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31 produkter
Railroads and the American People
Inbunden, 2012
603 kr
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In 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 …
Railroaders Without Borders
A History of the Railroad Development Corporation
Inbunden, 2015
534 kr
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For over 25 years, the creatively led Railroad Development Corporation (RDC) has rejuvenated a series of down-and-out and even defunct railroads. Launched in 1987 by Henry Posner III, this investment and management company has demonstrated that it is possible both to have a conscience and to earn a …
Electric Interurbans and the American People
Av H. Roger Grant, Don L. Hofsommer
Inbunden, 2016
590 kr
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One of the most intriguing yet neglected pieces of American transportation history, electric interurban railroads were designed to assist shoppers, salesmen, farmers, commuters, and pleasure-seekers alike with short distance travel. At a time when most roads were unpaved and horse and buggy travel …
Railroads and the American People
Häftad, 2017
409 kr
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In 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 …
John W. Barriger III
Railroad Legend
Inbunden, 2018
548 kr
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In John W. Barriger III: Railroad Legend, historian H. Roger Grant details the fascinating life and impact of a transportation tycoon and "doctor of sick railroads."After graduating from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, John W. Barriger III (1899–1976) started his career on the …
John W. Barriger III
Railroad Legend
E-bok, 2018
107 kr
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In John W. Barriger III: Railroad Legend, historian H. Roger Grant details the fascinating life and impact of a transportation tycoon and "doctor of sick railroads."After graduating from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, John W. Barriger III (1899–1976) started his career on the …
John W. Barriger III
Railroad Legend
E-bok, 2018
107 kr
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In John W. Barriger III: Railroad Legend , historian H. Roger Grant details the fascinating life and impact of a transportation tycoon and "doctor of sick railroads." After graduating from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, John W. Barriger III (1899–1976) started his career on the …
Transportation and the American People
Inbunden, 2019
474 kr
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Transportation is the unsung hero in America's story. Stagecoaches, waterways, canals, railways, busses, and airplanes revolutionized much more than just the way people got around; they transformed the economic, political, and social aspects of everyday life. In Transportation and the American …
Mighty Fine Road
A History of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Company
Inbunden, 2020
365 kr
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The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad's history is one of big booms and bigger busts. When it became the first railroad to reach and then cross the Mississippi River in 1856, it emerged as a leading American railroad company. But after aggressive expansion and a subsequent change in …
Station Agent and the American Railroad Experience
Inbunden, 2023
338 kr
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Before the widespread popularity of automobiles, buses, and trucks, freight and passenger trains bound the nation together. The Station Agent and the American Railroad Experience explores the role of local frontline workers that kept the country's vast rail network running.Virtually every community …
Sunset Cluster
A Shortline Railroad Saga
Inbunden, 2023
325 kr
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Discover the Sunset Cluster—railroads that were doomed to fail? The first two decades of the 20th century were the twilight of the Railroad Age. Major routes had long been established, and local service became the focus of new construction. Beginning in 1907, a cluster of five shortline railroads …
Railroads in the Midwest
An Epic History
Av H. Roger Grant, Carlos Arnaldo Schwantes
Inbunden, 2025
1047 kr
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Discover how railroad companies in America's heartland developed a monumental network that spanned nearly 70,000 route miles. Over a century, a wide array of carriers ranging from short lines to trunk roads spread through the Midwest and represented over 35% of the country's rail mileage in the …
Railroads in the Midwest
An Epic History
Av H. Roger Grant, Carlos Arnaldo Schwantes
Häftad, 2025
381 kr
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Discover how railroad companies in America's heartland developed a monumental network that spanned nearly 70,000 route miles. Over a century, a wide array of carriers ranging from short lines to trunk roads spread through the Midwest and represented over 35% of the country's rail mileage in the …
Iowa's Railroads
An Album
Av Don L. Hofsommer, H. Roger Grant
Häftad, 2009
518 kr
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At one point in time, no place in Iowa was more than a few miles from an active line of rail track. In this splendid companion volume to Steel Trails of Hawkeyeland (IUP, 2005), H. Roger Grant and Don L. Hofsommer explore the pivotal role that railroads played in the urban development of the state …
