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Conquering Gotham
By: Jonnes, Jill
Published by: Viking
In this gripping narrative, Jonnes tells the fascinating story of the struggle to connect New York City to the rest of the nation and the high-stakes drama that pitted the money and will of the nation's mightiest railroad against the machinations of labor agitators.
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Price: $16.00
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Dining Car to the Pacific
By: McKenzie, William A.
Published by: University of Minnesota Press
William A. McKenzie offers a lavishly illustrated and richly detailed account of hospitality on the Northern Pacific Railway. McKenzie includes authentic recipes used on the line, such as the Great Big Baked Potato and Washington Apple Pan Cake. Dining Car to the Pacific will be a treasured addition to the libraries of historians, cooks, and anyone with nostalgia for the dining car experience.
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Price: $75.00
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Dynamics of High-Speed Railway Bridges
By: Delgado, Raimundo
Published by: Taylor & Francis
Selected and Revised papers from the Advanced Course on ‘Dynamics of High-Speed Railway Bridges’, Porto, Portugal, 20-23 September 2005
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Price: $89.95
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Fundamentals of Rail Vehicle Dynamics
By: Wickens, A. H
Published by: Routledge
The railway vehicle is one of the most complex dynamical systems in engineering. This book concentrates on the conflict between dynamic stability and guidance and how the arrangement of the suspension system can be used to optimize steering and stability.
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Price: $174.95
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The Hiawatha Story
By: Scribbins, Jim
Published by: University of Minnesota Press
Loved 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 the design and history of this beloved rail fleet to life.
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Price: $29.95
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Milwaukee Road Remembered
By: Scribbins, Jim
Published by: University of Minnesota Press
The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific was a railroad with a big personality. For a time it offered the world’s fastest steam-powered passenger trains. Extending from Indiana to Puget Sound, it crossed five mountain ranges in Montana, Idaho, and Washington. It was also the first railroad to prove the feasibility of long distance movement of heavy trains by electricity. All-welded freight and passenger cars were pioneered in its shops, and Milwaukee Road mechanical engineers planned the first streamlined steam locomotives intended for sustained 100 mph speeds. In Milwaukee Road Remembered eminent railway historian Jim Scribbins provides a richly illustrated history of the unique challenges and successes of this storied railroad.
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Price: $90.00
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Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869
By: Ambrose, Stephen E.
Published by: SIMON & SCHUSTER
The men who built the transcontinental railroad were investors, risking their businesses and money. They were politicians. They were engineers and surveyors. And they were laborers, doing the backbreaking and dangerous work on the tracks. Most were ordinary men - doing the extraordinary. They accomplished a spectacular feat, turning the continent into a nation.
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Price: $17.00
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Practical Railway Engineering
By: Bonnett, Clifford F
Published by: Imperial College Press
This textbook covers the very wide spectrum of all aspects of railway engineering for all engineering disciplines, in a ‘broad brush’ way giving a good overall knowledge of what is involved in planning, designing, constructing and maintaining a railway.
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Price: $62.40
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Railroad Vehicle Dynamics
By: Shabana, Ahmed A.
Published by: CRC
Presents a computational multibody-system approach that can be used to develop complex models of railroad vehicle systems. This book examines several computational multibody-system formulations and discusses their computer implementation.
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Price: $149.95
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Regulating Railroad Innovation
By: Usselman, Steven W.
Published by: Cambridge University Press
Efforts to create and mould new technologies have always been a central feature of the American experience. Many of the most tumultuous events in the nation's history have involved disputes over the appropriateness of particular technologies. In Regulating Railroad Innovation, this neglected aspect of American history is brought to light.
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Price: $22.00
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