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  • A Public Spirit
    George H. Atkinson
    George Henry Atkinson (1819-89) was a son of New England who arrived in the Oregon Territory in 1848, sent by the American Home Missionary Society. Although his commission from the Society specified that his work was to be ecclesiastical and educational, he took an approach to that assignment which went well beyond his mandate. Well-informed and energetic, he made an impact on ...
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    10,45 €

  • The UK Platform Staff Operational Reference Guide
    Robert S Porter
    The UK Platform Staff Operational Reference Guide is a practical professional guide for people working on, supervising or managing railway platforms across the UK.Drawing on real operational experience, Robert Porter explores the responsibilities, judgement and safety awareness required in one of the railway’s most visible and safety-critical working environments. The book exam...
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    22,32 €

  • The Railway Interview
    Robert S Porter
    Getting a railway job is not simply about giving a confident interview. It is about providing credible evidence that you can think, communicate, learn and make responsible decisions in a safety-conscious environment.The Railway Interview: Applications, Assessments and Safety-Critical Selection is a practical guide for candidates preparing to enter, return to or progress within ...
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    24,48 €

  • The Railway Presentation Playbook
    Robert S Porter
    Railway presentation is not 'just cleaning'. It is operational care made visible.The Railway Presentation Playbook: Train, Station and Platform Cleaning, Safety and Service Quality is a comprehensive practical reference for the people responsible for presenting trains, stations and platforms safely, consistently and professionally.Written by Robert Porter, the book approaches p...
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    26,67 €

  • The Railway Control Centre Communication Playbook
    Robert S Porter
    Railway control is about far more than answering a telephone or passing information. When the person making the decision cannot physically see the situation, communication itself becomes an operational control.The Railway Control Centre Communication Playbook is a practical professional guide to remote operational control, passenger assistance, safety-critical communication, di...
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    22,30 €

  • The Railway Welfare and Occupational Health Playbook
    Robert S Porter
    Railway welfare requires compassion - but it also requires evidence, professional boundaries and sound judgement.The Railway Welfare and Occupational Health Playbook is a practical professional guide to managing welfare, health and fitness-for-work issues within the demanding environment of the UK railway.Written from an operational management perspective, Robert Porter examine...
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    18,91 €

  • La Storia delle Locomotive e delle Ferrovie
    Louis Figuier
    Le locomotive a vapore hanno trasformato il mondo, accorciando le distanze, favorendo lo sviluppo industriale e collegando persone e territori come mai prima d’allora. La Storia delle Locomotive e delle Ferrovie ripercorre l’affascinante evoluzione dalle prime macchine a vapore fino alla rivoluzione ferroviaria che ha cambiato il modo di viaggiare e ha contribuito a plasmare il...
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    18,12 €

  • Die Geschichte der Lokomotiven und Eisenbahnen
    Figuier
    Dampflokomotiven veränderten die Welt, verkürzten Entfernungen, trieben die industrielle Entwicklung voran und verbanden Menschen und Regionen wie nie zuvor. Die Geschichte der Lokomotiven und Eisenbahnen erzählt die faszinierende Entwicklung von den ersten Dampfmaschinen bis zur Eisenbahnrevolution, die den Verkehr grundlegend veränderte und die moderne Welt mitprägte. Reich i...
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    18,03 €

  • The History of Locomotives and Railways
    Louis Figuier
    Steam locomotives transformed the world, shrinking distances, driving industrial growth, and connecting people as never before. The History of Locomotives and Railways traces the remarkable journey from the earliest steam engines to the railway revolution that reshaped transportation and modern society. Richly illustrated and filled with the stories of visionary engineers, grou...
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    18,13 €

  • La Historia de las Locomotoras y los Ferrocarriles
    Louis Figuier
    Las locomotoras de vapor transformaron el mundo, acortando distancias, impulsando el crecimiento industrial y conectando personas y regiones como nunca antes. La Historia de las Locomotoras y los Ferrocarriles recorre la extraordinaria evolución desde las primeras máquinas de vapor hasta la revolución ferroviaria que redefinió el transporte y dio forma al mundo moderno. Ricamen...
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    18,10 €

