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The Transcontinental Railroad
Infobase Publishing 2007; US$ 35.00In May 1869, the US railroad network unified when the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads came together in Promontory, Utah. This book discusses the important milestone in the expansion of the United States and its impact on the nation, both positive and negative. more...
A Century of Subways
Fordham University Press 2003; US$ 19.99I declare the subway open, said Mayor George B. McClelland at about 2 p.m. on October 27, 1904. His hand on the switch, McClelland drove the new electric-powered cars of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company out of the City Hall station for the ride under Broadway to 145th Street in Harlem. After a decade of digging, New York was moving uptown. And... more...
Cut-and-Cover Metro Structures
Taylor & Francis 2010; US$ 210.00Because of their complexity and scale, metro structures capture the essential aspects of a cut-and-cover structure. This book outlines the design of a metro construction, and shows the reader how to apply this design process equally well to other, relatively simple, cut-and-cover structures. more...
The Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore
Dundurn 2008; US$ 14.99Brown celebrates the survival of our railway heritage in stations that have been saved or remain in use. more...
Engineer of Revolutionary Russia
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2011; US$ 144.95From Marxist revolutionary to American academic, this book reveals the life of one of revolutionary Russia's most distinguished and controversial engineers - Iurii Vladimirovich Lomonosov (1876-1952). The book employs an exceptionally rich base of high-quality primary sources, that not only provides a much-needed account and assessment of Lomonosov's... more...
The Railroad That Never Was
Indiana University Press 2010; US$ 24.95Herbert H. Harwood, Jr., tells the story of one of the most infamous railroad construction projects of the late 19th century. This 200-mile line through Pennsylvania's most challenging mountain terrain was intended to form the heart of a new trunk line from the East Coast to Pittsburgh and the Midwest.... more...
America's Great Railroad Stations
Penguin Group US 2011; US$ 27.99An evocative and stunning photographic tribute to America's railroad stations. For much of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the railroad station or depot was the communal hub of every American town that could boast of train service. There, citizens gathered before they sent loved ones off to college, marriage, or war-and where... more...
Dynamics of Bridges, Volume 5
Springer 2011; US$ 209.99This the fifth volume of five from the 28th IMAC on Structural Dynamics and Renewable Energy, 2010, brings together 19 chapters on the Dynamics of Bridges. It presents early findings from experimental as well as computational investigations on the Dynamics of Bridges, including studies on Modeling Environmental Effects on the Dynamic Characteristics... more...
Railroads and the American People
Indiana University Press 2012; US$ 34.99In this social history of the impact of railroads on American life, H. Roger Grant concentrates on the railroad?s "golden age," 1830-1930. To capture the essence of the nation?s railroad experience, Grant explores four fundamental topics?trains and travel, train stations, railroads and community life, and the legacy of railroading in America?illustrating... more...
Crossing Under the Hudson
Rutgers University Press 2011; US$ 24.95Crossing Under the Hudson takes a fresh look at the planning and construction of two key links in the transportation infrastructure of New York and New Jersey-the Holland and Lincoln Tunnels. Writing in an accessible style that incorporates historical accounts with a lively and entertaining approach, Angus Kress Gillespie explores these two monumental... more...









