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Territorial Implications of High Speed Rail: A Spanish Perspective
ISBN: 9781409430520 / Angielski / Twarda / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. High Speed Rail's (HSR) main objective is to attract air passengers between big metropolitan areas however the main territorial implications in many cases occur not in these metropolitan areas but in the intermediate cities. These implications open up new spatial planning possibilities such as decentralization, new regional centres and urban renewal projects. This book presents the experience of 20 years of HSR in Spain including some explicit information, arguments and conclusions derived from HSR in other European Countries. It debates the HSR territorial implications at three scales:...
High Speed Rail's (HSR) main objective is to attract air passengers between big metropolitan areas however the main territorial implications in many c...
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783,64 |
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Highway and Raill Transit Inspection Manual
ISBN: 9781782661641 / Angielski / Miękka / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This manual provides specific information for the inspection of both highway and rail transit tunnels. Although several components are similar in both types of tunnels, a few elements are specific to either highway or rail transit tunnels and are defined accordingly.
This manual provides specific information for the inspection of both highway and rail transit tunnels. Although several components are similar in both...
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102,25 |
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Highway and Rail Transit Tunnel Maintenance and Rehabilitation Manual
ISBN: 9781782661672 / Angielski / Miękka / 110 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Provides specific information for the maintenance and rehabilitation of both highway and rail transit tunnels. Although several components are similar in both types of tunnels, a few elements are specific to either highway or rail transits tunnels, and are defined accordingly.
Provides specific information for the maintenance and rehabilitation of both highway and rail transit tunnels. Although several components are similar...
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102,25 |
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The Railways of America
ISBN: 9783846005286 / Angielski / Miękka / 492 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Reprint of the original, first published in 1890.
Reprint of the original, first published in 1890.
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282,83 |
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Railway Wonders of the World
ISBN: 9783846005279 / Angielski / Miękka / 410 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Reprint of the original, first published in 1913.
Reprint of the original, first published in 1913.
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242,36 |
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LB & SCRcarriages: Four- & Six-Wheeled Saloons, Vans and Restorations: Volume 2
ISBN: 9781905505364 / Angielski / Twarda / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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150,72 |
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The Kendal and Windermere Railway
ISBN: 9780853617211 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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80,27 |
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The Aldeburgh Branch
ISBN: 9780853617235 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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100,40 |
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2 Illustrated Vintage Train Stories: Fast Express & My Book of Trains
ISBN: 9781482682700 / Angielski / Miękka / 42 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Revisit the golden age of trains with these two delightful illustrated children's stories from the early 20th century
Painstakingly prepared for new lives in the digital age, these books about vintage trains were written and illustrated at a time when nearly everyone rode the rails - including children. Because of that, the stories captured the imaginations of little ones around the world. Turn-of-the-century children were captivated by the allure of mighty steam trains that sent vapor high up into the sky and whizzed through the countryside at what at the time must have seemed... Revisit the golden age of trains with these two delightful illustrated children's stories from the early 20th century
Painstakingly prepa... |
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40,43 |
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Railroads in the United States: Considerations & Development Prospects
ISBN: 9781622577279 / Angielski / Twarda / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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732,03 |
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Top 25 Railways KPIs of 2011-2012
ISBN: 9781484156049 / Angielski / Miękka / 76 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The "Top 25 Railways KPIs of 2011-2012" report provides insights into the state of railways performance measurement today by listing and analyzing the most visited KPIs for this functional area on smartKPIs.com in 2011. In addition to KPI names, it contains a detailed description of each KPI, in the standard smartKPIs.com KPI documentation format, that includes fields such as: definition, purpose, calculation, limitation, overall notes and additional resources. While dominated by KPIs reflecting cost performance and material handling, other popular KPIs come from categories such as...
The "Top 25 Railways KPIs of 2011-2012" report provides insights into the state of railways performance measurement today by listing and analyzing the...
