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New Haven Streetcars
ISBN: 9780738512273 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 9-16 dni roboczych. The first street railway began operating in New York City in 1832. New Orleans inaugurated a street railway system in 1835, and most of the large American cities-Boston, Brooklyn, and Baltimore-were served by the end of the 1950s. In May 1861, more than a year before the nation's capital introduced this new mode of transit, the forty thousand residents of New Haven were furnished with local rail transportation.
New Haven's population more than quadrupled between 1861 and 1948, and the city became Connecticut's largest manufacturing center. Street railways made it possible to reach both... The first street railway began operating in New York City in 1832. New Orleans inaugurated a street railway system in 1835, and most of the large Amer...
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88,79 zł |
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Railroads of Chattanooga
ISBN: 9780738515397 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 9-16 dni roboczych. Founded in 1803 at the site of Ross's 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 Ross's Landing on the Tennessee River, Chattanooga was once a small settlement centered around a trading post run by Jo...
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88,79 zł |
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Railroads of the Columbia River Gorge
ISBN: 9780738529165 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 9-16 dni roboczych. Before the rails were up and running along the stunning Columbia River landscape of Oregon and Washington, 19th-century westward travelers faced treacherous conditions. Many emigrants perished before reaching Oregon Territory. Only recently have railways bridged the wide gap formed millions of years ago. Today the gorge remains the major commercial route through the Cascades, and the tracks are a shining example of human engineering and a mecca for rail enthusiasts. Mount Hood, Union Pacific, and Burlington Northern Santa Fe trains seem to connect in a magical way with the land, blasting out...
Before the rails were up and running along the stunning Columbia River landscape of Oregon and Washington, 19th-century westward travelers faced treac...
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88,79 zł |
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Colorado and Southern Railway: Clear Creek Narrow Gauge
ISBN: 9780738529295 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. In 1860, thousands journeyed to the Colorado Territory, beckoned by reports of gold discoveries in the mountains west of Denver. In the early 1870s, W.A.H. Loveland built a railroad connecting Denver to the Clear Creek Mining District-the Colorado Central Railroad. Over the next 28 years, other lines were established, bought, sold, extended, and merged to service the mining towns of Black Hawk, Central City, Idaho Springs, and Silver Plume. In 1898, the Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf, and the Denver Leadville & Gunnison were combined to form the Colorado & Southern Railway. After more than 40...
In 1860, thousands journeyed to the Colorado Territory, beckoned by reports of gold discoveries in the mountains west of Denver. In the early 1870s, W...
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88,79 zł |
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Railroad Vision: Photography, Travel, and Perception
ISBN: 9780892367269 / Angielski / Twarda / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 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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192,32 zł |
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Trainworks
ISBN: 9781410713971 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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62,54 zł |
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Single Track Obsession : A Book of Extraordinary Railway Journeys
ISBN: 9781425162399 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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83,64 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. 22 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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84,80 zł |
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Baldwin City Summer: Trains of July, 2005
ISBN: 9781438230047 / Angielski / Miękka / 34 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 9-16 dni roboczych. Photographs of trains and the Baldwin depot
Photographs of trains and the Baldwin depot
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42,74 zł |
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Rails Across the Prairies: The Railway Heritage of Canadaas Prairie Provinces
ISBN: 9781459702158 / Angielski / Miękka / 174 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 9-16 dni roboczych. Follow the evolution of the rail legacy of the Canadian Prairies from the arrival of the first engine on a barge to today's realities. Rails Across the Prairies traces the evolution of Canada's rail network, including the appearance of the first steam engine on the back of a barge. The book looks at the arrival of European settlers before the railway and examines how they coped by using ferry services on the Assiniboine and North Saskatchewan Rivers. The work then follows the building of the railways, the rivalries of their owners, and the unusual irrigation works of... Follow the evolution of the rail legacy of the Canadian Prairies from the arrival of the first engine on a barge to today's realities. |
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120,71 zł |
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A Steam Odyssey : The Railroad Photographs of Victor Hand
ISBN: 9780393084313 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 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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287,90 zł |
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Nsc Coil-Steel Freight Cars
ISBN: 9781936829309 / Angielski / Miękka / 50 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 9-16 dni roboczych. |
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101,39 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. 9-16 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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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. 9-16 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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Chronicles of a Detroit Railfan: Volume 3, Detroit Terminal Railroad
ISBN: 9781494806682 / Angielski / Miękka / 106 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 9-16 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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93,14 zł |
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British Rail Camera: 81-85
ISBN: 9781497324565 / Angielski / Miękka / 90 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 9-16 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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84,84 zł |
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The County Donegal Railways
ISBN: 9781780730554 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. This is a new edition of Dr EM Patterson's first volume on the history of the narrow-gauge railways of North-West Ireland, originally published in 1962. The County Donegal Railways had a route of 124 miles, five termini and three junction stations. For the most part they traversed hilly and thinly-populated country and for two generations they were a busy and efficient operation. This edition adds a valuable chapter of interviews and memories of some of the surviving workers and others who had contact with the railway. It also includes a chapter on the County Donegal Railway today (as over 50...
This is a new edition of Dr EM Patterson's first volume on the history of the narrow-gauge railways of North-West Ireland, originally published in 196...
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87,12 zł |
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Shropshire Railways
ISBN: 9781847976918 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. This""is an examination of 400 years of railways in Shropshire, from the primitive wagonways of the pre-railway age, to the county's current rail network and services. Fully illustrated, it includes almost200 monochrome and color photos, and is an ideal resource for anyone with an interest in the UK's rich railway history. Including detailed route maps and a survey of timetables over the years, the book covers the pre-railway age and the coming of the main lines, with the opening of the Shrewsbury and Chester railway in 1848. Also discussedis the "grouping"of the railway companies in 1923 the...
This""is an examination of 400 years of railways in Shropshire, from the primitive wagonways of the pre-railway age, to the county's current rail netw...
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82,29 zł |
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50 Great Rail Posters
ISBN: 9781505444681 / Angielski / Miękka / 54 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 9-16 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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61,80 zł |
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Deltics Shine on
ISBN: 9781781554616 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. The Deltics were a transport phenomenon. They improved timings on the east coast mainline (ECML) from poor steam locomotive times to matching the new electric locomotives introduced on the west coast mainline (WCML). The Deltics were introduced in 1961 and twenty-two production locomotives were built. At the time of building the Deltics, they were the most powerful locomotives in the world. They were powered by two Napier engines that developed a massive 3,300 hp and could cope with heavy train carriages with ease. The prestigious trains were speeded up overnight, improving the receipts on...
The Deltics were a transport phenomenon. They improved timings on the east coast mainline (ECML) from poor steam locomotive times to matching the new ...
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72,72 zł |
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