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1) The trains we rode

Author

Language

English

Description

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The famous railroad terminals and passenger runs are pictured and descibed in this history of railroad travel.

2) Western Pacific trackside with Bob Larson

Author

Publisher

Morning Sun Books

Pub. Date

1999.

Language

English

3) Western Pacific pictorial

Author

Ryczkowski, John J

Publisher

Steel Rails West Pub

Pub. Date

1979

Language

English

4) Nothing like it in the world: the men who built the transcontinental railroad, 1863-1869

Author

Ambrose, Stephen E

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IL: UG - BL: 8.5 - AR Pts: 28

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

Description

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In this New York Times bestseller, Stephen Ambrose brings to life the story of the building of the transcontinental railroad, from the men who financed it to the engineers and surveyors who risked their lives to the workers who signed on for the dangerous job.
Nothing Like It in the World gives the account of an unprecedented feat of engineering, vision, and courage. It is the story of the men who built the transcontinental...

5) The American passenger train

Author

Publisher

Haynes

Pub. Date

c2001

Language

English

6) Images of Western railroading

Author

Schmollinger, Steve

Publisher

MBI

Pub. Date

2003.

Language

English

7) The American train depot & roundhouse

Author

Halberstadt, Hans

Publisher

Motorbooks International

Pub. Date

1995

Language

English

8) American passenger trains and locomotives illustrated

Author

Publisher

Voyageur Press

Pub. Date

c2008

Language

English

9) Tragic train, "the City of San Francisco"

Author

DeNevi, Donald P

Publisher

Superior Pub. Company

Pub. Date

[1977]

Language

English

10) Southern Pacific passenger trains

Author

Series

Great passenger trains

Publisher

MBI Pub

Pub. Date

2005.

Language

English

11) The country railroad station in America

Author

Grant, H. Roger

Publisher

Pruett Pub. Co

Pub. Date

c1978

Language

English

12) Illustrated history of North American railroads: from 1830 to the present day

Author

Publisher

Chartwell Books

Pub. Date

[1996]

Language

English

Description

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Summary: A comprehensive overview of the development of railroads in Canada and the United States from 1830 to the present day.

13) Portrait of the rails: from steam to diesel

Author

Publisher

New York Graphic Society

Pub. Date

[1972]

Language

English

14) Southern Pacific

Author

Publisher

Bonanza Books

Pub. Date

c1985

Language

English

15) American railroads

Author

Hollingsworth, J. B

Publisher

Bison Books Ltd

Pub. Date

c1977

Language

English

16) Great trains of North America

Publisher

Hamlyn : New English Library

Pub. Date

[1975]

Language

English

17) The railroad never sleeps: 24 hours in the life of modern railroading

Publisher

MBI Pub. Company

Pub. Date

©2008.

Language

English

18) The Routledge historical atlas of the American railroads

Author

Series

Routledge atlases of American history

Publisher

Routledge

Pub. Date

1999.

Language

English

19) The iron horse at war: the United States Government's photodocumentary project on American railroading juring the Second World War

Author

Publisher

Howell-North Books

Pub. Date

[1977]

Language

English

20) Landmarks on the iron road: two centuries of North American railroad engineering

Author

Middleton, William D

Publisher

Indiana University Press

Pub. Date

2011

Language

English

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