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  • Requiem for the Intercity 125
    TJW Thornes
    Travel is an inescapable part of existence. Most of us travel spatially between several places every day, near or far, and we all have journeys that we enjoy and journeys that we dread. But no one can avoid the travel through time that we all undergoing, all the time, no matter how much we might want to. This collection of poems is inspired by the emotions aroused by travel thr...
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    9,00 €

  • The President Travels by Train
    Bob Withers
    For much of U.S. history, a private Pullman car on a special train was the equivalent of today’s Air Force One for the president – allowing the most powerful man in the nation to conduct business wherever he was needed.From John Quincy Adams–the first U.S. president to ride a train–to Bill Clinton’s more recent journeys aboard the rails, this book documents presidential travel ...
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    42,42 €

  • The Hogger
    Bob Kyle
    Born into a railroad family in the mountains of West Virginia, Daniel Edwin James decides from an early age to follow in his father’s footsteps and become a railroader. Living at the crest of Cranberry Grade, young Dan is fascinated with the trains and especially with the locomotives that pull them. The men gather and watch the passing parade of man and machine doing battle aga...
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    15,30 €

  • Train Wreck
    George Bibel
    Trains are massive--with some weighing 15,000 tons or more. When these metal monsters collide or go off the rails, their destructive power becomes clear. In this book, George Bibel presents riveting tales of trains gone wrong, the detective work of finding out why, and the safety improvements that were born of tragedy. Train Wreck details numerous crashes, including 17 in which...
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    33,81 €

  • Why Melbourne’s Tram Network is the most SUCCESSFUL in the world
    Aymeric I J Perfrement
    Official book website: www.melbournetramsuccess.comIn conjunction with: The Melbourne Tram MuseumSuperceeded by: Trams of Melbourne (2023)Tram networks have been in operation since the first horse-drawn examples were introduced in the early 1800s. They dipped in and out of fashion as other modes of transport became more fashionable, but have witnessed a resurgence in recent yea...
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    20,80 €

  • Mister Moffat's Opus
    Stan Moore
    For America, the twenties were boom times.  New ideas and inventions cascaded almost daily.     Anything was possible.There were challenges.  Running trains over the highest route in North America, Rollins Pass, was costly and difficult.  The effort had bankrupted several railroads.     David Moffat dreamed of building a tunnel under the continental divide in 1902.  By the twen...
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    16,97 €

  • Trains in My Heart
    Connie Luna
    In Trains in My Heart, we enter not only the world of travel by rail, but the entertaining world of Connie Luna, a comedic hard-working, highly-regarded, private railroad car chef who created lifelong memories for countless rail travelers. Connie’s first-hand account of her most memorable experiences on legendary railcars that include the Native Son, the Plaza Santa Fe, the Roy...
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    17,36 €

  • A Sense of Travel
    Roderick Craig Low
    Roderick Craig Low takes us on a nostalgic and often amusing ramble through his memories of travel at a time when moving from one place to another was largely undertaken using public transport.He introduces us to a world of bashful newlyweds, characterful tramcar crews, incredulous parents, impeccable Pullman car attendants, impatient fellow-travellers, self-educated tube-train...
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    17,44 €

  • CAREC Road Safety Engineering Manual 3
    Asian Development Bank
    This manual provides practical information about roadside hazard management stragety for Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) countries. It details how each step in the strategy can help to improve roadside safety.Single vehicle 'run-off road' crashes are a significant problem on CAREC roads. They are particularly severe and can occur anywhere and at any time. Ide...
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    27,85 €

  • The President Travels by Train
    Bob Withers
    For much of U.S. history, a private Pullman car on a special train was the equivalent of today’s Air Force One for the president—allowing the most powerful man in the nation to conduct business wherever he was needed.From John Quincy Adams–the first U.S. president to ride a train–to Bill Clinton’s more recent journeys aboard the rails, this book documents presidential travel ov...
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    53,33 €

  • An American Railroad Dream
    Susie Gaglia
    Susie Gaglia reminisces about fulfilling her childhood dream with her career as railroad engineer for passenger and freight trains along the Northeast Corridor during the mid twentieth century. Beginning with her upbringing in a suburb of Buffalo through the process of qualifying to operate locomotives to vignettes from her fifteen-year career, Susie remembers kind mentors, clo...
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    38,11 €

  • An American Railroad Dream
    Susie Gaglia
    Susie Gaglia reminisces about fulfilling her childhood dream with her career as railroad engineer for passenger and freight trains along the Northeast Corridor during the mid twentieth century. Beginning with her upbringing in a suburb of Buffalo through the process of qualifying to operate locomotives to vignettes from her fifteen-year career, Susie remembers kind mentors, clo...
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    30,66 €

  • Why Do Trains Stay on Track? Train Books for Kids | Children’s Transportation Books
    Baby Professor
    Trains go whoosh! They run really fast to get you to your destination in a little time as possible. This book will not just show pictures of trains but will also include information on how it works. The purpose of which is to combine education with a little bit of entertainment for optimum absorption. So go ahead and secure a copy of this trains book for kids today! ...
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    18,19 €

  • Terror by Rail
    Lynn Radice
    Terror by Rail is a must-read, featuring the tell-all true story of the unknown facts surrounding Amtrak 188, what could have happened that day, and why readers and their loved ones should be aware and educated in rail safety. ...
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    13,25 €

  • Military Trains and Railways
    Jean-Denis G.G. Lepage
    Featuring 256 drawings, this history of military trains and railways from 1853 through 1953 describes how the railroad transformed the nature of warfare. Transport and logistics are discussed for armored trains, rail-borne artillery and armored combat vehicles, medical evacuation trains and draisines (light auxiliary vehicles such as handcars). The railroad’s role in establi...
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    58,51 €