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198,26 |
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Lost Railways of West Sussex
ISBN: 9781840336191 / Angielski / Miękka / 56 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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60,14 |
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Positive Train Control: Issues & Economics for Improved Rail Safety
ISBN: 9781626182714 / Angielski / Twarda / 239 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
cena:
955,01 |
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Africa's Freedom Railway: How a Chinese Development Project Changed Lives and Livelihoods in Tanzania
ISBN: 9780253223227 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The TAZARA (Tanzania Zambia Railway Authority), or Freedom Railway, from Dar es Salaam on the Tanzanian coast to the Copperbelt region of Zambia, was instrumental in fostering one of the most sweeping development transitions in postcolonial Africa. Built during the height of the Cold War, the railway was intended to redirect the mineral wealth of the interior away from routes through South Africa and Rhodesia. Rebuffed by Western aid agencies, newly independent Tanzania and Zambia accepted help from China to construct what would become one of Africa's most vital transportation corridors.... The TAZARA (Tanzania Zambia Railway Authority), or Freedom Railway, from Dar es Salaam on the Tanzanian coast to the Copperbelt region of Zambia, w... |
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97,90 |
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Eleven Minutes Late: A Train Journey to the Soul of Britain
ISBN: 9780330512374 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Britain gave railways to the world, yet its own network is the dearest (definitely) and the worst (probably) in Western Europe. Trains are deeply embedded in the national psyche and folkloreyet it is considered uncool to care about them. For Matthew Engel the railway system is the ultimate expression of Britishness. It represents all the nation's ingenuity, incompetence, nostalgia, corruption, humor, capacity for suffering, and even sexual repression. To uncover its mysteries, Engel has traveled the system from Penzance to Thurso, exploring its history and talking to people from politicians...
Britain gave railways to the world, yet its own network is the dearest (definitely) and the worst (probably) in Western Europe. Trains are deeply embe...
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50,28 |
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Regulating Railroad Innovation: Business, Technology, and Politics in America, 1840 1920
ISBN: 9780521001069 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Efforts to create and mold new technologies have been a central, recurrent feature of the American experience since at least the time of the Revolution. Many of the most tumultuous events in the nation's history have involved disputes over the appropriateness and desirability of particular technologies. For nearly a century, railroad technology persistently posed novel challenges for Americans, prompting them to reexamine their most cherished institutions and beliefs. Covering a now neglected aspect of American history, Usselman traces their myriad struggles in rich detail.
Efforts to create and mold new technologies have been a central, recurrent feature of the American experience since at least the time of the Revolutio...
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173,33 |
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Great Western Railway: 150 Glorious Years
ISBN: 9780715387634 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text celebrates 150 years of the Great Western Railway retelling the full story of this institution, with contributions from experts in all fields including many who worked on the line. Every aspect of the line's history is covered, including the locomotives, branch lines, summer Saturday peak traffic, GWR narrow guage and other operations.
This text celebrates 150 years of the Great Western Railway retelling the full story of this institution, with contributions from experts in all field...
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77,03 |
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Parallel Lines: Or, Journeys on the Railway of Dreams
ISBN: 9780747565840 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A story of one man's encounter with the British railways.
A story of one man's encounter with the British railways.
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87,59 |
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Steam Across The Highlands
ISBN: 9780857041630 / Angielski / Twarda / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Packed with evocative colour images, this book celebrates the steam revival on every surviving route in the Highlands.
Packed with evocative colour images, this book celebrates the steam revival on every surviving route in the Highlands.
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100,60 |
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West Highland Line Great Railway Journeys Through Time
ISBN: 9781445613369 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Twice voted the top railway journey in the world, the West Highland route to Mallaig (like the Dingwall & Skye and the Callander & Oban) accessed the remote and mountainous west coast of Scotland. The original West Highland line, described here, links Glasgow and Fort William. In the late nineteenth century, with their nearest railheads many miles away, the inhabitants of Fort William sought their own railway, approved in 1889. It was opened all at once in 1894. From the north shore of the Firth of Clyde, the line passes the Gareloch, Loch Long and Loch Lomond, before crossing desolate but...
Twice voted the top railway journey in the world, the West Highland route to Mallaig (like the Dingwall & Skye and the Callander & Oban) accessed the ...
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80,47 |