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  • Nilgiri Mountain Railway (NMR)

    From Lifeline to Oblivion

    by V.M. Govind Krishnan ...
    This book is a tribute to the relentless campaign by railway enthusiasts and the public of the Nilgiri Hills to keep the beautiful engineering marvel in running condition. Their untiring effort continues to this day, and it is largely due to this, that the unique railway was recognized as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO on July 15, 2005.This is a rare compilation of published materials on NMR, ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

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  • Nothing Like It In the World

    The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869

    by Stephen E. Ambrose ...
    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 ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • 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

    $21.59 USD

  • Hear That Lonesome Whistle Blow: The Epic Story of the Transcontinental Railroads

    The Epic Story of the Transcontinental Railroads

    by Dee Brown ...
    A fascinating and atmospheric history of the transcontinental railroad—the nineteenth century’s greatest and most relentless feat of national expansionHear that Lonesome Whistle Blow unspools the history of the beginnings of the American railroad system. By the mid-nineteenth century, settlers in Missouri and California were separated by a vast landscape that dwarfed and isolated them, conquerable ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • End of the Line

    The 1857 Train Wreck at the Desjardins Canal Bridge

    by Don McIver ...
    In 1857, the Desjardins Canal bridge collapsed under a Toronto-to-Hamilton train, creating one of the worst railway wrecks in North American history. Sixty lives, including that of the main contractor, were lost. The story of how the Great Western Railway was conceived, where it was located, and how it was constructed is replete with high irony covering political intrigue, commercial skullduggery, ... Read more

    $8.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Lambourn Valley Railway - Stations of the Great Western Railway GWR

    Stations of the Great Western Railway, #10

    by Charles Darvelle ...
    Series Book 10 - Stations of the Great Western Railway
    A charming history of one of the long closed rural branch lines on the Great Western Railway. The Lambourn Valley was one of the most quintessentially English branch lines in the days of steam.The Lambourn Valley Railway was born as an independent little railway that ran from Newbury up Berkshire's scenic Lambourn Valley to Lambourn. On the way it passed through 9 rural stations and ran through ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Lambourn - Stations of the Great Western Railway

    Stations of the Great Western Railway, #5

    by Charles Darvelle ...
    Series Book 5 - Stations of the Great Western Railway
    A fascinating history of one of the long vanished stations on the Great Western Railway.Lambourn Station is no more. There is nothing left on the ground to show that this was once the thriving terminus of an independent railway line, later taken over by the Great Western Railway. The station had a coal yard, engine shed, cattle pens, racehorse loading bays and all the necesseties of a line ... Read more

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  • I Tried to Run a Railway

    by Gerard Fiennes ...
    'BR rebel chairman resigns' The Guardian.'Rebel rail chief in row' Daily Mail.'I don't take it back says sacked rail chief' Daily Express.This is the notorious book that got Gerard Fiennes sacked from British Railways while he was Chairman and General Manager of the Eastern Region in 1968.Fiennes became a railwayman by accident, joining the L.N.E.R as a Traffic Apprentice in 1928. Over the next ... Read more

    $8.09 USD

  • Whistle Posts West

    Railway Tales from British Columbia, Alberta, and Yukon

    by Mary Trainer, Brian Antonson, Rick Antonson ...
    Everybody has a train story. Whether it comes from a distant relative who worked on the railways or from a family train trip that formed a lasting impression of the Canadian landscape, trains inspire a sense of wonder and nostalgia. They are embedded in the history of Canada as a whole and western Canada in particular, and for generations they were how most people travelled and saw the country. ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • Working the London Underground

    From 1863 to 2013

    by Ben Pedroche ...
    Used extensively and somewhat taken for granted by millions of commuters and tourists every day, the London Underground has long been a part of our national heritage and way of life. It was the first underground railway in the world, and is now central to lives of millions of Londoners. Here Ben Pedroche explores the realities of building the railway from the beginning, 150 years ago, exploring ... Read more

    $14.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Train

    Riding the Rails That Created the Modern World-from the Trans-Siberian to the Southwest Chief

    by Tom Zoellner ...
    An epic and revelatory narrative of the most important transportation technology of the modern worldIn his wide-ranging and entertaining new book, Tom Zoellner—coauthor of the New York Times–bestselling An Ordinary Man—travels the globe to tell the story of the sociological and economic impact of the railway technology that transformed the world—and could very well change it again. From the frigid ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Union Pacific: America's Largest Railroad

    by Eugene Weiser ...
    The Union Pacific is the largest and the most powerful railroad in the country. The railroad has been in service since 1862, some 151 years. The Union Pacific is older than any other American Class I railroad today with the Kansas City Southern coming in at second at 116 years. In that time the railroad has become not only one of the most highly respected institutions in the nation but also has ... Read more

    $2.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus