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Railroad Vision: Photography, Travel, and Perception
ISBN: 9780892367269 / Angielski / Twarda / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With more than 100 photographs, this book illustrates the parallel histories of railroads and photography - from a photograph of George Stephenson's locomotion, to powerful images from the American Civil War, to a mid-20th-century photograph of a train roaring by a drive-in movie theatre.
With more than 100 photographs, this book illustrates the parallel histories of railroads and photography - from a photograph of George Stephenson's l...
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220,08 zł |
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Trainworks
ISBN: 9781410713971 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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68,45 zł |
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Single Track Obsession: A Book of Extraordinary Railway Journeys
ISBN: 9781425162399 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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91,94 zł |
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Red Car Era An Album: Memories of Los Angeles and the Pacific Electric Railway
ISBN: 9781452844756 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. During the first six decades of the Twentieth Century, Southern California boasted a comprehensive network of suburban electrically powered trains and trolleys. Known as the Pacific Electric, it was the world's largest interurban electric system. In their bright red livery, the Red Cars went everywhere. Lines extended along the beaches from Balboa to Santa Monica Canyon; from the cool snow covered alpine heights of Mount Lowe to the hot dry sandy desert of the San Fernando Valley; and from Los Angeles to the rural orange groves of Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties. At its peak,...
During the first six decades of the Twentieth Century, Southern California boasted a comprehensive network of suburban electrically powered trains and...
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93,23 zł |
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Baldwin City Summer: Trains Of July, 2005
ISBN: 9781438230047 / Angielski / Miękka / 34 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Photographs of trains and the Baldwin depot
Photographs of trains and the Baldwin depot
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46,40 zł |
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The Changing Face of Britains Railway 1938-1953: The Railway Companies Bow Out
ISBN: 9781905414031 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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133,22 zł |
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A Steam Odyssey: The Railroad Photographs of Victor Hand
ISBN: 9780393084313 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Steam Odyssey: The Railroad Photographs of Victor Hand is the latest in our celebrated publications on railroad photography. Unlike previous volumes, this book has an international bent: Hand has taken photographs in more than fifty countries over the past fifty-five years. These 162 black-and-white photographs present a sampling of his best work from around the world and show how the railway is a compelling subject no matter the locale. An introduction by well-known transportation reporter and railroad columnist Don Phillips explains how Hand got interested in railways and how his...
Steam Odyssey: The Railroad Photographs of Victor Hand is the latest in our celebrated publications on railroad photography. Unlike previous ...
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262,45 zł |
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Chronicles of a Detroit Railfan: Volume 1 Introduction to Metropolitan Detroit Railroads, 1975 to 2000, All Color Photographs
ISBN: 9781492351962 / Angielski / Miękka / 76 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a color photography book about the railroads of Detroit between the years 1975 and 2000. Few cities in the United States changed as much as Detroit during this 25-year period. During that quarter century Detroit went from being an industrial powerhouse to practically nothing. The loss of industries also shuttered many of the factories and industries in Detroit that the railroads once served. Chronicles of a Detroit Railfan Volume 1 captures the last of the glory days of Detroit railroading at the end of the 20th Century in words and color photographs. Volume 1 of this series of books...
This is a color photography book about the railroads of Detroit between the years 1975 and 2000. Few cities in the United States changed as much as De...
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74,53 zł |
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Chronicles of a Detroit Railfan: Volume 2, Across the Detroit River by Carferry and Tunnel to Canada, 1975 to 2000, All Color Photographs
ISBN: 9781493708635 / Angielski / Miękka / 52 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is Volume 2 of a series of photography books about the railroads of Detroit between the years 1975 and 2000. Volume 2 introduces us to all the railroads serving Windsor, Ontario, Canada, located across the Detroit River from Detroit. Canada railroads, such as Canada National, Canada Pacific, Essex Terminal and VIA Rail, are covered as are the Canadian operations of the Detroit railroads, Conrail, Chessie and Norfolk & Western. Also covered is how the railroads got to Canada from Detroit via the Detroit River Carferries and Tunnel. Chronicles of a Detroit Railfan Volume 2 brings back to...
This is Volume 2 of a series of photography books about the railroads of Detroit between the years 1975 and 2000. Volume 2 introduces us to all the ra...
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79,75 zł |
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Chronicles of a Detroit Railfan: Volume 3, Detroit Terminal Railroad
ISBN: 9781494806682 / Angielski / Miękka / 106 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Chronicles of a Detroit Railfan series of books brings back to life the many fascinating railroads serving a great city in the last quarter of the 20th Century when they were still so very interesting and so many. Detroit Terminal Railroad was a shortline, "terminal" railroad that formed a semicircle around the City of Detroit serving Detroit's industries. Formed in 1905 to extend rail service to the then rural area north of Detroit, the City of Detroit and its industries grew out to it, making Detroit Terminal a very busy and prosperous railroad until the deindustrialization of Detroit...
The Chronicles of a Detroit Railfan series of books brings back to life the many fascinating railroads serving a great city in the last quarter of the...
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102,50 zł |
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British Rail Camera: 81-85
ISBN: 9781497324565 / Angielski / Miękka / 90 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Alistair Lofthouse had always been interested in trains, in 1979 with school friends he began to zip around the country exploring the British Rail network and doing to odd bit of spotting. He visited Manchester, London, Reading, Doncaster, Swindon, Barry Island, Portsmouth, Peterborough, Birmigham, Derby and even Slough Starting in 1981, Alistair started taking pictures of some of his travels, looking back at these 30 year old pictures a lot has changed so Alistair decided to put these pictures into a book for posterity
Alistair Lofthouse had always been interested in trains, in 1979 with school friends he began to zip around the country exploring the British Rail net...
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93,27 zł |
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50 Great Rail Posters
ISBN: 9781505444681 / Angielski / Miękka / 54 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A collection of 50 superb railway posters from around the world, and from the early days through to modern times. The book is an introduction to the major one on the same subject from Mosaic Publishing.
A collection of 50 superb railway posters from around the world, and from the early days through to modern times. The book is an introduction to the m...
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67,62 zł |
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The Railroad Photography of Jack Delano
ISBN: 9780253017772 / Angielski / Twarda / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Born in the Ukraine, photographer Jack Delano moved to the United States in 1923. After graduating from Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in 1937, Delano worked for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) and the Office of War Information (OWI) as a photographer. Best known for his work for the Office of War Information during 1940-1943, Jack Delano captured the face of American railroading in a series of stunning photographs. His images, especially his portraits of railroad workers, are a vibrant and telling portrait of industrial life during one of the most important periods in American... Born in the Ukraine, photographer Jack Delano moved to the United States in 1923. After graduating from Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in 1937, ... |
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267,39 zł |
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London's Railways 1967 - 1977: A Snap Shot in Time
ISBN: 9781473833845 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This pictorial book covers London s railways from 1967 to 1977, showing the transition from steam to diesel and electric traction.This volume has a very readable narrative, telling tales of the authors adventures during his many trips around the London railway network.The volume encapsulates a period of time in Britain, during which a great deal of change was taking place, not only with railways and transport, but also socially and economically.Jim Blake, describes all of these changes, while also looking at the capitals transport scene of the period."
This pictorial book covers London s railways from 1967 to 1977, showing the transition from steam to diesel and electric traction.This volume has a ve...
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137,55 zł |
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Last Days of the Brooklyn Roundhouse and her Railway Steam Engines
ISBN: 9780988615533 / Angielski / Miękka / 62 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Brooklyn Roundhouse in Portland, Oregon was home to 3 steam locomotives (the OR&N 197, SP&S 700 and the SP 4449) before it was demolished in 2012. This picture book provides a last few glimpses of the roundhouse, turntable and the steam engines housed in the active railyard before the building vanished and the steam locomotives were relocated to the new grounds of the Oregon Rail Heritage Center.
The Brooklyn Roundhouse in Portland, Oregon was home to 3 steam locomotives (the OR&N 197, SP&S 700 and the SP 4449) before it was demolished in 2012....
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79,23 zł |
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Caltrain: Bay Area Rail Transit Album Vol. 3: All 32 stations in full color
ISBN: 9781505302325 / Angielski / Miękka / 90 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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139,67 zł |
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Steam Today: Britain's Heritage Railways in Photographs
ISBN: 9780750966344 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The heritage railway scene across Britain is a thriving network that makes the evocative lost world of steam locomotives accessible to railway enthusiasts and visitors everywhere. Photographer Geoff Swaine has put together a selection of 200 railway photographs across Britain s heritage railways, from the Bluebell Railway to Llangollen, Severn Valley, North York Moors, Didcot, Kent & East Sussex, Great Central Railway, and many more. Also including sections on the war years, the Big Four, the Chief Mechanical Engineers, and the different types and wheel arrangements, this evocative book...
The heritage railway scene across Britain is a thriving network that makes the evocative lost world of steam locomotives accessible to railway enthusi...
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133,49 zł |
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Rails Around McCloud
ISBN: 9781531635305 / Angielski / Twarda / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. California's northeastern corner is dominated by the 14,162-foot-tall presence of Mount Shasta. On the southeastern flank of the great mountain lies the picturesque town of McCloud. The McCloud River Railroad established its operational headquarters in the town in 1897. The next seven decades saw the railroad and the affiliated McCloud River Lumber Company carve hundreds of miles of railroad into the pine forests and lava beds east of McCloud, eventually reaching as far as Lookout to the east and the Burney Basin to the south. The McCloud River Railroad eked out a living hauling lumber,...
California's northeastern corner is dominated by the 14,162-foot-tall presence of Mount Shasta. On the southeastern flank of the great mountain lies t...
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142,09 zł |
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Train Coloring Book: Coloring books for adults - Coloring Pages for Adults and Kids
ISBN: 9781535419512 / Angielski / Miękka / 44 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Train buffs and colorists will love adding their own hues to this fine fleet of luxury railway cars--from the elegant cars of Europe's Orient-Express, which catered to passenger comfort with deluxe dining and sleeping cars, to America's Super Chief that ran on a transcontinental route between Chicago and Los Angeles.
Train buffs and colorists will love adding their own hues to this fine fleet of luxury railway cars--from the elegant cars of Europe's Orient-Express,...
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32,60 zł |
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Railroads of Chattanooga
ISBN: 9781531610401 / Angielski / Twarda / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Founded in 1803 at the site of Rosss Landing on the Tennessee River, Chattanooga was once a small settlement centered around a trading post run by John Ross, who was the leader of the Cherokee nation at the time. In 1836, the State of Georgia chartered the Western and Atlantic Railroad to connect the village of Marthasville (now Atlanta) with the river port at Chattanooga. Within the next twenty years, additional railroad companies would link Chattanooga with all of the major cities in the country. These connections would prove to be vital to the Confederate effort during the Civil War and...
Founded in 1803 at the site of Rosss Landing on the Tennessee River, Chattanooga was once a small settlement centered around a trading post run by Joh...
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142,09 zł |