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Great Railroad Tunnels of North America
ISBN: 9780786459513 / Angielski / Miękka / 189 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Describing and detailing the digging of major railroad tunnels throughout Canada, the United States, and Mexico, this book covers the period from the creation of Virginia's Blue Ridge Tunnel in the 1850s to Copper Canyon's Continental and El Descanso tunnels in the early 1960s. Other notable tunnels include Massachusetts' notoriously expensive and slow-progressing Hoosac Tunnel; Colorado's rail and water Moffat Tunnel; Montana's Flathead Tunnel; and several major tunnels along the Canadian Pacific's main line. In addition to providing details on the tunnels, the author explores the reasons...
Describing and detailing the digging of major railroad tunnels throughout Canada, the United States, and Mexico, this book covers the period from the ...
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189,45 zł |
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The C.S. Card Iron Works Co. Mine Haulage and Handling Equipment Catalog
ISBN: 9781935700289 / Angielski / Miękka / 134 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Founded in 1892 in Denver, the C.S. Card Iron Works became one of Colorado's largest mining equipment suppliers. Originally published in 1940, this catalog showcases Card's extensive line that included: mining car wheels and trucks, coal mine cars, ore cars, rope haulage equipment, rollers, sheaves, tipple equipment, dumps, cages, screens, track equipment, frogs, switches and crosses. This high quality, soft-bound reproduction contains the entire 120+ page catalog, and is reprinted with attractive color covers. It's ideal as a reference for scale modelers, museum docents, and rail fans of any...
Founded in 1892 in Denver, the C.S. Card Iron Works became one of Colorado's largest mining equipment suppliers. Originally published in 1940, this ca...
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74,04 zł |
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The Niles Car and Manufacturing Company Interurban and Suburban Motorcars, Trolley Cars & Passenger Cars
ISBN: 9781935700326 / Angielski / Miękka / 50 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Founded in 1901 in Niles, Ohio, the Niles Car and Manufacturing Co. produced a range of machinery for railroads and sugar mills. The company gained a reputation for making high quality passenger cars, trolley cars, and locomotives. Niles trolleys and interurbans ran in many cities including Rochester, Yakima, Minneapolis, Toledo, Cleveland, Detroit, Toronto, Chicago, San Diego, Milwaukee, and of course Cleveland and Boise. The company stopped making railroad cars in 1917. This Niles catalog dates from 1910, and features the company's full range of electric railway products. It has been...
Founded in 1901 in Niles, Ohio, the Niles Car and Manufacturing Co. produced a range of machinery for railroads and sugar mills. The company gained a ...
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65,30 zł |
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Trolley Cars and Locomotives of the Mcguire-Cummings Manufacturing Company
ISBN: 9781935700333 / Angielski / Miękka / 62 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Based in Paris, Illinois, the McGuire-Cummings Manufacturing Co. built trolley cars, passenger coaches and electric locomotives from the 1890s until 1930. McGuire supplied rolling stock for many of the Midwest's street railways and interurban lines, including the Peoria Railway, Ohio & Southern, the Illinois Central, Louisville & Eastern, Arkansas Valley, and others. Originally printed in 1911, this catalog shows McGuire's full line of products. Also included is the Electric Service Supplies Company catalog featuring high-quality parts for trolleys, interurbans, and subway cars. ESSCO's...
Based in Paris, Illinois, the McGuire-Cummings Manufacturing Co. built trolley cars, passenger coaches and electric locomotives from the 1890s until 1...
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65,30 zł |
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Union Pacific: The Reconfiguration: America's Greatest Railroad from 1969 to the Present
ISBN: 9780195369892 / Angielski / Twarda / 520 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Praised by the Chicago Tribune as "thoroughly and compellingly detailed history," Volumes I and II of Maury Klein's monumental history of the Union Pacific Railroad covered the years from 1863-1969. Now the third and final volume brings the story of the Union Pacific--the oldest, largest, and most successful railroad of modern times--fully up to date. The book follows the trajectory of an icon of the industrial age trying to negotiate its way in a post-railway world, plagued by setbacks such as labor disputes, aging infrastructure, government de-regulation, ill-fated mergers, and...
Praised by the Chicago Tribune as "thoroughly and compellingly detailed history," Volumes I and II of Maury Klein's monumental history of the...
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482,18 zł |
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Stalin's Railroad: Turksib and the Building of Socialism
ISBN: 9780822985938 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Turkestano-Siberian Railroad, or Turksib, was one of the great construction projects of the Soviet Union s First Five-Year Plan. As the major icon to ending the economic "backwardness" of the USSR s minority republics, it stood apart from similar efforts as one of the most potent metaphors for the creation of a unified socialist nation.
