Trains and railways: general interest Books
Key Publishing Ltd AC Electrics
Book SynopsisThis book begins with a look at the British Rail (BR) Class 86 electric locomotives, which were introduced in the 1960s and worked the West Coast Main Line (WCML). The next section highlights the BR Class 87s, which were based upon the 86s and designed to deal with the more demanding gradients of the northern half of the WCML. Following this comes the Class 90s, which were built for mixed-traffic duties and introduced during the final years of BR. Lastly, the Driving Van Trailers (more commonly known as DVTs), a purpose-built control car that allows the driver to operate a locomotive in push-pull formation, are covered.
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Key Publishing Ltd Canals and Railways of Wiltshire
Book SynopsisLavishly illustrated with over 450 images, this book presents scenic views and a history of the canals and railways of Wiltshire, in the southwest of England.
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Key Publishing Ltd Edinburghs New Trams
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Stenlake Publishing Classic Diesel Years Inverness to Aberdeen
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Soccer Books Ltd Little Puffers Britains Great Little Trains
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Soccer Books Ltd Still Steaming Britains Heritage standardgauge
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Soccer Books Ltd Tiny Trains Britains Miniature Railways 20252026
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Mainline & Maritime Ltd The Route of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway
Book SynopsisA hardback illustrated album taking the reader on an illustrated journey along this popular heritage railway from Pickering to Whitby, and on to Battersby - the limit of approved NYMR operations. The author, an accomplished photographer, is part of the NYMR's Motive Power Department, and consequently has access to views and locations which would not be available to the general public, making this a unique photographic record.
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Heddon Publishing Steaming into the North West: Tales of the
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Strathwood Ltd Woodhead Lament 1948-1981
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Unique Publishing Services Ltd The Cambrian Lines
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Westland Publications Limited Namaste Yatri
Book SynopsisNamaste Yatri uncovers the rich history, amusing anecdotes and operational intricacies of Indian Railways. From the story behind India''s first train to practical travel tips and fascinating trivia.
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MO - University of Illinois Press The American Railroad Network 18611890
Book SynopsisRapid population growth in the Great Plains and the American West after the Civil War was the result not only of railroad expansion but of a collaboration among competing railroads to adopt a uniform width for track. This title shows how the consolidation of smaller railroads and the growth of capitalism worked to unify the railroad industry.Trade ReviewADVANCE PRAISE "For those who have long puzzled over the extent and effectiveness of the nation's railroads on the eve of the Civil War, the maps and lucid text which they accompany will be worth their weight in gold." -- Mississippi Valley Historical Review "A model of concise, pointed scholarship." -- Journal of Political Economy "The definitive study." -- Business History Review
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MH - Indiana University Press The Men Who Loved Trains
Book SynopsisIntrigue, greed, lust for power, boardroom battles, and takeover warsTrade ReviewThe Men Who Loved Trains is a riveting morality story of intrigues, boardroom battles, corporate takeovers, and secret cabals aiming for control of a large part of America's transport system. A rare behind-the-scenes story of an epic battle over power and personal gain. * Marshall Loeb, columnist for Dow Jones's MoneyWatch and former editor of Fortune and Money magazines *The men who loved trains deserve a writer who loves them as well. This excellent book is a perfect match of subject and author. -- Carol Loomis * Fortune *This absorbing book takes you on an entertaining ride through the train wars of the last 30 years. It is filled with intrigue and backbiting in the executive suites and with stories of how the railroaders got away with unbelievable waste—until it all caught up with them. -- William Neikirk * Chicago Tribune *This fascinating volume by Rush Loving details the painful re-shaping process that the railroads in the northeast underwent over the past four decades. -- David J. Mrozek * Michigan Railfan *Table of ContentsPreface1. The Forrest Gump of Railroading2. Meeting the Blue-Eyed Jew from Minnesota3. A Cabal at the Greenbrier4. The Portly Virginia Gentleman5. An Eleventh Hour Surprise6. "Where the Hell Is Harrisburg?"7. Cooking the Books8. "That Telephone Man"9. The Granddaddy of Enron10. Some High Society Sex11. "They Are Going to Run Out of Cash"12. The Scandals Unfold13. Booted Off the Property14. A School Band on the Railroad Tracks15. The Unsinkable Chief Wawatam16. Donning the Mantle of Moses17. Merging Railroads over Bourbon18. Selling the Shiny Silver Sphere19. "God Save Me from the Planners and Thinkers!"20. Son of Penn Central21. "Why the Hell Do We Need Four Tracks Out Here?"22. Girding for Battle23. "We Will Fight with Every Means at Our Disposal"24. John Snow, CEO25. A Catalog of Blunders26. "I Think We Want to Be Seen as Somewhat Crazy"27. In the Betrayal Suite28. The Day the Horse Fell DownIndex
