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  • Death on the Railway, Second Edition
    Manuel Rose
    A horrific thrill ride you won’t be able to put down, until the unbelievably shocking ending! Death on the Railway is a supernatural crime thriller with an element of romance. This thriller is set in the highly stressed, fast-paced world we live in today and will appeal to readers who enjoy psychological thrillers.   When the parents of 21-year-old Angelo Russo are tragically k...
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    13,19 €

  • Mark Twain Zephyr
    Kandace Tabern / Midwest Rail Rangers
    This is the hard copy version of the Mark Twain Zephyr third edition book ...
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    148,48 €

  • SIERRA AND DESERT RAILS
    Fred Matthews
    A survey in black and white photos and text of the railroads of California’s Sierra Nevada mountains and the old minng lines in the desert just beyond the mountains, in the last steam era, from 1947 to 1959.  The two main-line routes, Donner Pass and the Feather River Route, were enjoying an Indian Summer of activity after World War II, with the postwar construction boom bringi...
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    9,94 €

  • The Nashville and Decatur in the Civil War
    Walter R. Green
    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....
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    58,67 €

  • Sustainable Railway Engineering and Operations
    Railways are frequently promoted as one of the most sustainable modes of transport. However, their impact will in practice be significantly affected by the ways in which they are designed, constructed, and used. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the issues involved in planning, engineering and operating sustainable railway systems. ...
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    212,75 €

  • The Mobile & Ohio Railroad in the Civil War
    Dan Lee
    The Mobile & Ohio Railroad was the longest line in the nation when it was completed in spring of 1861--the final spike driven a few weeks after Confederate artillery shelled Fort Sumter. Within days, the M&O was swept up in the Civil War as a prime conveyor of troops and supplies, a strategic and tactical asset to both Confederate and Union armies, who fought to control it. ...
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    57,38 €

  • History of the Eastern Railways Construction and Expansion VOLUME I
    Dominic Wicks
    A History of the Eastern Railway rediscovers the lost railway lines of Prussia (the 'Ostbahn') and the locomotives that operated on them. It also contains information about some of the little-known railway mail postmarks from the period 1848 to 1945. The first chapter of this volume explores the politics and the construction of a state-owned railway, as well as the designs and ...
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    33,36 €

  • Railway Engineering
    Cecil B. Smith
    Fundamental considerations, Train resistances and their cost, Curves, Surveys, Roadbed construction, Railway law, Track, ...
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    23,24 €

  • Narrow Gauge in the Tropics
    Augustus J Veenendaal
    Narrow Gauge in the Tropics is the first comprehensive history of railways and tramways in the Dutch East Indies (modern Indonesia) from breaking ground in 1864 to the invasion of the Japanese during World War II.During the mid-19th century under colonial rule, the Dutch East Indies experienced enormous increases in production of sugar, coffee, and other commodities, resulting ...
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    47,50 €

  • The Hampden Railroad
    Philip Johnson
    The Hampden Railroad was completed in 1913. It was built to connect the railroads at Springfield to Palmer and northward to the vacation lands in New Hampshire and Maine.But it was not approved for use by the Massachusetts Railroad Commission.This book supplements my first book with maps and photos not available when that book was published. ...
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    38,70 €

  • Utica Railroads 1950-2010
    Jay Winn
    I was introduced to railroads at an early age, accompanying my grandfather on many trips to visit different railroad locations but most often in the Utica, NY area. So began a lifelong enthusiasm for railroads that has lasted nearly seven decades. During all of that time I continued to pursue my passion for railroads over much of the eastern U.S. but the majority of my time was...
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    17,40 €

  • Train Lovers Any Year Planner
    StepRo Designs
    A stunning custom any year planner and diary to sort out your life and travels, while also giving you space to preserve your beloved memories of life, family, and of course great trips. This lovely planner makes it easy to sort everything out, while also celebrating all things trains, filled with awesome unique and stunning photos, you are sure to be inspired to hop on the next...
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    64,41 €

  • Building the Lake Branch
    Dan Rager
    The history of what became known as the B. & O. Lake Branch began as early as 1835 and spanned approximately 185 years. Over that timeline (1835 - 2021), a dozen different railroad company names blanketed the road between Painesville and Youngstown, Ohio. Each company expanded and changed the route between Lake, Geauga, and Trumbull Counties. The story of this branch has more t...
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    104,48 €

  • RAILWAY GAZETTE
    Anon
    A facsimile copy of the special war transportation issue of the Railway Gazette in 1920, which covers both narrow gauge and standard gauge lines.  Supported by maps, diagrams and period photographs. This special issue is widely quoted as one of the few comprehensive studies of the directorate's colossal transport efforts, both on the Western Front and in other theatres of w...
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    49,72 €

  • The Panama Railroad
    Peter Pyne
    In 1848, a group of ambitious American entrepreneurs decided to embark upon a remarkable engineering feat--they would build a railroad across the Isthmus of Panama to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The creation of the Panama Railroad ranks as one the boldest capitalist ventures in the 19th century, and would require battling climate, disease, and geography before it w...
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    55,69 €

  • Railway Engineering Design & Operation
    G Passerini
    Originating from presentations at the 17th International Conference on Railway Engineering Design and Operation, this volume contains selected research works on the topic. It is important to continue to update the use of advanced systems by promoting general awareness throughout the management, design, manufacture and operation of railways and other emerging passenger, freight ...
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    124,02 €

