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  • Early Japanese Railways 1853-1914

    Engineering Triumphs That Transformed Meiji-era Japan

    by Dan Free ...
    Early Japanese Railways 1853-1914 is a cultural and engineering history of railway building in Japan during the Meiji era.The importance of early railways in the industrialization of the United States and Europe is a fact all of us are familiar with. To witness the amazing parallel development of the railways in Japan, happening at much the same time as America was connecting its vast hinterland ... Read more

    $12.29 USD

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  • Rails Across the Prairies

    The Railway Heritage of Canada’s Prairie Provinces

    by Ron Brown ...
    Rails Across the Prairies traces the evolution of Canada's rail network, including the appearance of the first steam engine on the back of a barge. The book looks at the arrival of European settlers before the railway and examines how they coped by using ferry services on the Assiniboine and North Saskatchewan Rivers. The work then follows the building of the railways, the rivalries of their ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Rails Across Canada

    The History of Canadian Pacific and Canadian National Railways

    by Tom Murray ...
    Few stories in the annals of railroading are as compelling as the construction, evolution, and astounding successes of the Canadian Pacific and Canadian National railways. This sprawling volume combines two of Voyageur Press' most successful Railroad Color History titles into one volume taking in the grand scope of both railroads. Author Tom Murray presents fastidiously researched and concisely ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • American Passenger Trains and Locomotives Illustrated

    by Mark Wegman ...
    The period from the 1890s to the mid-1950s is generally considered the "golden era" of passenger rail travel in America. It was a time of celebrated locomotives and luxurious passenger service, a time when rail technology saw its greatest advances and railroads became the nation's favored mode of transportation. These glory years come alive in American Passenger Trains and Locomotives Illustrated, ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • The Greatest Railroad Story Ever Told

    Henry Flagler & the Florida East Coast Railway's Key West Extension

    by Seth H. Bramson ...
    All aboard for the history of one of the most audacious and innovative railroad engineering feats in history from the celebrated Floridian author.Although several people had considered constructing a railroad to Key West beginning in the early 1800s, it took a bold industrialist with unparalleled vision to make it happen. In 1902, Henry Flagler made the decision to extend the Florida East Coast ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The 1852 Guide to the Great Western Railway

    by George Measom ...
    When George Measom wrote his bestselling Illustrated Guide to the Great Western Railway in 1852, Brunel’s railway line between London and Bristol had been fully opened just eleven years. The Great Exhibition of the previous year had attracted six million visitors, many of whom had travelled to it by rail. This was the true Age of the Train. His guide is alive with an atmosphere of bustle and steam ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Rails Over the Mountains

    Exploring the Railway Heritage of Canada's Western Mountains

    by Ron Brown ...
    Journey through the engineering marvels, stations, and heritage sites of Canada’s western mountains.Ride the rails through Canada’s western mountains to explore the many vestiges of the region’s spectacular and surprising railway heritage. Here is where grand railway hotels were built to attract tourists to the West’s beautiful scenery and bring profit to the railway lines as well. Rustic stations ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway

    by James E. Casto ...
    Series series Images of Rail
    In the late 1860s, the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) pushed its first tracks westward from Virginia's Tidewater region across the mountains into what was then the new state of West Virginia. Ultimately its tracks stretched across a half-dozen states and even into Canada. Appalachian coal was the C&O's primary cargo, but its fast freights carried shipments of all kinds, and its crack passenger ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Nevada's Virginia & Truckee Railroad

    by Stephen E. Drew ...
    Series series Images of Rail
    The Virginia & Truckee is the most famous short line railroad in American history. Brainchild of William Sharon and the Bank of California, the V&T hauled the silver and gold ore, the cordwood, and the mining timbers that made the 1870s �Big Bonanza� a reality. From the state capital at Carson City, V&T rails stretched 66 miles to Virginia City, Reno, and Minden, Nevada. Serving the transportation ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • AutoCAD Civil 3D - Roads Design

    by Mohamed Ali Elgaily ...
    By this EBook you can design roads by AutoCAD Civil 3D, easily and quickly according to AASHTO, it is quick reference to roads geometric design. ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

  • Roanoke Locomotive Shops and the Norfolk & Western Railroad

    by Wayne McKinney ...
    Series series Images of Rail
    In the history of the steam locomotive Roanoke Machine Works played a key part. Take a look at this important economic center of the New South. Roanoke Shops has been an indispensable part of the Roanoke Valley and the "Magic City" for more than 125 years. Founded in 1881 as an independent company, Roanoke Machine Works built new locomotives and cars for the Shenandoah Valley and Norfolk & Western ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • British Diesel Locomotives of the 1950s and ‘60s

    by Greg Morse ...
    Series Book 825 - Shire Library
    A beautifully illustrated guide to the trains that took over as the Age of Steam was drawing to a close in the 1950s. Ideal for anyone interested in Britain's railways and the evolution of rail transport.After the Second World War, the drive for the modernisation of Britain's railways ushered in a new breed of locomotive: the Diesel. Diesel-powered trains had been around for some time, but faced ... Read more

    $9.89 USD