 9780896585911
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
Claude Wiatrowski, with photography by Claude Wiatrowski. Through informative text, sharp color photography, and historical black-and-white images, Railroads of Colorado invites you on a journey from the railroad's humble and hard-won beginnings to its status as a symbol of our past. Railroads of Colorado also includes ideas for exploring Colorado's railways; both the ghosts of long-gone trains that haunt the mountains and the preserved trains whose whistles still echo off those granite peaks. It also contains other helpful information--such as a map showing the routes of more than 30 Colorado rail lines and a "railroad directory," which lists the contact information for 13 operating passenger trains and trolleys.Explores the fascination these improbable railways inspire, providing the history of these unique railroads, the engineering that paved their way into the mountains, and the men who built and ran them.