Old Time Railroad Stories
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Old Time Railroad Stories
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Author : Michael L. Gillespie
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
Old Time Railroad Stories written by Michael L. Gillespie and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Railroads categories.
Complete Book Of North American Railroading
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Author : Kevin EuDaly
language : en
Publisher: Voyageur Press
Release Date : 2009-07-15
Complete Book Of North American Railroading written by Kevin EuDaly and has been published by Voyageur Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-07-15 with Transportation categories.
The year 1827 marked the completion of the United States’ first railroad--and the beginning of a transformation of American life. This book, spanning nearly two centuries, offers an exhilarating tour of the railways’ inroads into the economy, society, and culture of North America. Illustrated with more than 400 historical and modern photographs and period advertisements, The Complete Book of North American Railroading takes readers back to the birth of the railroads, then travels through the “Golden Age” from 1900 to 1950 and on to the railways of our day. Locomotives, from steam to electric and diesel; passenger travel; freight operations; and infrastructure, including stations, bridges, depots, roundhouse, railyards, and signaling are all thoroughly examined and amply illustrated. Authors Kevin EuDaly and Mike Schafer delve into the history, the culture, and the technology of the railroads as they have carried travelers across the continent, brought goods to market, connected businesses in peacetime and war, and enriched the canon of American folklore and the quality of everyday life.
Railroad Stories 5
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Author : Rich Harvey
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2017-09-28
Railroad Stories 5 written by Rich Harvey and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-28 with categories.
Two Railroad Stories in one volume Steam & Steel Friend against Foe and Rail against Rail - a personal squabble that mushroomed into a vengeance game, from the shell-torn tracks of France to the smooth main line of the S.F. & E., back in the U.S.A. Derails Haunted by the shadow of murder and pursuit, Dave Meade could not forget the roar of the rails. Then, from out of the night and the driving storm on the main line in the Ozarks, came a girl and fate.
Old Rails Tales
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Author : Alan Allen
language : en
Publisher: Trafford
Release Date : 2010-03
Old Rails Tales written by Alan Allen and has been published by Trafford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-03 with Railroads categories.
(2005) Reviewed by the New York Times as: "a word of praise for Old Rails' Tales, volume one of an up-to-the-minute American railroad oral history edited by Alan Allen...straight-forward, substantial and well-researched...the cream of the crop [of new railroad books]...successfully breaks away from the old self-conscious, hangdog, and almost occultist 'railroadiana' conventions of so many postwar books about train[s]...in which the tone was either wistful or aggrieved, and railroads were presented as part of a time...sealed off from modern life...In touch with railroading! Bold! And bouyant! Energetic! Compassionate! Extraordinary!" (hardcover review 12/22/91) This oral journalism/oral history book is written in a style blended of classical American anecdotist James Thurber and classical Russian author Anton Chekhov, providing matter-of-fact reporting of the most emotional moments of the on-the-job lives of six generations of American 'rails' (a self-titled term used by those who work running the railroads). True stories from the lives of American Rails Alan Allen releases family edition of cream of the crop' railroading book SAN FRANCISCO The only book of on-the-job, true stories told first-hand by six generations of steam engineers, firemen, conductors, brakemen, switchmen, dispatchers, yardmasters and superintendents on Southern Pacific, Western Pacific, Santa Fe and Amtrak and the first women engineers in California, Old Rails' Tales: Anecdotes, Stories & Memoirs on the Road and in the Yard (published by Trafford) shares 285 true stories and anecdotes in this newly released abridged family edition for ages 9 to adult. Includes foreword by Studs Terkel and interview with Linda Neimann. When reviewed in limited hard cover edition in 1991, New York Times said, a word of praise for Old Rails' Tales, volume one of an up-to-the-minute American railroad history edited by Alan Allen straight forward substantial and well-researched cream of the crop in touch with railroading! Bold! Buoyant! Energetic! Compassionate! Extraordinary! Now available in paperback. Author Alan Allen provides matter-of-fact oral journalism reporting the most emotional moments in the working lives of American rails', a self-titled term used by railroad workers, including riding on top of runaway boxcars towards Coathanger Curve, running into gasoline trucks that explode at track crossings, chasing escaped rabbits through derailed boxcars full of blueberries then thru town, and how to run a steam locomotive. Conservative and hippie, good natured, funny, and rebellious rails are interviewed in this oral history of everyday on-the-job blue collar heroes of our Americana steam era.
The General Manager S Story Old Time Reminiscences Of Railroading In The United States
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Author : Herbert Elliott Hamblen
language : en
Publisher: Theclassics.Us
Release Date : 2013-09
The General Manager S Story Old Time Reminiscences Of Railroading In The United States written by Herbert Elliott Hamblen and has been published by Theclassics.Us this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09 with categories.
