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Publisher
Kalmbach Publishing Co. - Magazines
Language
English
Description
Mountain Railroads, the latest special issue from Classic Trains, explores railroading’s battle with gravity and geography — getting heavy trains up steep grades and safely descending them. The 124-page special edition features new and rare photos, detailed maps, and classic articles from Trains magazine, including Horseshoe Curve, Cajon Pass, 2-10-4 to Revelstoke, Snowbound Streamliner, Saluda Grade, and more!
Author
Series
Publisher
Globe Pequot
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Formats
Description
Scenic Driving West Virginia features twenty-five separate drives through the Mountain State, from rock ridges and gorges to springs, spas and rustic farms. An indispensable highway companion, Scenic Driving West Virginia includes route maps and in-depth descriptions of attractions.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
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Description
From Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Hiltzik, the epic tale of the clash for supremacy between America’s railroad titans
In 1869, when the final spike was driven into the transcontinental railroad, few were prepared for its seismic aftershocks. Once a hodgepodge of short, squabbling lines, America’s railways soon exploded into a titanic industry helmed by a pageant of speculators, crooks, and visionaries. The vicious competition...
In 1869, when the final spike was driven into the transcontinental railroad, few were prepared for its seismic aftershocks. Once a hodgepodge of short, squabbling lines, America’s railways soon exploded into a titanic industry helmed by a pageant of speculators, crooks, and visionaries. The vicious competition...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
For Professor Allitt, the great dividing line in the story of the American West is the construction of the transcontinental railroads, which did more than anything else to link the West with the Eastern states from which they'd emerged. Go inside the myths - and startling realities - of this decisive moment.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
How do you stimulate the economy and create more wealth? In the 18th and 19th centuries, canals and railroads provided the backbone of the Industrial Revolution. Investigate the engineering challenges of creating nationwide transportation systems, and explore the connection between infrastructure and the economy.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
The first transcontinental railroad was finished in 1869. Completion cut travel time from the Mississippi to the West Coast from three months to about one week. The line was joined by other transcontinentals; a national network facilitated settlement in the plains and mountain states that had been too remote.
9) Light rails
Author
Series
Publisher
Creative Education and Creative Paperbacks
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A kindergarten-level introduction to light rails, covering their drivers, role in transportation, and such defining features as their pantographs.
10) Trams
Author
Series
Publisher
Creative Education, Creative Paperbacks
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A kindergarten-level introduction to trams, covering their drivers, role in transportation, and such defining features as their metal wheels.
11) Monorails
Author
Series
Publisher
Creative Education and Creative Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
A kindergarten-level introduction to monorails, covering their drivers, role in transportation, and such defining features as their single-rail tracks.
12) An Economic History of the World since 1400: Episode 23,Speeding Up: Canals, Steamships, Railroads
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Railroads, steamships, telegraphs, telephones-each of these 19th-century innovations helped create the globalized, interconnected world that we currently inhabit in the 21st century. Follow the trajectory of the history of modern transportation and communication (with its emphasis on speed) as it relates to the story of economics.
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Series
Publisher
Flowerpot Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
The train team introduces the different types of trains they work on and the various things they transport. Discover a surprising assortment of trains including a fire train, freight train, passenger train, car transport train, and rail tanker train.
14) Trains
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Publisher
Bellwether Media
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Simple text and full-color photography introduce beginning readers to how trains work. Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through third grade
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Everyone in Baltimore is hot and sticky, from little Hazel playing on the slide to the grandma knitting on the porch. So when evening comes, they all jump at the chance for a little "cool off and ride." The whole neighborhood-from the Taylor twins to Grandpa, and even the dog!--piles onto a breezy homemade roller coaster, a city trolley! In this charming, rhythmic romp, Claudia Friddell and Jenn Harney take us back to a time before air conditioning...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The six-part series follows some of the world's most extraordinary railway journeys from above and on the ground, taking the audience on an adventure of a lifetime. We fly above spectacular scenery and explore exceptional engineering; meeting the people who maintain and run these incredible railroads as well as those who live alongside them.
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Written by award-winning author Megan Hoyt, this thoughtful STEM picture book biography about the brilliant architect of Grand Central Terminal is a celebration of resilience in the face of adversity, creative problem solving, and, of course, trains! With whimsical illustrations by Dave Szalay.
Series
Publisher
Gale
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Annual supplement to West's Encyclopedia of American Law that updates and expands the content with new topics, updates, biographies of prominent figures and government appointees, and other features. Each year's edition contains the full U.S. Supreme Court docket in addition to the non-Supreme Court cases.
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