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Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Stepney, a very old engine, is in charge of taking the museum cars to the Natural History Museum, but when he breaks down, Thomas doesn't want to get stuck carrying the old relics because he thinks the children will make fun of him. Original.
Author
Publisher
Howell-North Books
Pub. Date
1968
Language
English
Description
History of this California railroad, built by James G. Fair after the Gold Rush, which ran from Oakland to San Jose and on to Santa Cruz..
History of the narrow gauge railroad that ran from Alameda to Santa Cruz with a branch that ran past Felton to the redwood lumbering area. The founders were James G. Fair, who made a fortune in the Comstock mines, and Alfred E. "Hog" Davis. Founded in 1876, the S.P, was destroyed by the earthquake of 1906. History...
11) Cable cars
Author
Series
Publisher
Bridgestone Books
Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Discusses the invention, development, and operation of cable cars, particularly in the United States.
14) Confessions of a train-watcher: four decades of railroad writing : from the pages of Trains magazine
Author
Publisher
Kalmbach Books
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
16) Stations west
Author
Publisher
Caxton Printers
Pub. Date
©1972.
Language
English
Description
Rail lines through Douglas County that are discussed in chapters include the Oregon & California Railroad Company and the Coos Bay, Roseburg & Eastern Railroad and Navigation Company.
Author
Publisher
Avid Reader Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
It is remarkable now to imagine, but during the 1870s, the American West, for all its cloud-topped peaks and endless coastline, might have been barren tundra as far as most Americans knew. In 1869, the first transcontinental railroad had made history by linking East and West, but, relying heavily on federal grants, it left an opening for two brash new railroad men, the Civil War hero behind the Rio Grande and the corporate chieftain of the Santa Fe,...
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