  • Railroad, Trolley, and Interurban Rail Lines of Frankfort, KY. 175 Years of Rail Service.
    Charles H. Bogart
    In 2009 without any ceremony Frankfort achieved 175 years of rail service. In 2010 the fact that a railroad track runs through the center of Broadway in downtown Frankfort is accepted as a fact of life. The importance the railroad once had in Frankfort’s day to day life and insuring that the city remained the site of the state capital is all but forgotten. This book will try to...
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    29,94 €

  • Locomotive Dictionary
    George L. Fowler / George LFowler
    One of the most significant documents of the steam locomotive age, the Locomotive Dictionary is the ultimate reference for the rail fan. In 1905, the American Railway Master mechanics Association adopted a resolution authorizing the creation of "...an illustrated dictionary of each and every part used in the building of locomotives." The result, edited by famed technical writer...
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    52,97 €

  • Steaming into the North West
    Michael Clutterbuck
    Originally published as a collection of ten short stories, Steaming into the North West has been developed to include a further ten tales from the rails.Now taking us back to the very early days of steam, in the 1800s, these stories about life on the great Premier Line provide an entertaining and often thought-provoking insight into the tough, physical work that being an engine...
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    8,04 €

  • Joseph Brown and His Civil War Ironclads
    Myron J. Smith
    A Scottish immigrant to Illinois, Joseph Brown made his pre-Civil War fortune as a miller and steamboat captain who dabbled in riverboat design and the politics of small towns. When war erupted, he used his connections (including a friendship with Abraham Lincoln) to obtain contracts to build three ironclad gunboats for the U.S. War Department--the Chillicothe, Indianola an...
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    59,12 €

  • Circle It, Steam Engine / Locomotive Facts, Word Search, Puzzle Book
    Lowry Global Media LLC / Mark Schumacher
    Do you love old Steam Engines, then your just found the right book!!!You already really like word searches, but most books are virtually the same with just lists of words. There must be something more, and now there is; in our books you can read interesting facts, the bold words within the text can be found in the puzzle on the opposite page. No more boring lists of words™. Thi...
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    10,32 €

  • Circle It, Steam Engine / Locomotive Facts, Large Print, Word Search, Puzzle Book
    Lowry Global Media LLC / Mark Schumacher
    If you love old Steam Engines, then your just found the right book!!!You already really like word searches, but most books are virtually the same with just lists of words. There must be something more, and now there is; in our books you can read interesting facts, the bold words within the text can be found in the puzzle on the opposite page. No more boring lists of words™. Thi...
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    17,12 €

  • Mister Moffat’s Hill
    Stan Moore
    Mister Moffat's Hill tells the story of railroading over Rollins Pass, the highest road in North America.   The time is 1903-1906 and Colorado is the setting.   A historical novel, it describes the lives of people and actual occurrences.   Courage, greed, passion, and grit are shown by the characters, fictional and historical.    The local business climate, is also part of ...
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    19,47 €

  • The Western Maryland Railway
    Brian Paulus
    This book covers the history of the Western Maryland Railway.         ...
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    47,21 €

  • RailPass RailMap Europe 2017
    Caty Ross
    ** Please note updated and substantially revised Edition for 2018 is now available for purchase. **Discover and explore the whole European railway network with the 64 page paperback version of illustrated RailPass RailMap Europe Designed specifically for Interrail or Eurail global railpass holders. Easy to navigate full colour print version covers 31 European countries in addit...
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    18,63 €

  • From the Train
    Randy Schreifels
    This book is pictorial with captions. The photographs are not of the beauty which one may hang in ones home or office. Like the title says, From the Train. Many of the photographs were shot from an aging 35MM instimatic camera using mainly existing light. All photographs dated after 2007 are Nikon D-40. In some adventures the natural lighting was poor or in some cases as in sno...
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    12,49 €

  • Solutionary Rail
    Bill Moyer / Patrick Mazza
    Could railroads, the oldest form of mechanized mass transportation, be the key to unlocking solutions to some of the greatest challenges of the 21st century? Unique among modes of long-haul transport, rail can be electrified. So, why not power trains with renewable energy? Might a clean, modernized, higher-speed rail network draw freight and passengers off the highways and back...
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    27,99 €

  • An Introduction to Rail Transport Planning
    Donovan Muddle
    This textbook attempts to details in depth the various concepts needed for the planning of rail transport. This textbook represents perhaps the first attempt anywhere to dfescribe in detail the processes involved in transport planning. The book is a combination of discussion on engineering systems, network analysis, economics, and detailed analysis of specific engineering syste...
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    106,37 €

  • Handbook of Research on Emerging Innovations in Rail Transportation Engineering
    The rail-based transit system is a popular public transportation option, not just with members of the public but also with policy makers looking to install a form of convenient and rapid travel. Even for moving bulk freight long distances, a rail-based system is the most sustainable transportation system currently available. The Handbook of Research on Emerging Innovations in R...
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    309,35 €

  • Emerging Challenges and Opportunities of High Speed Rail Development on Business and Society
    The increasingly busy lives of people in modern society cause a high dependence on the transportation sector. Traffic congestion, road maintenance, and a myriad of other problems have led stakeholders to seriously examine alternatives to traditional road traveling. Emerging Challenges and Opportunities of High Speed Rail Development on Business and Society is an authoritative r...
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    275,41 €

  • Railroads, Reconstruction, and the Gospel of Prosperity
    Mark Wahlgren Summers
    This book describes the southern Republicans’ post- Civil War railroad aid program--the central element of the Gospel of Prosperity' designed to reestablish a vigorous economy in the devastated South. Conceding that race and Unionism were basic issues, Mark W. Summers explores a neglected facet of the postwar era: the attempt to build a new South and a biracial Republican major...
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    219,82 €


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