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Alternatives Energiekonzept zur Stromversorgung am Bahnübergang: Planungstechnische Grundsätze beim Einsatz von Doppelschichtkondensatoren
Diplomica Verlag 2011; US$ 38.19Hauptbeschreibung Mit der Einführung der elektronischen Bahnübergangsicherungsanlagen konnte ein wichtiger Meilenstein in der Verwirklichung moderner Technik am Bahnübergang gesetzt werden. Zur Sicherstellung des technischen Fortschrittes unterliegt dieses System einer ständigen Weiterentwicklung. So konnten zum Beispiel in den letzten Jahren erfolgreich... more...
The Hiawatha Story
University of Minnesota Press 2007; US$ 29.95Loved for their radically new, streamlined look, the Hiawathas Art Deco engines were a hallmark of American industrial design. For Midwestern passengers from Chicago to Aberdeen, the Hiawatha represented speed, comfort, and luxury. From 1935 to 1970 it carried countless passengers and even more memories. Richly illustrated, The Hiawatha Story brings... more...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The Railway Track and Its Long Term Behaviour
Springer 2013; US$ 139.00A proper quality of a track and other infrastructure objects represents a basic requirement for train safety and punctuality. Most of the physical systems and their components deteriorate over time. This affects performance and may lead to failures. Albert Einstein said, You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better... more...
Union Pacific
University of Minnesota Press 2006; US$ 75.00Maury Klein, America's foremost railroad historian, re-creates the powerful personalities and dramatic events that led to the construction of the Union Pacific. With over one hundred historic photographs and maps, Union Pacific details the feat of engineering and human strength and also the wheelings and dealings that were waged as dreamers and... more...









