Garden Railroads
I didn't get a garden railroad for Christmas; I didn't even ask Santa Claus to bring me one. Actually, before the thought of writing this article entered my head, my only exposure to garden railroads was just a few photographs that I saw in a ... [... more]
Suite101 |
Jack Beatty
Age of Betrayal is a brilliant reconsideration of America's first Gilded Age, when war-born dreams of freedom and democracy died of their impossibility. Focusing on the alliance between government and railroads forged by bribes and campaign ... [... more]
Random House |
Classic Railroads 2008 Calendar
 Author: Brian Solomon Binding: Calendar EAN: 9780760330876 Edition: 1 ISBN: 0760330875 Number Of Pages: 24 Publication Date: 2007-08-16 [... more]
CDN$17.99
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The Iron Horse and the Windy City: How Railroads Shaped ...
Author: David M. Young Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 385.0977311 EAN: 9780875803340 ISBN: 0875803342 Number Of Pages: 280 Publication Date: 2005-05 [... more]
CDN$40.08
Amazon CA |
Railroads Across North America: An Illustrated History
Author: Claude Wiatrowski Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 385.0973 EAN: 9780760329764 Edition: 1 ISBN: 0760329761 Number Of Pages: 256 Publication Date: 2007-10-14 [... more]
CDN$32.95
Amazon CA |
Railroads of Nevada and Eastern California-Set: ...
THE Source for Nevada Railroading: Railroads of Nevada and Eastern California is the premier work on transportation in the Silver State. The photos are suprb, the text inclusive and the maps are a must for rail buffs and modellers seeking authenticity. I [... more]
CDN$175.58
Amazon CA |
Classic American Railroads: A Boxed Set of Three ...
Classic American Railroads: This book displays all the old classics that I as a child remember my grandfather working with at the railroad depot in my hometown. Author: Motorbooks International Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 385 EAN: 9780760323 [... more]
CDN$90.22
Amazon CA |
Civil War Railroads: A Pictorial Story of the War ...
Blue and Gray on the Rails: Civil War Railroads by George Abdill is a wonderful browsing book on railroading in the 1860's. One can open to most any page and find an interesting story, anecdote, biography or fact about Civil War railroading. The book is [... more]
CDN$52.04
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Main Lines: Rebirth of the North American Railroads, ...
The Definitive History of US Railroads in the Modern Era: Drawing from numerous sources, Saunders weaves the economic and political history behind Railroading As We Know It Today into a work that is all at once comprehensive, insightful and engaging. [... more]
CDN$50.12
Amazon CA |
Railroads in the Civil War
Disappointing and Irritating: While the subject interests me and the author seems to have done a good deal of research, this book both disappointed and irritated me. The author's theme - that the Confederacy lost the Civil War by virtue of their lack of [... more]
CDN$55.25
Amazon CA |
Maine Narrow Gauge Railroads
Great Pictures! Clunky Text!: This is primarily a picture book - filled with great old pictures of Maine's famous 2-foot-gauge railroads (there were also a couple of 3-foot-gauge railroads in Maine; these are not mentioned). Each railroad gets a chapter [... more]
CDN$20.06
Amazon CA |
The Routledge Historical Atlas of the American Railroads
Excellent maps and reference: I use this as a companion while I am reading other railroad books which do not have good maps of the roads in question. I have found it very helpful to following text about where the rails were located. I highly recommend it. [... more]
CDN$34.06
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