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| Author | : Derek Hayes |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 232 |
| Release | : 2010 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : |
" ... the history of the railroad in North America, from its origins in Britain in the 1820s and short lines connecting Eastern Seaboard rivers in the 1830s to Amtrak and the modern intermodal freights driving today's railroad revival."--Jacket.
| Author | : John F. Stover |
| Publisher | : Psychology Press |
| Total Pages | : 146 |
| Release | : 1999 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780415921404 |
First published in 1999
| Author | : Ian Wood |
| Publisher | : Chartwell Books |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2011-05-01 |
| Genre | : Transportation |
| ISBN | : 9780785827818 |
With over 400 high quality maps, plans, and photographs this book brings the subject to life, revealing all aspects of rail transportation and technology. It maps the spread of the networks across the country, showing the stations and important intersections, the layout and location of major bridges and tunnels, and much more. It examines railroad technology, from the early steam engines, through diesel and electric locomotives. It also details the building of stations, railroad constructions and factories that grew up around the railroad network. Social history is explored, covering the movement of people, farm produce and manufactured goods, giving a real insight into the role that rail transportation played.
| Author | : Derek Hayes |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2017 |
| Genre | : Reference |
| ISBN | : 9780228100096 |
"A highly illustrated volume tracing the emergence of modern railways. In this book, [the author] compiles archival maps and illustrations, many never before published, showing the locations and routes of the world's early railways, as well as the locomotive and rail technology that was key to the development of those railroads. In addition to maps, the illustrations include photos of most of the surviving first locomotives from collections around the world and of replicas too, where they exist"--Amazon.com.
| Author | : J. N. Westwood |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| Genre | : Transportation |
| ISBN | : 9781554075232 |
A fascinating history of railroad development on every continent.
| Author | : Bill Yenne |
| Publisher | : Voyageur Press |
| Total Pages | : 176 |
| Release | : 2005-12-18 |
| Genre | : Transportation |
| ISBN | : 9780760322994 |
At its postwar peak, the North American railroad industry comprised as many as 100 lines. The classic system maps produced by the railroads of the day, collected for the first time in this volume, offer a sweeping view of the industry’s remarkable reach in the period of its greatest power. Each railroad’s routes unfold in multi-page spreads featuring a capsule history, vital specs such as track mileage and years of operation, and period photographs, all detailing the mid-twentieth-century might of North American railroads.
| Author | : John E. McDonough |
| Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
| Total Pages | : 368 |
| Release | : 2012-09-03 |
| Genre | : Medical |
| ISBN | : 0520274520 |
A guide to the Affordable Care Act, our new national health care law. An account of the process from the 2008 presidential campaign to the moment in 2010 when the bill was signed into law before anyone had a chance to digest the document. At a time when the nation is taking a second look at the ACA, "Inside National Health Reform" provides essential information for Americans to review the governmental processes and politics in enacting this legislation.
| Author | : Richard C. Carpenter |
| Publisher | : JHU Press |
| Total Pages | : 376 |
| Release | : 2003 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780801873317 |
Little now remains of the vast network of passenger and freight railroad lines that once crisscrossed much of eastern and midwestern America, but in 1946, the steam locomotive was king. This is a record of a time when traveling out of town meant, for most Americans, taking the train.
| Author | : Derek Hayes |
| Publisher | : Times Books |
| Total Pages | : 272 |
| Release | : 2017 |
| Genre | : Locomotives |
| ISBN | : 9780008249489 |
Highly illustrated volume covering the emergence of the modern railway in a unique, essentially geographical way. Contemporary maps, many never before published, showing the locations and routes of the early railways.
| Author | : Derek Hayes |
| Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
| Total Pages | : 367 |
| Release | : 2011-08-02 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0520266153 |
Illustrated throughout with more than 500 images and maps, provides a rich history of the states of Oregon and Washington.