  • The Last Spike, and Other Railroad Stories
    Cy Warman
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of The last spike, and other railroad stories pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.Experience the golden age of railroads in Cy Warman’s 'The Last Spike: And Other Railroad Stories.' This collection of short stories transports you to a bygone era of steam engines, ...
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    23,23 €

  • Letters From an Old Railway Official to His Son, a Division Superintendent (Cram Edition)
    Charles De Lano Hine
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of Letters from an Old Railway Official to His Son, a Division Superintendent pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.'Letters from an Old Railway Official: To his Son, a Division Superintendent' offers timeless insights into railroad management and leadership. Writte...
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    21,07 €

  • Letters From an Old Railway Official
    Charles De Lano Hine
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of Letters from an Old Railway Official pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.'Letters from an Old Railway Official, Second Series: [To] His Son, a General Manager' offers a fascinating glimpse into the world of railroad management at the turn of the 20th century. T...
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    23,22 €

  • Pilots of the Republic
    Archer Butler Hulbert / Walter J. (Walter Joseph) Enright
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of Pilots of the Republic pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.'Pilots of the Republic: The Romance of the Pioneer Promoter in the Middle West' by Archer Butler Hulbert, explores the vital role of canals in shaping the United States, particularly the Midwest, durin...
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    25,20 €

  • The Short Line War (Cram Edition)
    Henry Kitchell Webster / Samuel Merwin
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of The Short Line War pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.'The Short Line War' by Samuel Merwin plunges readers into the heart of early 20th-century railroad competition. This meticulously prepared edition brings to life a historical fiction narrative centered on ...
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    25,24 €

  • Oh! Johnny
    Chantz Perkins
    A woman past her mid-life, dares herself on an adventure to travel across the world to see a man, she’d never met...One does not always know why an impulse insists with such urgency. Suddenly caught inside a force too strong to fight with no ability to deny the impulse.Riptide energy are the words I chose to define my scramble to see Johnny. Being swept up and whisked along, pr...
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    10,25 €

  • Aberdeen Carolina & Western Railway
    Barton Jennings
    The Aberdeen Carolina & Western Railway is a North Carolina success story. Formed from parts of the original Norfolk Southern Railway, the railroad essentially started from scratch and has grown into the largest privately held shortline or regional railroad in the state. It provides both freight and passenger service in the rural region east of Charlotte and through the booming...
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    19,77 €

  • Tracks, Trains, Wheels, and Cars
    T Edelman
    You will see, Trains, more trains, some wheels, train tracks, train cars, and some working trains and cars. All jokes aside this book is about the trains I have seen and photographed in the spring of 2026. Some of this is when I went on a trip to Denver CO, and most of it is in my home town. Some photos are the the greatest but they hold a moment in time that I may never get an...
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    22,59 €

  • Now Departing from Platform 54
    Douglas Tetlow
    Now Departing from Platform 54: A 32-year Long Railway Journey by Douglas Tetlow is a set of memoirs tracing his journey through his childhood, into developing an interest in railways upon his moving to Euxton, Chorley in 1968. His new home was close to the West Coast Main Line, being the catalyst to his interest. The memoirs continue with Douglas joining British Rail in 1972 t...
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    14,18 €

  • The Life of George Stephenson and of His Son Robert Stephenson
    Samuel Smiles
    This XpressRead Cram Edition of The Life of George Stephenson and of his Son Robert Stephenson pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic.Discover the remarkable story of two pioneering engineers in 'The Life of George Stephenson and of his Son, Robert Stephenson,' by Samuel Smiles. This meticulousl...
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    34,70 €