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Manchester University Press Railways and Culture in Britain The Epitome of
Book SynopsisThe nineteenth-century's steam railway epitomised modernity's relentlessly onrushing advance. In Railways and culture in Britain Ian Carter delves into the cultural impact of train technology, and how this was represented in British society.Trade Review"'This is an important, agenda-setting work. The quality of the scholarship is very high'. Dr Ralph Harrington, University of York"Table of Contents1. History, modernity, fictionPart 1: In the Canon2. Rain, steam and what?3. Eight great pages: Dombey and Son4. 'Death by the railroad': Anna Karenina5. Railway life: La Bete Humaine6. Accident: new English life?Part 2: Beyond the Canon7. Crime on the line8. Crime on the train9. 'The lost idea of a train': comic fiction10. Train Landscape: Eric Ravilious, William Heath Robinson and Rowland Emett11. Return ticket to postmodernismIndex
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Flying Scotsman The Train the Locomotive the
Book SynopsisThe Flying Scotsman is probably one of the most famous railway locomotive in the world. From 1928 it began running non-stop, an achievement that earned it yet more attention. This book celebrates the locomotive, the train that shared its name, the route it took, and how it captured the imagination of the nation.Table of Contents?The Empire Finds a Star /Speed to the North /Nigel Gresley: ‘Knight of the Iron Road’ /Non-stop to War /Soldiering on /Coal to Catenary /Saving our Scotsman /Index
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McFarland and Company, Inc. Wells Fargo Co. Stagecoach and Train Robberies
Book Synopsis In January 1, 1885, Wells, Fargo & Company''s chief detective James B. Hume and special agent John N. Thacker published a report summarizing the company''s losses during the previous 14 years. It listed 313 stagecoach robberies, 23 burglaries, and four train robberies but included little or no details of the events themselves, focusing instead on physical descriptions of the robbers. Widely circulated, the report was intended to assist law enforcement in identifying and apprehending the criminals believed still to present a danger to the company. The present volume revisits each crime, updating Hume and Thacker''s original report with rich new details culled from local newspapers, personal diary entries, and court records.
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McFarland & Company The Wilmington Raleigh Rail Road Company
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University of Minnesota Press The Great Northern Railway
Book SynopsisThe definitive history of one of the nation's great transcontinental railroads In the sprawling Northwest, from the upper Mississippi River valley to Puget Sound, no railroad shaped the landscape and society like the Great Northern Railway Company. This is the complete history of that enterprise, from 1856, when the first charter was granted, through the era of James J. Hillknown as the Empire Builderto its maturation and eventual merger in 1970, when the eight-thousand-mile Great Northern was incorporated into the massive Burlington Northern. The Great Northern Railway highlights the changes brought on by economic, political, social, and technological advances, including world wars, increased competition from other modes of transportation, and tighter government restrictions. The first part of the book (18561916) examines the railway's early strategies and philosophy, relations with employees, and vigorous campaigns to develop the service area. The second part of the history (191619Table of ContentsContentsPreface by Alfred D. Chandler, Jr.AcknowledgmentsIntroductionList of AbbreviationsPART I 1856 TO 19161 The First Ten Miles2 Frustrated by FinanceThe Branch Line Comes FirstMain Line WestGrowing PainsSettlers for the Land Freight Traffic4 Northern Pacific InterludeCompleting the Main LineThe St. Vincent Extension5 Legislation and LitigationConflict in Hard TimesLaws and Lawsuits6 The Associates Gain ControlNegotiating a Bond PurchaseCompleting Rail LinksEliminating Potential CompetitionTag Ends of a Long-Tailed Kite7 The ManitobaMen and OrganizationConstruction and Relations with Other RailroadsTerminals in the Twin CitiesFinancial Management8 