Built between December 1926 and January 1931 by nearly 50,000 workers and at a cost of more 161 million rubles, Turksib embodied the Bolsheviks commitment to end ethnic inequality and promote cultural revolution in one the far-flung corners of the old... The Turkestano-Siberian Railroad, or Turksib, was one of the great construction projects of the Soviet Union s First Five-Year Plan. As the major icon...
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302,70 zł |
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Blood, Iron, and Gold: How the Railroads Transformed the World
ISBN: 9781586489496 / Angielski / Miękka / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From Panama to Punjab, from Tasmania to Turin, Wolmar shows how cultures were enriched, and destroyed, by one of the greatest global transport revolutions of our time, and celebrates the visionaries and laborers responsible for its creation.
From Panama to Punjab, from Tasmania to Turin, Wolmar shows how cultures were enriched, and destroyed, by one of the greatest global transport revolut...
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109,16 zł |
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Railroads Triumphant: The Growth, Rejection, and Rebirth of a Vital American Force
ISBN: 9780195038538 / Angielski / Twarda / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1789, when the First Congress met in New York City, the members traveled to the capital just as Roman senators two thousand years earlier had journeyed to Rome, by horse, at a pace of some five miles an hour. Indeed, if sea travel had improved dramatically since Caesar's time, overland travel was still so slow, painful, and expensive that most Americans lived all but rooted to the spot, with few people settling more than a hundred miles from the ocean (a mere two percent lived west of the Appalachians). America in effect was just a thin ribbon of land by the sea, and it wasn't until the...
In 1789, when the First Congress met in New York City, the members traveled to the capital just as Roman senators two thousand years earlier had journ...
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289,63 zł |
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Early Railways, 1569-1830
ISBN: 9780747808114 / Angielski / Miękka / 56 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. To many people, the history of the railway begins with the opening of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway in 1830. By that time, however, the concept of the railway in Britain was already over 250 years old, a fascinating but little-known period of experimentation, improvement and invention which included such remarkable features as an Elizabethan 'Scalextric', an early 'JCB' and an engine fitted with steam-powered legs. Innovations such as iron rails, inclines and the pioneering locomotives were gradually introduced, so that by 1830 the basic principles of the modern railway were already in...
To many people, the history of the railway begins with the opening of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway in 1830. By that time, however, the concept o...
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44,13 zł |
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Oneonta in Olden Time & Bits of Oneonta History: An Interesting Series of Articles by Harvey Baker, Published in the Oneonta Herald During the Years 1
ISBN: 9780978906672 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Arguably the most important presence in the history of Oneonta, New York, Harvey Baker was a prolific writer who contributed to several Otsego County papers throughout his life. In 1892 and 1893, he wrote a series of sixty-three articles for the Oneonta Herald, his account of how Oneonta evolved from aboriginal lands to frontier settlements, a bustling village, and eventually to a railroading powerhouse. Based on his research of the area's history dating back to colonial times and up to the current events of his lifetime, Baker covers topics as diverse as the American Revolution and Civil...
Arguably the most important presence in the history of Oneonta, New York, Harvey Baker was a prolific writer who contributed to several Otsego County ...
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112,28 zł |
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Frank K. Hain and the Manhattan Railway Company: The Elevated Railway, 1875-1903
ISBN: 9780786464050 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Organized under the Rapid Transit Act of 1875, the Manhattan Railway Company (commonly known as the Manhattan Elevated Railway, or the "el") dominated public transportation in late-nineteenth-century New York City. Its four lines extended the length of Manhattan Island into the Bronx, with 334 steam locomotives carrying 1,122 passenger cars over 102 miles of track. From 1880 to 1902, more passengers traveled the el than on any other rapid transit system in the world. Frank K. Hain was vice president and general manager of the company for 16 years, during which time he confronted union...
Organized under the Rapid Transit Act of 1875, the Manhattan Railway Company (commonly known as the Manhattan Elevated Railway, or the "el") dominated...
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250,60 zł |
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The Oneonta Roundhouse
ISBN: 9780978906689 / Angielski / Miękka / 100 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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97,60 zł |
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Shay Geared Locomotives and Repair Parts Catalogue
ISBN: 9781935327929 / Angielski / Miękka / 86 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1877, Ephraim Shay came up with a radical design for a logging locomotive that featured a side-mounted set of cylinders. These drove drive shafts, which powered the wheels of both the locomotive and tender. This "geared locomotive" offered a distinct advantage, in that the entire weight of the engine developed traction. The Lima Locomotive Works of Lima, Ohio, produced the first Shay in 1880. Less than a decade later, the company was producing five different types of Shays, and shipping them throughout the world. The last Shay was built in 1945. Lima produced its last steam engine in 1949,...
