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The Railway Conquest Of The World
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Author : Frederick A. Talbot
language : en
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Release Date : 2015-11-15
The Railway Conquest Of The World written by Frederick A. Talbot and has been published by Amberley Publishing Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-15 with Transportation categories.
Frederick A. Talbot tells the story of the most famous railways in the world.
The Railway Conquest Of The World Classic Reprint
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Author : Frederick A. Talbot
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2015-07-27
The Railway Conquest Of The World Classic Reprint written by Frederick A. Talbot and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-27 with Technology & Engineering categories.
Excerpt from The Railway Conquest of the World There is the unfathomable fascination of romance connected with the construction of great railways, though little is known of the beginning and the growth of the great trunk roads of the world; of the heavy tax which their construction imposed upon the ingenuity, skill and resource of their builders. Speeding along swiftly in a luxurious Pullman car over a road-bed as smooth as an asphalt pavement conveys no impression of the perils and dangers faced or of the infinite labour expended in the making of that steel highway. To-day the earth is girdled with some 700,000 miles of railways, and there are few countries in which the locomotive has not made its appearance. This volume has been written with the express purpose of telling in a popular manner this story of romance. It is obviously impossible to deal with every great railway undertaking in the compass of a single volume; but those described may safely be considered representative, and they are the largest and most interesting enterprises between the two poles. In the writing of this volume I have been assisted by innumerable friends who have been identified closely with the introduction of Stephenson's invention into fresh fields of conquest. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Railway Conquest Of The World
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Author : Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot
language : en
Publisher: Theclassics.Us
Release Date : 2013-09
The Railway Conquest Of The World written by Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot 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. 1911 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XXVI THE CONQUEST OF THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS Although the first trans-continental railway across the North American continent tapped San Francisco, this was not the route that was advocated in the first instance. Public fancy was inclined rather to the suggestion that the Pacific should be gained more to the north, at the estuary of the Columbia River. This feeling was fostered, no doubt, because that country loomed more prominently in the popular eye, as a result of the famous expedition of Lewis and Clark during the years 1804-6, wherein they trailed across the unknown corner of the continent and gained the Pacific via the Columbia River. The operations of the Hudson Bay Trading Company and its numerous rivals also had served to familiarise the public with this great territory. It is strange to observe how, directly Stephenson had demonstrated the possibilities of the steam locomotive, imaginative minds drew pictures of stupendous railwaybuilding achievements across great continents, broken up by unsealed mountains and unfathomed broad rivers, as if the building of a track for the iron horse was the same as a child building toy houses with wooden bricks. As a result the North American continent became crisscrossed in all directions by railways--on paper--and it was a good thing for the country at the time that these schemes never got any farther than that stage. Since Huntington succeeded in his first great effort, the country has been spanned by a round dozen lines. Four systems, however, stand out pre-eminently. These are the Northern Pacific and the Great Northern, two lines which, in the first instance, were built after the pioneer manner, and the Western Pacific, and the Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Puget Sound roads...
The Rise Of Rail Power
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Author : Edwin A. Pratt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-07-06
The Rise Of Rail Power written by Edwin A. Pratt and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-06 with History categories.
Excerpt from The Rise of Rail-Power: In War and Conquest, 1833 1914; With a Bibliography The extent to which railways are being used in the present War of the Nations has taken quite by surprise a world whose military historians, in their accounts of what armies have done or have failed to do on the battle-field in the past, have too often disregarded such matters of detail as to how the armies got there and the possible effect of good or defective transport conditions, including the maintenance of supplies and communications, on the whole course of a campaign. In the gigantic struggle now proceeding, these matters of detail are found to be of transcendant importance. The part which railways are playing in the struggle has, indeed - in keeping with the magnitude of the struggle itself - assumed proportions unexampled in history. Whilst this is so it is, nevertheless, a remarkable fact that although much has been said as to the conditions of military unpreparedness in which the outbreak of hostilities in August, 1914, found the Allies, there has, so far as I am aware, been no suggestion of any inability on the part of the railways to meet, at once, from the very moment war was declared, all the requirements of military transport. In this respect, indeed, the organisation, the preparedness, and the efficiency throughout alike of the British and of the French railways have been fully equal to those of the German railways themselves. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Railway Conquest Of The World
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Author : Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot
language : en
Publisher: Palala Press
Release Date : 2016-05-25
The Railway Conquest Of The World written by Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot and has been published by Palala Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-25 with categories.
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Railway Wonders Of The World Classic Reprint
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Author : Frederick A. Talbot
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2018-02-08
Railway Wonders Of The World Classic Reprint written by Frederick A. Talbot and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-08 with Technology & Engineering categories.
Excerpt from Railway Wonders of the World But this work Of remodelling is revealed in its most compelling form in other countries, especially in the United States and Canada. In both instances the first lines were laid hurriedly and cheaply in order to open up the country, or to link together towns which were isolated hun dreds Of miles apart. The sleepers were thrown on the ground and the rails tacked to them. The engineer, having plenty Of elbow room, wandered hither and thither with his permanent way, in order to complete construction quickly. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Diamond Key And How The Railway Heroes Won It Classic Reprint
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Author : Alvah Milton Kerr
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-07-04
The Diamond Key And How The Railway Heroes Won It Classic Reprint written by Alvah Milton Kerr and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-04 with categories.
Excerpt from The Diamond Key and How the Railway Heroes Won It About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Ways Of Our Railways Classic Reprint
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Author : Charles H. Grinling
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2017-10-13
The Ways Of Our Railways Classic Reprint written by Charles H. Grinling and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-13 with Technology & Engineering categories.
Excerpt from The Ways of Our Railways Both in the design and execution of the book I have received constant advice and assistance from Mr. C. E. Grasemann, to whom I tender my warmest acknowledgments. A portion of Chapter III was written, at my request, by Mr. Edward Davy Pain, and a portion of Chapter IV bv Mr. C. J. Bowen Cooke, to both of whom my Sincere thanks are offered for giving me the benefit of their literary Skill as well as of their expert knowledge. In writing each one of the other chapters I have had the assistance of one or more friends closely in touch with the department of railway working under treatment. My gratitude to these for help, in every case most kindly and willingly given, is none the less Sincere because I do not mention them by name. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Concerted Movement Of The Railways Classic Reprint
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Author : LOGAN GRANT. MCPHERSON
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2022
Concerted Movement Of The Railways Classic Reprint written by LOGAN GRANT. MCPHERSON and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022 with categories.
The History Of The London North Western Railway Classic Reprint
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Author : Wilfred L. Steel
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2017-10-13
The History Of The London North Western Railway Classic Reprint written by Wilfred L. Steel and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-13 with History categories.
Excerpt from The History of the London North Western Railway This work does not claim to be a technical treatise with every detail of railway working carefully described and explained, it is merely meant to be a history for the non technical reader, inwhich an attempt is made to show how the great system has been built up piecemeal, and to give the chief engineering features of interest, a few details of the more famous locomotives, and a brief resume' of the improve ments in train services, whilst the financial history of the company is also briefly dealt with. In compiling this history reference has had to be made to an innumerable list of books, vi. History of the London and north-western Railway. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.