Consolidations and AdjustmentsThe Canadian Pacific Strengthening CreditBoston Investors9 From Butte to BuffaloSystematizing AdministrationThe Long March to MontanaEastward to Buffalo10 Tensions in FinanceA New ProblemDissension, 1887-188911 On to Puget SoundNew DressEngineering Challenges"Head of the Rake"Sterling Bonds of 1890Building the Transcontinental12 Creating an EmpireExpansion in MinnesotaControl of the Northern Pacific and the BurlingtonJockeying for Position in the NorthwestContinuing Skirmishes with the Canadian Pacific13 Developing the NorthwestOrganization and DevelopmentImproving and Strengthening Agriculture14 Men and MalletsMen and OrganizationFirst Years as a TranscontinentalFleshing OutTraffic Generation and the Ore LandsMotive Power, Rolling Stock, and RatesContentsPreface by Alfred D. Chandler, Jr.AcknowledgmentsIntroductionList of AbbreviationsPART I 1856 TO 19161 The First Ten Miles2 Frustrated by FinanceThe Branch Line Comes FirstMain Line WestGrowing PainsSettlers for the Land Freight Traffic4 Northern Pacific InterludeCompleting the Main LineThe St. Vincent Extension5 Legislation and LitigationConflict in Hard TimesLaws and Lawsuits6 The Associates Gain ControlNegotiating a Bond PurchaseCompleting Rail LinksEliminating Potential CompetitionTag Ends of a Long-Tailed Kite7 The ManitobaMen and OrganizationConstruction and Relations with Other RailroadsTerminals in the Twin CitiesFinancial Management8 Consolidations and AdjustmentsThe Canadian Pacific Strengthening CreditBoston Investors9 From Butte to BuffaloSystematizing AdministrationThe Long March to MontanaEastward to Buffalo10 Tensions in FinanceA New ProblemDissension, 1887-188911 On to Puget SoundNew DressEngineering Challenges"Head of the Rake"Sterling Bonds of 1890Building the Transcontinental12 Creating an EmpireExpansion in MinnesotaControl of the Northern Pacific and the BurlingtonJockeying for Position in the NorthwestContinuing Skirmishes with the Canadian Pacific13 Developing the NorthwestOrganization and DevelopmentImproving and Strengthening Agriculture14 Men and MalletsMen and OrganizationFirst Years as a TranscontinentalFleshing OutTraffic Generation and the Ore LandsMotive Power, Rolling Stock, and Rates15 Locals, Limiteds, and LinersExpansion and ImprovementsOf Things NauticalAdvertising, Glacier Park, and RockyExpress, Mail, and SilkPricing the Service16 Corporate Structure and FinanceEarly ExperienceConsolidating PropertiesFinances of a Maturing Railroad17 "Leading the Band"Basic PrinciplesUnion–Management Relations, 1883-1893The ARU Strike and Its AftermathToward Parity with Competitors, 1900-1916PART II 1916 TO 1970 23 An Attempted MergerIntroduction18 World War I and the USRAThe HeritageThe GN under Federal ControlReturn to Private Operation19 Of Good News and BadPreparing for ControlFrustrations and RealitiesFighting RecessionResuming Course—with a Difference20 Polishing the OperationUpgrading Plant and EquipmentReducing CostsConquering the CascadesBuilding Freight Traffic21 Passenger Business and ChangeThe St. Paul Union DepotHighway CompetitionUpgrading Transcontinental TravelAdvertising and Promotion24 Corporate HealthGrowth in Funded Debt Performance25 The Tangled Ways ofFinanceSetting the CourseFinancial ManagementOver the HurdleControlling Expense22 Expansion and Development More Branch LinesLure of CaliforniaFrustrations in ColonizingAgricultural Diversification and IrrigationNorthern Montana: Special Problems26 Traffic and Profits in AdversityThe Passenger DepartmentTruck CompetitionDevelopmental Programs and Federal StimulantsSurvival27 The Pressures of War— AgainGavin's PreparationsMobilizationCooperation under RegulationPerformance and Financial Policy28 Labor-Management Relations in Depression and War182 Cooperation in Hard TimesWar and Prosperity29 Prosperity Under StressExpectations and RealitiesMaximizing EfficiencyThe Operating and Financial Record30 John Budd and a Changing EnvironmentThe New TeamRailroads and Public PolicyGradual Changes31 Labor Tensions and PersonnelPoliciesManeuvers and CrisisWork Rules and CompensationPersonnel Policies32 Economic DevelopmentProgramsPromoting AgribusinessStimulating Industrial GrowthEncouraging the Mining Industry33 SD45s and Univac IIIMotive Power and Rolling StockRoad and Yard FacilitiesCentralized Traffic Control, Communications, and Computers34 "No Sacred Cows — or Goats"The Passenger DilemmaNew Departures in FreightTrafficA New Marketing StructurePerformance: A Mixed RecordNotesAppendix A Original Track-laying RecordAppendix B Track RemovalsAppendix C Great Northern Railway: Ruling Grades on Main Freight RoutesAppendix D Northern Pacific: Main Line Ruling Grades Minneapolis — SeattleBibliography and Notes on SourcesIndex35 The Last Spike is NeverDrivenThe Northern Lines—AgainContinuing the CampaignVictory
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MP - University Of Minnesota Press Union Pacific Volume I 18621893
Book SynopsisPresents the history of the railroad that connected the coasts and unified the United States.
