Download or read book Private Luxury Railcars written by Chef Bill Hoeffer and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Author offers up a photo essay from 10 years of working on the rails traveling accross the United States working on these beautifuly restored Private Luxury Railcars. This is a showcase of the PV s for lease and charter. The cars are highlighted in stunning imagery with their history and floor plans. From Vista Dome cars to Business cars, Lounge cars, and Sleepers. What is Private Railroading? A handful of investors, passionate about vintage railcars and the nostalgia that comes along with it, have purchased some of the past's finest railcars. These beautiful private railcars are now known as Private Varnish. They have worked tirelessly to fully restore these gems of railroad engineering, making these cars aesthetically pleasing and even more comfortable than they originally were more than 50 years ago. More importantly, they have been upgraded mechanically to comply with Amtrak's passenger service so that they may again ride the rails. By doing so, they are part of an exclusive group of less than 100 cars nationwide afforded the privilege to hook behind Amtrak.
Download or read book Private Freight Cars and American Railways written by Louis Dwight Harvell Weld and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mansions on Rails written by Lucius Beebe and published by Berkeley, Calif. : Howell-North. This book was released on 1959 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Private Pullmans were once the hallmark of affluence and social success.
Download or read book The Official Railway Equipment Register written by and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 1028 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Private Freight Cars and American Railways 1908 written by Louis Dwight Harvell Weld and published by Kessinger Publishing. This book was released on 2009-04 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Download or read book The American Railroad Passenger Car written by John H. White and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American Railroad Passenger Car recaptures the lost, but not-too-distant past when 98 percent of all intercity travel in the United States was by rail. It documents in extraordinary detail the ingenuity and splendor of the classic trains as well as the rattle and clatter, the dust and cinders of early rail travel. With clarity and precision, White explains the methods of construction of wood, iron, steel, and aluminum cars. He traces the evolution of wheels and brakes, dining cars and sleeping compartments. And he follows the revolutions in taste and technology that dramatically altered the appearance of the railroad passenger car over the century and a half that it dominated American travel. Detailed plans and diagrams accompanying the text make it possible for model-builders to reconstruct many famous passenger cars themselves.
Download or read book Private Freight Cars and American Railways written by Louis Dwight Harvell Weld and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mansions on rails written by Lucius Morris Beebe and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Private Freight Cars and American Railways Classic Reprint written by L. D. H. Weld and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-02 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Private Freight Cars and American Railways My work has been hampered by a lack of material due to the reluctance of private-car companies to divulge facts concerning their earnings or their relations with the rail roads. What data I have been able to secure in regard to the earnings of private cars and similar questions have come from various sources and contain many con icting statements. For these reasons I have been compelled in many instances to resort to approximations. In dividing my work into chapters I have found the different phases of the question so closely related that I have been forced to repeat certain facts in different connections, but I trust that what is gained in clearness will more than counter balance any tediousness resulting from such repetition. 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."
Download or read book The Railroad Car Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Night Trains written by Peter T. Maiken and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forty years ago, it was the way to travel. Back then, one could climb between crisp linens and soft blankets, adjust the oversized pillows, and watch America speed by in the night. With more than 300 photographs and 50 maps, Night Trains is a lively account of the Pullman enterprise during the golden years of its operation--from 1920 to 1955--when the remarkable sleeping car system routinely played host to more than 50,000 guests nightly. "A compelling tribute to a bygone time when getting there was half the fun... An education for the young and a scrapbook for those who remember." -- Herald-Dispatch
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Download or read book The Story of the Pullman Car written by Joseph Husband and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 1917 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fully illustrated version, original pictures. Trains Railroads Collection provides a unique opportunity for researchers and railroad enthusiasts to easily access and explore pre-1923 titles focusing on the history, culture and experience of railroading. From the revolution of the state.
Download or read book Waiting on a Train written by James McCommons and published by Chelsea Green Publishing. This book was released on 2009-11-06 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the tumultuous year of 2008--when gas prices reached $4 a gallon, Amtrak set ridership records, and a commuter train collided with a freight train in California--journalist James McCommons spent a year on America's trains, talking to the people who ride and work the rails throughout much of the Amtrak system. Organized around these rail journeys, Waiting on a Train is equal parts travel narrative, personal memoir, and investigative journalism. Readers meet the historians, railroad executives, transportation officials, politicians, government regulators, railroad lobbyists, and passenger-rail advocates who are rallying around a simple question: Why has the greatest railroad nation in the world turned its back on the very form of transportation that made modern life and mobility possible? Distrust of railroads in the nineteenth century, overregulation in the twentieth, and heavy government subsidies for airports and roads have left the country with a skeletal intercity passenger-rail system. Amtrak has endured for decades, and yet failed to prosper owing to a lack of political and financial support and an uneasy relationship with the big, remaining railroads. While riding the rails, McCommons explores how the country may move passenger rail forward in America--and what role government should play in creating and funding mass-transportation systems. Against the backdrop of the nation's stimulus program, he explores what it will take to build high-speed trains and transportation networks, and when the promise of rail will be realized in America.
Download or read book American Passenger Trains written by Patrick Dorin and published by Enthusiast Books. This book was released on 2009-05-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Passenger Trains played an important role in the growth of traveling across America or to the nearest city—the height of its service after WWII until the start up of Amtrak. This book provides railroad hobbyists, historians, museum operators, and transportation instructors and planners with information about the types of train services and operations in various corridors, such as Chicago – Milwaukee; the overnight and daytime long distance service; transcontinental trains, and the various types of local trains on both main lines and branch lines. The book reviews the types of sleeping car, coach, parlor car, food and beverage services available at that time. The equipment and service such as vista dome coaches, dining and lounge cars with many types of meals and beverages, sleeping accommodations and coach seats including reclining and leg rests were drawing cards for passenger traffic. This historic review, including train schedules and advertisements, provides information on train consists which is valuable for creating model railroad layout size trains.
