Author: Randal O'Toole
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781944424947
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
American transportation has undergone many technological revolutions: from sailing ships to steam ships; from passenger trains and urban rail transit to airplanes and automobiles. Normally, the government has allowed and even encouraged these revolutions, but for some reason the federal government is spending billions of dollars trying to preserve and build obsolete rail transit and passenger train lines, including high-speed trains that cost more but are less than half as fast as flying. O'Toole asks why passenger trains have been singled out -- and whether this policy makes sense. -- adapted from jacket
Romance of the Rails
Author: Randal O'Toole
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781944424947
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
American transportation has undergone many technological revolutions: from sailing ships to steam ships; from passenger trains and urban rail transit to airplanes and automobiles. Normally, the government has allowed and even encouraged these revolutions, but for some reason the federal government is spending billions of dollars trying to preserve and build obsolete rail transit and passenger train lines, including high-speed trains that cost more but are less than half as fast as flying. O'Toole asks why passenger trains have been singled out -- and whether this policy makes sense. -- adapted from jacket
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781944424947
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
American transportation has undergone many technological revolutions: from sailing ships to steam ships; from passenger trains and urban rail transit to airplanes and automobiles. Normally, the government has allowed and even encouraged these revolutions, but for some reason the federal government is spending billions of dollars trying to preserve and build obsolete rail transit and passenger train lines, including high-speed trains that cost more but are less than half as fast as flying. O'Toole asks why passenger trains have been singled out -- and whether this policy makes sense. -- adapted from jacket
The Romance of the Rails. [With Plates.].
Author: Agnes Christina LAUT
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
The Romance of the Rails
Author: Agnes C. Laut
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Whispers Along the Rails (Postcards From Pullman Book #2)
Author: Judith Miller
Publisher: Bethany House
ISBN: 1441202447
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 381
Book Description
Olivia Mott finds herself juggling two jobs: her assistant chef position at Hotel Florence and her undercover work for the Pullman Rail Car Company. Olivia thinks the suggestions she relays to Pullman's town manager are being used to improve conditions for workers and save the company money, but is something much more sinister happening behind the scenes? Several months have passed since Lady Charlotte fled to Chicago, leaving her infant son in Olivia's care. Now Charlotte's money has run out. A kindly woman offers her a place to live and secures her a position at Marshall Field's store, but Charlotte's heart can't forget the past. Dare she return to Pullman to find out what happened to her baby?
Publisher: Bethany House
ISBN: 1441202447
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 381
Book Description
Olivia Mott finds herself juggling two jobs: her assistant chef position at Hotel Florence and her undercover work for the Pullman Rail Car Company. Olivia thinks the suggestions she relays to Pullman's town manager are being used to improve conditions for workers and save the company money, but is something much more sinister happening behind the scenes? Several months have passed since Lady Charlotte fled to Chicago, leaving her infant son in Olivia's care. Now Charlotte's money has run out. A kindly woman offers her a place to live and secures her a position at Marshall Field's store, but Charlotte's heart can't forget the past. Dare she return to Pullman to find out what happened to her baby?
The romance of the rails
Author: Agnes Christina Laut
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : fr
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : fr
Pages :
Book Description
Rails Across Dixie
Author: Jim Cox
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786461756
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 477
Book Description
Covering legendary and obscure intercity passenger trains in a dozen Southeastern states, this book details the golden age of train travel. The story begins with the inception of steam locomotives in 1830 in Charleston, South Carolina, continuing through the mid-1930s changeover to diesel and the debut of Amtrak in 1971 to the present. Throughout, the book explores the technological achievements, the romance and the economic impact of traveling on the tracks. Other topics include contemporary museums and excursion trains; the development of commuter rails, monorails, light rails, and other intracity transit trains; the social impact of train travel; and historical rail terminals and facilities. The book is supplemented with more than 160 images and 10 appendices.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786461756
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 477
Book Description
Covering legendary and obscure intercity passenger trains in a dozen Southeastern states, this book details the golden age of train travel. The story begins with the inception of steam locomotives in 1830 in Charleston, South Carolina, continuing through the mid-1930s changeover to diesel and the debut of Amtrak in 1971 to the present. Throughout, the book explores the technological achievements, the romance and the economic impact of traveling on the tracks. Other topics include contemporary museums and excursion trains; the development of commuter rails, monorails, light rails, and other intracity transit trains; the social impact of train travel; and historical rail terminals and facilities. The book is supplemented with more than 160 images and 10 appendices.
The Romance of the Rails
Author: Agnes C. Laut
Publisher: New York : R.M. McBride & Company
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Publisher: New York : R.M. McBride & Company
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
The Romance of the Rails
Author: Agnes C. Laut
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781258952488
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 642
Book Description
This is a new release of the original 1936 edition.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781258952488
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 642
Book Description
This is a new release of the original 1936 edition.
Romance on the Rails
Author: Wanda E. Brunstetter
Publisher: Barbour Publishing
ISBN: 9781586602963
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Four romance stories of women who face crisis while traveling on the train.
Publisher: Barbour Publishing
ISBN: 9781586602963
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Four romance stories of women who face crisis while traveling on the train.
Riding the Rails
Author: Errol Lincoln Uys
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135942293
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
Through letters and photographs, profiles teenagers who hopped the freight trains during the Great Depression in order to find adventure, seek employment, or escape poverty.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135942293
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
Through letters and photographs, profiles teenagers who hopped the freight trains during the Great Depression in order to find adventure, seek employment, or escape poverty.