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MP - University Of Minnesota Press The Boomer A Story of the Rails
Book SynopsisQuestions constructions of identity and blackness in modern literature.
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MP - University Of Minnesota Press The Hiawatha Story
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MP - University Of Minnesota Press The 400 Story Chicago North Westerns Premier
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MP - University Of Minnesota Press Tracking Modernity Indias Railway and the
Book SynopsisThe ubiquitous railway as a symbol of the tensions of Indian modernity.Trade Review"In Tracking Modernity, Marian Aguiar demonstrates a compelling grasp of the complex discourses around and about India’s railway and its imbrication in the contested discourses of modernity, mobility, and migration. Aguiar offers both a panoramic and a concentrated view of the many modes of representation of the scene of the train, the spaces of the train, and the railway platform. Historically grounded, theoretically sophisticated, and clearly articulated, Tracking Modernity takes us on a journey through the Indian landscape as it changes from colonial depictions, to postcolonial destinations constantly underlining the violence and terror that the train conjures for the Indian imagination alongside its endless capacity for restless movement." —Sangeeta Ray, University of MarylandTable of ContentsPreface Introduction: Tracking Modernity 1. The Permanent Way: Colonial Discourse of the Railway 2. The Machine of Empire: Technology and Decolonization 3. Partition and the Death Train 4. New Destinations: the Image of the Postcolonial Railway 5. Bollywood on the Train Conclusion: Terrorism and the Railway Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Filmography Index
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MP - University Of Minnesota Press The Wire Devils
Book SynopsisThe Wire Devils follows a criminal gang of the same name who hijack a railroad’s telegraph lines to glean information about profitable shipments. Combining elements from dime-store novels and Frank L. Packard’s own experience on the rails, this is at once a hybrid western and a thriller still worth reading nearly a century after it was written.Trade Review"Ingenious . . . Contains twists and exciting moments in sufficient number to make it an agreeable companion with which to pass a couple of idle evenings." —New York Times
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Stenlake Publishing The Brixham Branch Locomotion Papers
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Stenlake Publishing The Alston Branch
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Cornell University Press Follow the Flag
Book SynopsisFollow the Flag offers the first authoritative history of the Wabash Railroad Company, a once vital interregional carrier. The corporate saga of the Wabash involved the efforts of strong-willed and creative leaders, but this book provides more than traditional business history. Noted transportation historian H. Roger Grant captures the human side of the Wabash, ranging from the medical doctors who created an effective hospital department to the worker-sponsored social events. And Grant has not ignored the impact the Wabash had on businesses and communities in the Heart of America.Like most major American carriers, the Wabash grew out of an assortment of small firms, including the first railroad to operate in Illinois, the Northern Cross. Thanks in part to the genius of financier Jay Gould, by the early 1880s what was then known as the Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway reached the principal gateways of Chicago, Des Moines, Detroit, Kansas City, and St. Louis. In the 1Trade ReviewA major contribution to our understanding of American railroad development.... Grant unfolds the Wabash's dense history with his customary professionalism and close attention to detail. His work has always been distinguished by a congenial blend of the railroad buff's enthusiasm and the historian's expertise, and this book is no exception. The research is thorough, meticulous, and wide-ranging.... Railroad historians and those interested in American business and economic development will find much to intrigue and inform them. * The