  • 50 Years Ago.... A look Back at Two Great Railroad Towns
    Jay Winn
    I have been a serious railfan since the early 1960’s and over the last 6 decades I have traveled to a lot of places and had numerous memorable experiences while following my passion for trains. This book is a collection of my railroading memories of Binghamton, NY and Altoona, PA that looks back to a time roughly 50 years ago. This book is all about the places, the incide...
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    12,63 €

  • THE TRAIN ON THE BEACH
    William Lieberman
    During the last quarter of the nineteenth century, little known steam railroads competed to serve--and sometimes to initiate--real estate ventures along the beaches and marshlands northeast of Boston. These railroads, of both narrow and standard gauge, also exploited the newfound leisure time of the working and middle classes. Trains provided cheap transportation to the seashor...
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    42,69 €

  • Railway Ecology
    Luís Borda-de-Água / Pedro Beja / Rafael Barrientos
    This book provides a unique overview of the impacts of railways on biodiversity, integrating the existing knowledge on the ecological effects of railways on wildlife, identifying major knowledge gaps and research directions and presenting the emerging field of railway ecology.The book is divided into two major parts: Part one offers a general review of the major conceptual and ...
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    73,32 €

  • Railway Ecology
    Luís Borda-de-Água / Pedro Beja / Rafael Barrientos
    This book provides a unique overview of the impacts of railways on biodiversity, integrating the existing knowledge on the ecological effects of railways on wildlife, identifying major knowledge gaps and research directions and presenting the emerging field of railway ecology.The book is divided into two major parts: Part one offers a general review of the major conceptual and ...
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    87,68 €

  • THE TRAIN ON THE BEACH
    William Lieberman
    During the last quarter of the nineteenth century, little known steam railroads competed to serve--and sometimes to initiate--real estate ventures along the beaches and marshlands northeast of Boston. These railroads, of both narrow and standard gauge, also exploited the newfound leisure time of the working and middle classes. Trains provided cheap transportation to the seashor...
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    38,37 €

  • A Mighty Fine Road
    H Roger Grant
    The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad's history is one of big booms and bigger busts. When it became the first railroad to reach and then cross the Mississippi River in 1856, it emerged as a leading American railroad company. But after aggressive expansion and a subsequent change in management, the company struggled and eventually declared bankruptcy in 1915. What fol...
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    27,67 €

  • Computers in Railways XVII
    It is important to continue to update the use of advanced systems by promoting general awareness throughout the management, design, manufacture and operation of railways and other emerging passenger, freight and transit systems.Originating from presentations at the 17th International Conference on Railway Engineering Design and Operation, this volume contains selected research ...
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    323,55 €

  • The People’s Automobile
    Dan Rager
    Take a fun and picturesque journey through Ohio’s interurban past and revisit transportation life as it once was. Hundreds of rare photos from the earliest days of electric rail are published here for the first time. See the birth, heyday and abandonment of interurban lines across the state. Included are photos of the Lake Shore Electric, Southwestern Division, Cleveland & Chag...
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    48,14 €

  • The Station Master’s Wife
    SUSAN K. DEMARINIS / SUSAN KDEMARINIS
    From respectable station master's wife to secret madam, Alice was a woman of exceptional resourcefulness in the the face of upheaval, betrayal, and prejudice. In 1887, Ashland, Oregon, this daughter of a prominent pioneer family, witnessed the historic completion of the United States Transcontinental Railroad, a circle of steel that enveloped the United States, when the fin...
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    10,56 €

  • RAILWAY GAZETTE
    Anon
    A facsimile copy of the special war transportation issue of the Railway Gazette in 1920, which covers both narrow gauge and standard gauge lines.  Supported by maps, diagrams and period photographs. This special issue is widely quoted as one of the few comprehensive studies of the directorate's colossal transport efforts, both on the Western Front and in other theatres of w...
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    29,53 €

  • Transportation and the American People
    H. Roger Grant / HRoger Grant
    Transportation is the unsung hero in America's story. Stagecoaches, waterways, canals, railways, busses, and airplanes revolutionized much more than just the way people got around; they transformed the economic, political, and social aspects of everyday life. In Transportation and the American People, renowned historian H. Roger Grant tells the story of American transportat...
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    41,98 €

  • Losing Track
    John Nelson
    How Britain’s railways are organised is the book’s running theme. It is an account that will interest anyone wanting to understand how things could be run better. Written by John Nelson who was centrally involved in all of the controversial changes that took place over the last half century, it draws on his own public and private sector experience to provide evidence based opin...
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    17,24 €

  • Losing Track
    John Nelson
    How Britain’s railways are organised is the book’s running theme. It is an account that will interest anyone wanting to understand how things could be run better. Written by John Nelson who was centrally involved in all of the controversial changes that took place over the last half century, it draws on his own public and private sector experience to provide evidence based opin...
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    22,93 €

  • Right Away!
    Steve Davies
    Steve Davies spent 48 years working in the railway industry from 1969 to 2017. His insider’s view of the railways is presented in an easy to read style that will appeal to those in the industry as well as those for whom the jargon would be incomprehensible without Steve’s explanations. He started work as a messenger boy and in 1982 he took his first driving turn. He subsequentl...
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    17,10 €


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