In 1877, Ephraim Shay came up with a radical design for a logging locomotive that featured a side-mounted set of cylinders. These drove drive shafts, ...
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92,19 zł |
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The Wilmington & Raleigh Rail Road Company, 1833-1854
ISBN: 9780786465057 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1833, the Wilmington and Raleigh Rail Road Company set out to connect the port city of Wilmington to North Carolina's capital. When it was done in 1840, after changing its route, the company had completed 161 miles of track--the longest railroad in the world at the time--and provided continuous transportation from the town of Weldon on the Roanoke River to Wilmington and on to Charleston, South Carolina, by steamboat. A marvel of civil engineering by the standards of the day, the railroad constituted a tour de force of organization, finance and political will that risked the fortunes of...
In 1833, the Wilmington and Raleigh Rail Road Company set out to connect the port city of Wilmington to North Carolina's capital. When it was done in ...
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189,45 zł |
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Baldwin Diesel-Electric Switching Locomotives Operator's Manual: 750-1000 HP Switches & Road Switchers
ISBN: 9781935700623 / Angielski / Miękka / 40 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For almost a century, The Baldwin Locomotive Works was the world's premiere builder of steam locomotives. The years after WWII saw the company founder, as wartime production restrictions and poor planning delayed the company's entry into the diesel market. Baldwin eventually did produce a number of diesel locomotives, including transfer and cab units and the four-axle 750 and 1,000 hp switchers and road switchers profiled in this booklet. By 1956, the company could no longer compete with its rivals, and it stopped producing locomotives altogether. Its dissolution was a sad end for a...
For almost a century, The Baldwin Locomotive Works was the world's premiere builder of steam locomotives. The years after WWII saw the company founder...
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56,56 zł |
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The Meon Valley Line, Part 2: A Rural Backwater
ISBN: 9781906419684 / Angielski / Twarda / 84 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This title focuses on the operational years of what was a rural backwater. The years featured are from 1904 to 1955, although right from the start the owning company, the LSWR, must have realised that it was a line that could never attract business on its own.
This title focuses on the operational years of what was a rural backwater. The years featured are from 1904 to 1955, although right from the start the...
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87,71 zł |
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Railroads of Pennsylvania
ISBN: 9780811700115 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. -Informative and very satisfying to read.- --Library Journal-For those of you who cannot get enough of railroad history, this book will brighten your day.- --LivesteamCompletely revised and updated edition of this best-sellerRegional histories of the great railroads and relics of rail cultureRail stories of the people and events that shaped historyRails-to-Trails paths, tourist attractions, and other traveler informationIncludes 10 maps for easy reference
-Informative and very satisfying to read.- --Library Journal-For those of you who cannot get enough of railroad history, this book will brighten your ...
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115,90 zł |
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On Railways Far Away
ISBN: 9780253005915 / Angielski / Twarda / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this lavishly illustrated memoir, William D. Middleton invites readers to climb aboard and share with him 60 years of railroad tourism around the globe. Middleton's award-winning photography has recorded events such as the final days of American Civil War locomotives in Morocco and the start up of the world's first high-speed railway in Japan. He has photographed such great civil works as Scotland's Firth of Forth Bridge and the splendid railway station at Haydarpasa on the Asian side of the Bosporus, while closer to home he has been recognized for his significant contribution to the... In this lavishly illustrated memoir, William D. Middleton invites readers to climb aboard and share with him 60 years of railroad tourism around th... |
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262,34 zł |
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Railroads of Meridian
ISBN: 9780253005922 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This generously illustrated narrative follows the evolution of dozens of separate railroads in the Meridian, Mississippi, area from the destruction of the town's rail facilities in the 1850s through the current era of large-scale consolidation. Presently, there are only seven mega-size rail systems in the United States, three of which serve Meridian, making it an important junction on one of the nation's four major transcontinental routes. The recent creation of a nationally prominent high-speed freight line between Meridian and Shreveport, the "Meridian Speedway," has allowed the Union... This generously illustrated narrative follows the evolution of dozens of separate railroads in the Meridian, Mississippi, area from the destruction... |
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204,62 zł |
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Food Production and Distribution in the Confederacy, Excluding the Trans-Mississippi Department
ISBN: 9781432765514 / Angielski / Miękka / 28 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Who caused starvation and food riots in the Confederacy?/b> The Confederate Armies commandeering the Confederate railroads for military supplies and troops prevent food supplies from being distributed in the Confederacy. Thus leading to starvation and food riots by civilians in the Confederacy. Who caused starvation and food riots in the Confederacy?/b> The Confederate Armies commandeering the Confederate railroads for military suppli... |
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65,30 zł |
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