Journal of American History *One of the best in the genre of traditional corporate history. For historians of transportation, business, labor, or even medicine, there is much to recommend it. Extensively researched and fully documented, it stands as a model of scholarship. If only we had histories of the several dozen other major U.S. railroads that were as good as this one. * Technology and Culture *"Follow the Flag" reaffirms Roger Grant's status as one of the preeminent historians of transportation in the United States.... One of the great strengths of the book is that the author was able to write such a detailed and balanced history even though most of the Wabash's corporate records have long since vanished.... Rail fans surely will love this book. Academic historians will appreciate the effective use of sources, the compilation of information on a significant American railroad, and above all, the lucid exposition of a precedent-setting transportation firm whose activities reverberated throughout the government, the business realm, and local communities. * Enterprise & Society *A solid, satisfying work on the Wabash. It is a welcome history of the quintessential midwestern railroad. * Michigan Historical Review *A well-written, in-depth history of the railroad. * Trains Magazine *Table of ContentsTable of Contents Preface Acknowledgments 1. The Wabash Emerges East of the Mississippi River 2. The Wabash Emerges West of the Mississippi River 3. The Jay Gould Years 4. The Wabash Matures 5. "Follow the Flag" 6. Reorganization, War, Boom, and Bust 7. Depression, Rebirth, and World War II 8. The New Wabash 9. A Fallen Flag Epilogue Notes Index
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John Wiley & Sons Utah Ghost Rails
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State University of New York Press Hopewell Junction A Railroaders Town
Book SynopsisReveals the life and lore of a vanished era of railroad history.Hopewell Junction: A Railroader''s Town tells the remarkable history of the east-west, short-line railroads that ran throughout Dutchess County, New York from 1869 to 1984, centering on the hamlet of Hopewell Junction. It explains how these lines transformed the rural countryside and supercharged the growth of the agricultural and small-mill communities of Dutchess County during the last half of the nineteenth century and throughout most of the twentieth century. The story includes a group of hardscrabble pioneers who struggled to establish their own rail networks. It relates the innovations in design and construction that made these lines possible and the challenges posed to their success by accidents, bad weather, and bad luck. After World War II, new modes of transportation and the growth of suburbia lead to the decline and eventual abandonment of many of these rail lines. However, a group of dedicated local historians and citizens banded together to make sure that this history was preserved, including the restoration of the historic depot at Hopewell Junction, listed as a historic and architectural resource on the New York State Register of Historical Places in 2020 and on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021.
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Amberley Publishing Chipping Norton Railway
Book SynopsisThis fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Banbury & Chipping Norton Railway has changed and developed over the last century.
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Amberley Publishing Class 55 Deltics
Book SynopsisA wonderful collection of photographs showing the last years of the Deltics, their retirement from service and preservation.
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Arcadia Publishing Akron Railroads Images of Modern America
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Arcadia Publishing The Milwaukee Connection
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McFarland and Company, Inc. Rails Across Dixie
Book SynopsisCovering legendary and obscure intercity passenger trains in a dozen southeastern US states, this book details the golden age of train travel. The story begins with the inception of steam locomotives in 1830 in Charleston, South Carolina, continuing through the mid-1930s changeover to diesel and the debut of Amtrak in 1971 to the present.
