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What the Railways Did For Us will be of interest to rail enthusiasts and to readers with an interest in the social history of Great Britain.
The Complete Book of North American Railroading
Language: en
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Authors: Kevin EuDaly
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Celebrate over 150 years of the North American railroad with this visual history. You'll be amazed by over 400 modern and vintages photographs of these trains!
Fire and Steam
Language: en
Pages: 334
Authors: Christian Wolmar
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-05-01 - Publisher: Atlantic Books

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Now in paperback, Fire and Steam tells the dramatic story of the people and events that shaped the world's first railway network, one of the most impressive eng
The Train and the Telegraph
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A challenge to the long-held notion of close ties between the railroad and telegraph industries of the nineteenth century. To many people in the nineteenth cent
Ten Mile Day
Language: en
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On May 10, 1869, the final spike in North America's first transcontinental railroad was driven home at Promontory Summit, Utah. Illustrated with the author's ca