Download or read book The George Washington the Most Wonderful Train in the World written by Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company and published by . This book was released on 193? with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The George Washington the Most Wonderful Train in the World written by and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The George Washington the Most Wonderful Train in the World written by and published by . This book was released on 1932 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Train written by Tom Zoellner and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-01-30 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An epic and revelatory narrative of the most important transportation technology of the modern world In his wide-ranging and entertaining new book, Tom Zoellner—coauthor of the New York Times–bestselling An Ordinary Man—travels the globe to tell the story of the sociological and economic impact of the railway technology that transformed the world—and could very well change it again. From the frigid trans-Siberian railroad to the antiquated Indian Railways to the Japanese-style bullet trains, Zoellner offers a stirring story of this most indispensable form of travel. A masterful narrative history, Train also explores the sleek elegance of railroads and their hypnotizing rhythms, and explains how locomotives became living symbols of sex, death, power, and romance.
Download or read book Rails Across Dixie written by Jim Cox and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2010-11-17 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering legendary and obscure intercity passenger trains in a dozen Southeastern states, this book details the golden age of train travel. The story begins with the inception of steam locomotives in 1830 in Charleston, South Carolina, continuing through the mid-1930s changeover to diesel and the debut of Amtrak in 1971 to the present. Throughout, the book explores the technological achievements, the romance and the economic impact of traveling on the tracks. Other topics include contemporary museums and excursion trains; the development of commuter rails, monorails, light rails, and other intracity transit trains; the social impact of train travel; and historical rail terminals and facilities. The book is supplemented with more than 160 images and 10 appendices.
Download or read book The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway written by James E. Casto and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2006-10-09 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the late 1860s, the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) pushed its first tracks westward from Virginia's Tidewater region across the mountains into what was then the new state of West Virginia. Ultimately its tracks stretched across a half-dozen states and even into Canada. Appalachian coal was the C&O's primary cargo, but its fast freights carried shipments of all kinds, and its crack passenger trains were marvels of their day. In 1963, the C&O merged with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in the first of what would become a wave of railroad mergers. Today the old C&O is part of giant CSX Transportation. Images of Rail: The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway gathers 200 photographs that chronicle the C&O story. Here is a fond look back at its mammoth steam locomotives and the diesels that replaced them, its bustling passenger stations, and much more, including the legendary John Henry, who beat that steam drill, and Chessie, the sleeping kitten that was the C&O's much-loved trademark.
Download or read book More Classic American Railroads written by Mike Schafer and published by Voyageur Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the latest mystery from New York Times bestselling author Charles Todd, World War I nurse and amateur sleuth Bess Crawford investigates an old murder that occurred during her childhood in India, a search for the truth that will transform her and leave her pondering a troubling question: How can facts lie? Bess Crawford enjoyed a wondrous childhood in India, where her father, a colonel in the British Army, was stationed on the Northwest Frontier. But an unforgettable incident darkened that happy time. In 1908, Colonel Crawford's regiment discovered that it had a murderer in its ranks, an officer who killed five people in India and England yet was never brought to trial. In the eyes of many of these soldiers, men defined by honor and duty, the crime was a stain on the regiment's reputation and on the good name of Bess's father, the Colonel Sahib, who had trained the killer. A decade later, tending to the wounded on the battlefields of France during World War I, Bess learns from a dying Indian sergeant that the supposed murderer, Lieutenant Wade, is alive—and serving at the Front. Bess cannot believe the shocking news. According to reliable reports, Wade's body had been seen deep in the Khyber Pass, where he had died trying to reach Afghanistan. Soon, though, her mind is racing. How had he escaped from India? What had driven a good man to murder in cold blood? Wanting answers, she uses her leave to investigate. In the village where the first three killings took place, she discovers that the locals are certain that the British soldier was innocent. Yet the present owner of the house where the crime was committed believes otherwise, and is convinced that Bess's father helped Wade flee. To settle the matter once and for all, Bess sets out to find Wade and let the courts decide. But when she stumbles on the horrific truth, something that even the famous writer Rudyard Kipling had kept secret all his life, she is shaken to her very core. The facts will damn Wade even as they reveal a brutal reality, a reality that could have been her own fate.
Download or read book Classic American Streamliners written by Mike Schafer and published by MBI Publishing Company. This book was released on 1997 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richly illustrated with over 200 photos, this book tells the story of railroad streamliners, from their early days as short little articulated speedsters to their halcyon years as 20-car "cities on wheels"--Places that were going somewhere. And it also tells a story of a time of individuality, when streamliners reflected the personality of the regions they served.
Download or read book The Chesapeake Ohio Historical Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Traffic World written by and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 1160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Those Pullman Blues written by David D. Perata and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arguing that these workers' experiences have largely been neglected in the literature and can help us understand a century of racial prejudice and stereotyping, the study's compiler, David D. Perata, gracefully interweaves contextual with interview material. In his fluid introduction, Perata helps readers link important historical developments, such as George Pullman's establishment of the Pullman Palace Car Company and A.
Download or read book Time written by Briton Hadden and published by . This book was released on 1933 with total page 812 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book New Outlook written by and published by . This book was released on 1935 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book C O Kentucky Postcards written by Charles H. Bogart and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-02-08 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chesapeake & Ohio Railway in Kentucky, as seen in postcards
Download or read book Night Trains written by Peter T. Maiken and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of "overnight operation of sleeping cars."
Download or read book Tracks written by and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 1164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lincoln on the Verge written by Ted Widmer and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WINNER OF THE LINCOLN FORUM BOOK PRIZE “A Lincoln classic...superb.” —The Washington Post “A book for our time.”—Doris Kearns Goodwin Lincoln on the Verge tells the dramatic story of America’s greatest president discovering his own strength to save the Republic. As a divided nation plunges into the deepest crisis in its history, Abraham Lincoln boards a train for Washington and his inauguration—an inauguration Southerners have vowed to prevent. Lincoln on the Verge charts these pivotal thirteen days of travel, as Lincoln discovers his power, speaks directly to the public, and sees his country up close. Drawing on new research, this riveting account reveals the president-elect as a work in progress, showing him on the verge of greatness, as he foils an assassination attempt, forges an unbreakable bond with the American people, and overcomes formidable obstacles in order to take his oath of office.