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McFarland & Co Inc Diverging Tracks
Book SynopsisWhat was it like to travel on the railroad in the 19th century? Did 19th century English railroad travelers have a remarkably different experience from their American counterparts? How safe was railroad traveling in the 19th century? To what extent was the railroad passenger traveling experience in England and America shaped by the respective social structure, culture, and value systems of each nation? These are some of the questions addressed in this book. But, more generally, the purpose of this book is to frame the 19th century railroad passenger traveling experience, in England and America, with reference to social structure, culture, and ideology, and from a comparative standpoint. This book engenders a unique approach to 19th century English and American railroad travel, not the least because of the comparative framework I work within, and the underlying sociological perspective. The book ought to appeal to anybody interested in 19th century English and American railroad histor
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McFarland & Co Inc Dogs of the Railways
Book Synopsis This is the story of the vagabond canines that hopped on railroads across the United States, often becoming celebrities and national heroes. Chapters introduce canines like Owney, guardian of the railway mail service; Fala, FDR''s beloved dog and train-companion; Annie, the Colorado railway ambassador; the K9 patrols who watch over the tracks; and many more. As railroads were changing America, these raildogs were changing the people who lived and worked in rail communities. For the dogs of the railways, home became the hearts of the people of the railroad. More than the dogs themselves, this book is about the human-animal relationship between a dog and a community and moments in history where that relationship symbolized the quest for home and belonging, a search that humans often share with our canine travelers.Table of Contents Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction 1. Owney: Guardian of the Railway Mail Service, 1888–1897 2. The Railroad Jacks: Hoboes, Travelers, and Philanthropists, Mid–1880s–1931 3. Roxey: The Long Island Railroad Commuter, 1904–1914 4. Sheba's Bob: Dog Detective of the Long Island Railroad, 1906–1916 5. Annie: The Colorado Southern Railway Ambassador of Kindness, 1934–1948 6. Shep: Faithfulness on the Great Northern Railroad, 1931–1942 7. Fala: A Raildog Rides the Funeral Train, 1945 8. Brownie: The Victorville, California, Railroad Station Mascot, 1943–1945 9. Railroad K9 Patrols: Guardians of the Railways, 2022 10. Companion Pets Hop on Board, 2015 and Beyond 11. International Raildogs, 1953–2016 12. Raildogs: Finding the Way Home Appendix: Monuments and Memorials to Raildogs Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
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McFarland & Co Inc The Nashville and Decatur in the Civil War
Book Synopsis The Nashville and Decatur Railroad was in operation five months before the start of the Civil War and 17 months before the Federals took control of Nashville and the railroad. Running through Central Tennessee to Alabama, the highly contested line passed through Confederate-held territory, where rebels and their sympathizers continually sabotaged bridges, trestles and track. This first full-length work on the N&D Railroad emphasizes its importance in the Western Theater and brings to light the four key men who kept it open for the duration of the war. Significant military activities in the region are described, along with the contraband camp, military complex and other features surrounding the railroad''s only tunnel.Table of Contents Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction 1. Going Home to Michigan 2. Harnessing the Iron Horse 3. Innes and the 1st Michigan Build Their Reputation 4. Raids and Stockades 5. Dodge and Boomer Rebuild Trestles and Bridges 6. U.S. Colored Troops, Contraband Camps and Tunnel Hill 7. Relying on Merrill's and Innes' Blockhouses 8. Forrest Comes Calling 9. Hood Looks for a Fight 10. The Battles of Franklin and Nashville 11. Chasing Hood: The Battle of Bridge Builders 12. In the Wake 13. After the War Appendices A—Early History of the Three Railroads Composing the N&D B—Civil War–Era Railroads, Communications and Pontoon Bridges C—Locating the Crossings and Fortifications in Mid–1864 D—Troops Protecting the Railroad E—The Southern Claims Commission F—The 1901 Franklin, Tennessee, L&N Passenger Depot Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
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Berghahn Books, Incorporated The Great Train Race: Railways and the