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XII OVERWORK TRUSTING A CONDUCTOR FIFTV-TWO HOURS ON DUTY THE CALLER--A TRAMP'S STORY -- LEARNING A LESSON DEATH OF THE TRAMP Our lives were not, as you may have been led to suppose, all made up of accidents, by any means. They were varied by long spells of semi-idleness when freight was slack, or being worked to death when it was running heavy, for at such times it is not admitted that men need rest or sleep; and I have had a round-house foreman indignantly ask, "What's the matter with you, that you register for rest? You've only been at work twenty-four hours! There's Tom Bailey has been on his engine thirty-six hours, and he ain't asking for rest yet. Some of you fellows ought to get a job clerkin' in a drug store." You have probably seen accounts of the inquests on railroad wrecks, where men have testified that they were so worn out with overwork that they were unable to properly attend to business. This is a common occurrence. The worst case of the kind that ever happened to me was when on one occasion, on arriving at the end of the division, after a particularly tedious trip, I was ordered to return at once sixty miles down the road to bring up thirty cars of coal, as fuel for the engines. "And hurry up with it; we want it." I protested that I was tired, and unfit to go, but was told there was nobody else; so I coaled, watered, and oiled up, got the caboose, and started. It might be thought that after having hauled a heavy train over the road, it would be a snap to go back with nothing but the caboose; whereas, though it is true that better time can be made, yet it is terribly hard riding on a heavy freight engine, with no train to hold her down. She shakes you up like a die in a box, with a peculiar sidewise motion that...
Steam Smoke And Steel
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: Charlesbridge
Release Date : 2000-07-01
Steam Smoke And Steel written by and has been published by Charlesbridge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-07-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
All aboard! This train travels through history making stops in time to learn about the progress of travel by rail. Hop up into the cab of a speeding modern-day locomotive and look down the tracks into the past. Perhaps these are the same tracks that the diesel-electric locomotives of thirty years ago thundered down, pulling their loads. Perhaps you can see the steam engines of thirty years before that. Watch time unravel and the landscape change as the history of trains barrels through the pages of STEAM, SMOKE AND STEEL: BACK IN TIME WITH TRAINS. The first trains puffed great billowing clouds of smoke and showered passengers with burning embers as they sped down the rails at a pulse-pounding twenty miles an hour! By the 1850's, however, trains were traveling much faster, much farther, and much cleaner and train travel contributed to the growth of our nation. Young readers will be fascinated by the exciting -- and sometimes dangerous -- story of trains while they learn about the different kinds of engines, equipment, and jobs necessary for operating trains throughout history. The young narrator introduces readers to trains from the time of his great-great-great-great-great grandfather at the turn of the nineteenth century to his father's train of today, showing the great changes that invention and progress have brought over time. Patrick O'Brien's striking illustrations emphasize the beauty, grandeur, and romance of the train. Detailed and richly textured oil paintings take readers on a trip through time to ride aboard open-air cars, travel through mountain passes, and roar down the rails on high-speed bullet trains. Budding engineers will love getting a glimpse at the past and dreaming about the future of trains.
The Train Book
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Author : DK
language : en
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Release Date : 2023-03-02
The Train Book written by DK and has been published by Dorling Kindersley Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-03-02 with Transportation categories.
This stunning book is a glorious celebration of all things train and track! Packed with stunning photography, The Train Book catalogues the development of trains from early steam to diesel engines and electric locomotives, explores in detail iconic trains such as the Palace on Wheels and the Orient Express, and chronicles the social, political, and cultural backdrop against which railways were built the world over. Profiling the best-loved railways and rail journeys of all time - from the Union-Pacific Railroad to the Trans-Siberian Railway - and the pioneers of train and track - from "Father of the Railways" George Stephenson to engineering legend Isambard Kingdom Brunel and Métro-maestro Fulgence Bienvenüe, The Train Book has something for every train enthusiast to love! The Train Book further features: - A truly international view of trains through time, from English steam to Japanese electric. - Tells the stories of key innovators, designers, and engineers responsible for advancing rail travel. - Double-page images capture the beauty of the railways and the challenges faced by the people who built them. A must-have gift book for anyone with an interest in trains, locomotives, and the history of the railway, this one-stop train guide is sure to delight.
Railroad Avenue
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Author : Freeman H. Hubbard
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1945
Railroad Avenue written by Freeman H. Hubbard and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1945 with Railroads categories.
Go Ahead And Backup And Other Railroad Stories
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Author : Charles H Geletzke, Jr
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-01-27
Go Ahead And Backup And Other Railroad Stories written by Charles H Geletzke, Jr and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-27 with categories.
A collection of eighty true railroad short stories, photographs, and maps from the era of the Great Depression through the present day. These stories in the steam and diesel era were all written and told by professional railroaders and took place in North America. Here you will "hire-on" as a young kid right out of high school, work the Brakemen's Extra Board while attending college, serve as a railroad manager, fire steam during the Great Depression, work as a Locomotive Engineer on several major railroads, dispatch trains, and sometimes dread going to work because the new young managers are "trying to make a name for themselves!" Yes, all of these well documented tales illustrate what it was like to be a REAL RAILROADER in an industry that never got boring!
The Nerve Of Foley And Other Railroad Stories
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Author : Frank H. Spearman
language : en
Publisher: DigiCat
Release Date : 2022-07-20
The Nerve Of Foley And Other Railroad Stories written by Frank H. Spearman and has been published by DigiCat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-07-20 with Fiction categories.
'The Nerve of Foley, and Other Railroad Stories' is a collection of short stories by author Frank H. Spearman in the Western fiction genre. The stories are mostly set in the American West and feature railroads as their common theme of the different character's adventures. They include titles like: The Nerve of Foley, Second Seventy-Seven, The Kid Engineer, The Sky-Scraper, Soda-Water Sal, The McWilliams Special and The Million-Dollar Freight-Train.