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ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 864
Book Description
Railroad Gazette
Author: Railroad Gazette
Author: Railroad Age Gazette
Author: Railroad Gazette
Author: Railroad Age Gazette
Author: Railway Age Gazette
Author: Catechism of the Locomotive
Author: Matthias Nace ForneyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Locomotives
Languages : en
Pages : 772
Book Description
World Railways of the Nineteenth Century
Author: Jim HarterPublisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 0801880890
Category : Engraving
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
With its gallery of over 360 striking and unfamiliar images and extensive historical text World Railways of the Nineteenth Century invites readers to experience an unparalleled glimpse into the world of nineteenth-century railroading.Peter Skinner, Foreword
Classic American Railroads
Author: Mike SchaferPublisher: Motorbooks International
ISBN: 076031649X
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
This book picks up where the previous two Classic American titles left off, focusing on the golden age of American railroading from 1945 to the early 1970s. It extends to the present day where applicable, providing a colorful look at locomotives, passenger and freight operations, development, and, in some cases, demise. Full color.
Railroad Wars of New York State
Author: Timothy StarrPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1614235929
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
New York's railroads were born of the cutthroat conflict of rate wars, bloody strikes and even federal graft. The railroad wars began as soon as the first line was chartered between Albany and Schenectady when supporters of the Erie Canal tried to block the new technology that would render their waterway obsolete. After the first primitive railroads overcame that hurdle, they began battling with one another in a series of rate wars to gain market share. Attracted by the success of the rails, the most powerful and cunning capitalists in the country--Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jay Gould, Daniel Drew and other robber barons--joined the fray. Timothy Starr's account of New York's railroad wars steams through the nineteenth century with stories of rate pools, labor strikes, stock corners, legislative bribery and treasury plundering the likes of which the world had never seen.