Book Synopsis From their origins, railways produced an intense competition between the two major continental systems in France and Germany. Fitting a new technology into existing political institutions and social habits, these two nations became inexorably involved in industrial and commercial rivalry that eventually escalated into the armed conflict of 1914. Based on many years of research in French and German archives, this study examines the adaptation of railroads and steam engines from Britain to the continent of Europe after the Napoleonic age. A fascinating example of how the same technology, borrowed at the same time from the same source, was assimilated differently by the two continental powers, this book offers a groundbreaking analysis of the crossroads of technology and politics during the first Industrial Revolution.Trade Review "The breadth of [this] comparative study of French and German railroad development - the largest and most important railway systems on the continent - is a signal achievement... A brief sketch of the book's trajectory does justice neither to the wealth of detail nor to the arresting insights that future historians will draw on for years to come." · Central European History "... a fine book. Indeed, it is a labour of love, informed by intensive research and a lifetime's interest. All historians of European railways will be greatly in its debt." · The International History Review "The Great Train Race is a well-researched book, full of useful comparative insights into French and German railway development, and doubtless an important contribution to the history of Franco-German rivalry before World War One ... [R]ecommended to economic historians as a study which shows, in well-balanced comparative perspective, the great importance of their field for understanding political history." · Journal of Modern History “For Mitchell, this was clearly a labor of love, and it is a pleasure to see a job well done. The book has a full scholarly apparatus along with vital charts and maps to keep things clear.” · H-German “Allan Mitchell is presenting, with The Great Train Race, a highly informed and ambitious study, in which the fundamental importance of trains for the societies of both countries has been convincingly argued.” · Historische Zeitschrift “...Presents a rich and understandable overview…The book provides an excellent model for researching and writing comparative railway histories. Such analyses of the relationship between state and railway are rare events.” · The Journal of Transport HistoryTable of Contents List of Illustrations Preface Introduction: The Conundrum of Comparative History PART I: LAUNCHING THE RAILWAY AGE Chapter 1. France, 1815–1870 Liberalism and the Legrand Star The Emergence of the Great Railway Companies The Surge of the Second Empire Trains and Free Trade The Military Implications Chapter 2. Germany, 1815–1870 The Dilemmas of Political Diversity Particularism Unbound Prussia and the Push for Unification Before the Take-Off Strategic Thought and Military Action Chapter 3. Comparisons, 1815–1870 Administrative Organization Economic Competition Military Strategy PART II: THE SIGNALS ARE SET Chapter 4. France, 1870–1890 After the Fall The Counterattack of the Companies The Failure of Centralism A Condition of Troubling Inferiority Railways and the Republican Army Chapter 5. Germany, 1870–1890 Bismarck’s Railroad Policy The Reassertion of States’ Rights Germany Transformed The Age of St. Gotthard The Consolidation of Military Predominance Chapter 6. Comparisons, 1870–1890 Administrative Organization Economic Competition Military Strategy PART III: INTERNAL AND INTERNATIONAL TENSIONS Chapter 7. France, 1890–1914 Recovery and Controversy The Companies Face Nationalization Private Enterprise or Public Service? The Long Stagnation France Prepares for War Chapter 8. Germany, 1890–1914 The Specter of Prussification Flirting with Unification Low Expectations and High Finance Railroads and the German Take-Off The Consequences of Escalation Chapter 9. Comparisons, 1890–1914 Administrative Organization Economic Competition Military Strategy Epilogue: From Trains to Trenches List of Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Name Index Subject Index
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National Geographic Maps America's Scenic Railways - Laminated: Wall Maps
Book SynopsisScale : 1: 6,786,250 Flat Size : 914 x 610 mm.
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University Press of Colorado Over the Range: A History of the Promontory
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Michigan State University Press Railroads for Michigan
Book SynopsisIn this thoroughly researched history, Graydon Meints tells the fascinating story of the railroad’s arrival and development in Michigan. An engaging and accessible text, the book describes the long-awaited and often-troubled advent of the railroad in the state, the building of which shifted from private to public efforts and back again, amid tumultuous social, business, and political developments. The railroad would come to play a role in almost every critical event in Michigan’s history, including the Civil War, the Granger Movement, and the Gilded Age, before beginning to wane following the arrival of the automobile, the Interstate Commerce Commission, World War I, and the Great Depression. A brief growth spurt during World War II was short-lived, and it was followed by the collapse of several major railroads and the formation of Amtrak and Conrail. Looking ahead to the future of the railroad in the Great Lakes region, Meints assesses the strengths and shortcomings of this revolutionary invention. With careful attention to the personal impact of the railroad, Meints recognises in brief biographies the many man and women responsible for the development and operation of Michigan railroads, as well as the triumphs, tragedies, and spaces that shaped their lives and work.