  • From British Rail to Freightliner
    Tim Mallion
    There are railwaymen... and there are those that work on the railway!Drawn from a collection of diaries and memories, this is the story of a schoolboy who turned his deep fascination with the railway into more than 34 years of train driving. Both witty and self-deprecating, the author takes us on journeys around East Anglia from his British Rail depot in Ipswich, where both Int...
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    35,48 €

  • Europe 2026 - Icon Illustrated Railway Atlas - Designed for Interrail and Eurail Global Rail Pass - Detailed Edition
    Ross
    Europe 2026 - Icon Illustrated European Railway Atlas - Global Pass Edition plus Detailed Edition includes Europe plus the whole of Switzerland and Austria and Northern Italy and border routes with France, Germany, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary and Slovenia and has been designed specifically for planning a Interrail/Eurail Global RailPass.Planning an epic Interrail/Eurail adventur...
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    11,51 €

  • Tracking the Iron Ghost
    Andrew R. English
    A front-line participant in the Civil War, the small locomotive Mississippi carried the first railgun used in war, and was later captured and put into service for the Union. After years of postwar work, the refurbished Mississippi traveled to Chicago for presentation at the 1893 Columbian Exposition where she was displayed for millions. Throughout the next century, the littl...
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    50,33 €

  • Approaching the Terminus
    John Simms
    Born in Derbyshire in 1951, John Simms developed a love of railways at an early age, a passion that would shape his life and eventually see him become one of three finalists for a Group Travel Organiser Award. Although he considers himself a Somerset man, Simms has travelled extensively across Britain and around the world, exploring railway lines, meeting fellow enthusiasts, an...
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    20,99 €

  • A Letter to the Kensington Canal Company on the Substitution of the Pneumatic Railway for the Common Railway by Which They Contemplate Extending Their Line of Conveyance
    John Vallance
    Imagine the hiss of compressed air beneath Victorian London, a bold vision of transport where invisible forces promised to outpace steam and horse alike. In an era when the future of movement teetered between progress and tradition, a daring proposal emerged to transform the city’s arteries with pneumatic railway technology-an idea as radical as it was elegant. This meticulousl...
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    18,04 €

  • The Story of the Western Raillroads
    Robert Edgar Riegel
    'The Story of the Western Railroads From 1852 Through the Reign of the Giants' offers a comprehensive and scholarly account of the transformative era when iron rails first bridged the vast distances of the American frontier. Author Robert Edgar Riegel meticulously details the financial, political, and engineering challenges that defined the period between 1852 and the early 20t...
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    27,07 €

  • Locomotives of the World
    J. R. Howden
    'Locomotives of the World' provides a comprehensive survey of the most significant steam engines and railway developments from the early 20th century. This work offers a global perspective on the evolution of rail transport, detailing the technical advancements and design variations that defined the golden age of steam. From the massive express engines of the British lines to t...
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    20,19 €

  • Trade, Tariffs & Transport in India
    Khushal Talaksi Shah
    'Trade, Tariffs & Transport in India' is a rigorous and comprehensive examination of the economic systems governing the Indian subcontinent during the early 20th century. Written by the distinguished economist K. T. Shah, this work provides an in-depth analysis of the fiscal policies, trade regulations, and logistical frameworks that defined the era. The text explores the compl...
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    28,81 €

  • Trails, Rails and War
    Jacob Randolph Perkins
    'Trails, Rails and War; The Life of General G. M. Dodge' is a comprehensive biography of one of the most versatile and influential figures in nineteenth-century American history. Grenville Mellen Dodge was a man whose career defined an era, serving as a prominent Union General during the Civil War and subsequently as the visionary chief engineer of the Union Pacific Railroad. T...
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    27,85 €

  • Railway Amalgamation in Great Britain
    W. E. Simnett
    'Railway Amalgamation in Great Britain' provides an authoritative and detailed account of one of the most significant transformations in the history of British transport: the consolidation of numerous independent railway companies into the 'Big Four.' Written by W.E. Simnett, this work examines the legislative, economic, and administrative complexities surrounding the Railways ...
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    25,12 €


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