Railroads
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Union Station in Denver
$21.99 Add to cartOn June 1, 1881, Denver’s Union Station opened as the largest structure west of the Mississippi. The station welcomed people from all walks of life, from pioneers and miners to U.S. presidents and Buf… [more below]
- Series: Landmarks
- Author: Beck, Rhonda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: February 08 2016
- ISBN10: 1626199647
- Language: English
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The Greatest Railroad Story Ever Told: Henry Flagler & the Florida East Coast Railway’s Key West Extension
$23.99 Add to cartAlthough several people had considered constructing a railroad to Key West beginning in the early 1800s, it took a bold industrialist with unparalleled vision to make it happen.
In 1902, Henry Flagler
- Series: Transportation
- Author: Bramson, Seth H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 01 2011
- ISBN10: 1609493990
- Language: English
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Eurohobo: (And I’m a Hobo!) a How-To Zine about Tramping, Freight Train Hopping, and Free Riding Passenger Trains in Europe
$6.95 Read moreHave you ever dreamed of train hopping across Europe, but had no idea how you’d be able to do it? Fear not Hobo Lee has you covered.
- Author: Lee, Hobo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 34
- Publish Date: December 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1648410057
- Language: English
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The Chinese and the Iron Road: Building the Transcontinental Railroad
$32.00 Add to cartThe completion of the transcontinental railroad in May 1869 is usually told as a story of national triumph and a key moment for American Manifest Destiny. The Railroad made it possible to cross the co
- Series: Asian America
- Author: Chang, Gordon H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: April 30 2019
- ISBN10: 1503609243
- Language: English
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The Chicago L
$26.99 Read moreDiscover the world-famous Chicago L – in all its grit and glory.
The thundering L is one of Chicago’s most enduring icons. Operating 247 since 1892, it is not only an antique but a working antique. Mor
- Series: Images of America
- Author: Borzo, Greg
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: May 30 2007
- ISBN10: 0738551007
- Language: English
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The Old West’s Infamous Train Robbers and Their Historic Heists
$24.95 Add to cartThe Old West’s Infamous Train Robbers and Their Historic Heists profiles sixteen noted train robbers (or train robbing gangs) along with the details of each their forty-seven hold-ups. The mechanics o
- Author: Jameson, W. C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 218
- Publish Date: July 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1493066625
- Language: English
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History of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
$49.95 Add to cartIf you want an interesting look at railroading plus the social, financial, and political times over 130 years of America, consider this well-researched and documented book.–Stan Moore, Denver Posse o
- Author: Bryant Jr, Keith L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: September 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1496214102
- Language: English
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Hell on Wheels: Wicked Towns Along the Union Pacific Railroad
$18.99 Read moreOvernight settlements, better known as “Hell on Wheels,” sprang up as the transcontinental railroad crossed Nebraska and Wyoming. They brought opportunity not only for legitimate business but also for… [more below]
- Author: Kreck, Dick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: May 01 2013
- ISBN10: 1555919480
- Language: English
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Electric Indiana: The Rise and Fall of the World’s Greatest Interurban Railway Center, 1893-1941
$40.00 Read moreIn the early twentieth century, an epic battle was waged across America between the interurban railway and the automobile, two technologies that arose at roughly the same time in the late 1890s. Nowhe
- Series: Railroads Past and Present
- Author: Schwantes, Carlos Arnaldo
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 340
- Publish Date: August 15 2023
- ISBN10: 025306712X
- Language: English
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The Little Rock: History Through the Miles
$47.99 Add to cartOne of the least-known parts of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad was its New Orleans line, a part of the Louisiana Division. No, the line never reached New Orleans, but it did reach the bau
- Series: History Through the Miles
- Author: Jennings, Barton
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 808
- Publish Date: July 31 2023
- ISBN10: 1732788898
- Language: English
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Guide to North American Diesel Locomotives
$27.99 Read moreJeff Wilson’s new book, Guide to North American Diesel Locomotives, offers more than 300 pages of detailed information on diesel locomotives produced in North America from the 1930s to today. An essen
- Author: Wilson, Jeff
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 306
- Publish Date: November 01 2017
- ISBN10: 1627004556
- Language: English
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The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas
$19.99 Read moreINTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER. The Old Patagonian Express chronicles Paul Theroux’s train journey from his home in Boston, Massachusetts to the foot of South America, in 1978. Full of witty and sharp obser… [more below]
- Author: Theroux, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: November 07 1989
- ISBN10: 039552105X
- Language: English
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The Pennsylvania Railroad: The Age of Limits, 1917-1933
$80.00 Add to cartBy 1933, the Pennsylvania Railroad had been in existence for nearly ninety years. During this time, it had grown from a small line, struggling to build west from the state capital in Harrisburg, to th
- Series: Railroads Past and Present
- Author: Churella, Albert J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 910
- Publish Date: November 21 2023
- ISBN10: 0253066352
- Language: English
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Train Beyond the Mountains: Journeys on the Rocky Mountaineer
$27.95 Read moreA captivating journey blending memoir, history, and biography that takes the reader on one of the world’s most famous trains and tells of carving the dramatic route it follows, while pondering other i
- Author: Antonson, Rick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1771644869
- Language: English
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Bart: The Dramatic History of the Bay Area Rapid Transit System
$30.00 Add to cartIn the first-ever history book about BART, longtime agency spokesman Michael C. Healy gives an insider’s account of the rapid transit system’s inception, hard-won approval, construction, and operation… [more below]
- Author: Healy, Michael C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: November 15 2016
- ISBN10: 1597143707
- Language: English
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Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America
$24.99 Read moreThe transcontinental railroads were the first corporate behemoths. Their attempts to generate profits from proliferating debt sparked devastating economic panics. Their dependence on public largesse d
- Author: White, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 720
- Publish Date: April 23 2012
- ISBN10: 0393342379
- Language: English
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Mostly True: The West’s Most Popular Hobo Graffiti Magazine
$14.95 Add to cartIn Texas in the early 1900s, a little chalk drawing started to appear on boxcars: a minimalist sketch of a figure with a 10-gallon hat, smoking a pipe, and signed “Bozo Texino.” This famous railroad t… [more below]
- Series: Travel
- Author: Daniel, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: March 26 2024
- ISBN10: 1621067424
- Language: English
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The Great Railroad Revolution: The History of Trains in America
$19.99 Add to cartAmerica was made by the railroads. The opening of the Baltimore & Ohio line — the first American railroad — in the 1830s sparked a national revolution in the way that people lived thanks to the spee… [more below]
- Author: Wolmar, Christian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: October 08 2013
- ISBN10: 1610393473
- Language: English
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Fdr’s Funeral Train: A Betrayed Widow, a Soviet Spy, and a Presidency in the Balance
$20.00 Add to cartThe true story of the wartime train that took one dead president, one living one, and 140 of the most influential men of the U.S. government on an adventure that has been shrouded in mystery-until now… [more below]
- Author: Klara, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: June 21 2011
- ISBN10: 0230108032
- Language: English
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Trains: The World’s Most Scenic Routes
$19.98 Add to cartTravel the globe with more than 70 of the world’s most beautiful, historic, and useful train routes with Trains, featuring in-depth descriptions and hi-def photography.
Travel with us to:- The exclusi
- Author: Publications International Ltd
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: March 01 2019
- ISBN10: 1640306528
- Language: English