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Michigan State University Press John H. Burdakin: Railroader
Book SynopsisGenuinely talented and successful managers in any field - business, government, military, academia - are scarce. John Howard Burdakin was a happy exception to the norm. This engaging biography examines Burdakin’s life in the railroad industry - at Pennsylvania Railroad, Penn Central, and finally at Grand Trunk Corporation - during a tumultuous time in the transportation business and underscores his core principles and how he employed them in the management of people and property. Some contemporary observers may consider Burdakin’s often conservative style as quite out of date, but a more sober assessment reveals that his approach has utility in any time and in any field.An excellent resource for leadership professionals, this study focuses on Burdakin’s career in management, ever stressing his foundational convictions - how he came by them, how he employed those principles as a manager, and how they were understood by those who worked for him or with him. Through teamwork, trust, hard work, honesty, diligence, and integrity, Burdakin would become respected as one of the railroad industry’s brightest guiding lights.
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Michigan State University Press The Thirty-Year War: A History of Detroit's
Book SynopsisStreetcars played an especially important role in society around the turn of the twentieth century in Detroit, in part because of the downtown hub-and-spoke design of its main streets. During this period the streetcar was the main mode of transportation for the average citizen, as horse-drawn carriages and automobiles were not found outside of the upper class. Control over streetcar franchises was highly coveted - this control was simultaneous with having power over how and where people were transported throughout the city, making it an incredible political tool.The Thirty-Year War was a battle waged between 1892 and 1922 by the City of Detroit against the politically powerful and deeply entrenched corporations that owned streetcar franchises for control of the city’s streetway system. This compelling history shows how and why the owners of monopoly franchises of great public utilities such as bridges, street railways, electricity, natural gas, and cable television will protect and defend their privilege against public ownership or control, and is an example of how one city successfully fought back.
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Michigan State University Press John H. Burdakin and the Grand Trunk Western
Book SynopsisJohn H. Burdakin and the Grand Trunk Western Railroad provides a look at the principles and personal values that guided John H. Burdakin through a long, successful career as a top manager at three railroads - the Pennsylvania, the Penn Central, and finally the Grand Trunk Western, where he was president of the regional carrier from 1974 to 1986.The book, written from interviews with Burdakin before his death in 2014, gives real-life examples of how Burdakin’s management principles and personal qualities helped him solve labour- management problems, update railroad technology, protect worker safety, and improve employee morale while managing a four thousand–person workforce. It introduces colorful characters who were involved in American railroads, as well as the serious, life-threatening issues that confronted railroads in the last half of the twentieth century in America.This book will provide insights for managers of any business as well as for those seeking to balance a successful career and a rewarding home life.
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Michigan State University Press The Fishing Line: A History of the Grand Rapids &
Book SynopsisWith roots in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad - nicknamed “The Fishing Line” for its connections to attractive Michigan tourist areas - was organized in the mid–nineteenth century to take advantage of the lucrative logging business of the vast forests of the northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan and other potential freight traffic. Once built into northern Michigan, it had an important role in developing the region’s tourist industry. Financed and built by officials of the mighty Pennsylvania Railroad system, the GR&I eventually was merged into that company.Using a plethora of newspapers, public documents, and other primary source materials, Meints has crafted an engaging narrative that is easily accessible to the lay reader as well as specialists in railroad and local history. Tracing a thorough corporate history of a fascinating but little-known regional line from its beginning through the early twentieth century, The Fishing Line: A History of the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad is a must-read.
£60.85
Michigan State University Press Pere Marquette: A Michigan Railroad System before
Book SynopsisThe Pere Marquette Railroad has not one but two histories - one for the twentieth century and one for the nineteenth. While the twentieth-century record of the Pere Marquette Railroad has been well studied and preserved, the nineteenth century has not been so well served.This volume corrects that oversight by focusing on the nineteenth-century part of the company’s past, including the men who formed and directed these early roads, and the development of the system. The Pere Marquette Railroad was formed in 1900 by a merger of three Michigan railroad companies and lasted forty-seven years, disappearing in June 1947 by merger into the maw of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad. Prior to the 1900 merger, the Pere Marquette Railroad’s predecessors made up a motley collection of disconnected and unaffiliated short, local rail lines.After the financial panic of 1893, and with some commonality of ownership, the companies worked together more closely. Before the end of the decade, the three main railroads - the Flint & Pere Marquette; the Detroit, Lansing & Northern; and the Chicago & West Michigan - had decided that the only way to maintain solvency was to merge.Using a plethora of primary sources including railway timetables and maps, this work lends insight into the little-known corporate business history of the Pere Marquette Railroad.
£33.11
Kalmbach Media How Steam Locomotives Work
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