Visionary Railroader
Jervis Langdon Jr. and the Transportation Revolution
Inbunden, 2008
398 kr
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Visionary Railroader chronicles the life of a key figure in the history of rail travel in the United States. As president of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Jervis Langdon Jr. had the opportunity to put progressive concepts into practice. In 1964, Langdon took charge of the Rock Island, and by the …
Young Dutchman Views Post–Civil War America
Diary of Claude August Crommelin
Av Claude August Crommelin, H. Roger Grant
Inbunden, 2011
357 kr
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Not long after the end of the American Civil War, a wealthy young Dutchman by the name of Claude August Crommelin embarked on a tour of the young country, visiting New England, the Middle Atlantic States, the Upper Mississippi Valley, and the war-ravaged South. His family connections allowed him to …
Railroad
The Life Story of a Technology
E-bok, 2005
655 kr
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Railroads altered the landscape of the United States. Within a few decades of the invention of the locomotive, railways stretched from coast to coast, enabling people and goods to travel far greater distances than ever before, completely altering our concept of time and space. And while railroads …
Railroad
The Life Story of a Technology
Inbunden, 2005
602 kr
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Railroads altered the landscape of the United States. Within a few decades of the invention of the locomotive, railways stretched from coast to coast, enabling people and goods to travel far greater distances than ever before, completely altering our concept of time and space. And while railroads …
Erie Lackawanna
The Death of an American Railroad, 1938-1992
Häftad, 1996
427 kr
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This 50-year saga of the "Weary Erie" goes far beyond describing in brilliant detail the turbulent last decades of a colorful, spunky, and innovative railroad. As the author vividly shows, the Erie possessed an uncommonly interesting history. For a brief time, it was the longest rail artery in the …
Ohio on the Move
Transportation in the Buckeye State
Inbunden, 2003
471 kr
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Few American states can match the rich and diverse transportation heritage of Ohio. Every major form of public conveyance eventually served the Buckeye state. From the "Canal Age" to the "Interurban Era," Ohio emerged as a national leader. The state's central location, abundant natural resources, …
Corn Belt Route
A History of the Chicago Great Western Railroad Company
Inbunden, 1984
519 kr
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The Chicago Great Western Railroad was a spunky midwestern carrier that contributed mightily to the transportation industry. The 1,500-mile CGW, built by the iconoclastic and ambitious A. B. Stickney, proved to be exceptionally innovative as it developed new ways to compete with larger railroads. …
Spirit Fruit
A Gentle Utopia
Inbunden, 1988
505 kr
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The dream of an ideal social order has inspired the formation of experimental communities in America since colonial times. One of the most successful of these was the Spirit Fruit Society, founded in the late 1890s by Jacob Beilhart. In 1901, after purchasing a small farm outside Lisbon, Ohio, the …
Brownie the Boomer
The Life of Charles P. Brown, an American Railroader
Inbunden, 1991
314 kr
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Charles P. Brown-"a boomer railroad man"-offers in this exceptional autobiography an unusually vivid portrayal of everyday life as a trainman for some of the country's greatest rail lines. An itinerant railroad worker, or "boomer," Brown hopscotched across America between 1900 and 1913 seeking …
We Took the Train
Inbunden, 1990
305 kr
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In this illustrated collection, H. Roger Grant, one of America's leading railroad historians, brings together a rich assortment of personal accounts of train travel in the United States since the dawn of railroading. The twenty-one accounts included here tell of the excitement, the romance, the …
North Western
A History of the Chicago & North Western Railway System
Inbunden, 1996
742 kr
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Leading railroad historian H. Roger Grant tells the story of the Chicago & North Western Railway from 1848, when the Galena & Chicago Union Railroad ran the first train west from Chicago, to the Union Pacific takeover in 1995. With a lively narrative and 173 illustrations, including historical …
"Follow the Flag"
A History of the Wabash Railroad Company
Inbunden, 2004
695 kr
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"Follow the Flag" offers the first authoritative history of the Wabash Railroad Company, a once vital interregional carrier. The corporate saga of the Wabash involved the efforts of strong-willed and creative leaders, but this book provides more than traditional business history. Noted …
Rails Through the Wiregrass
A History of the Georgia & Florida Railroad
Inbunden, 2006
548 kr
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The Georgia & Florida Railroad began with bright promise, but like many other enterprises in the early twentieth-century South, it experienced hard times. The story begins in 1906, when—responding to a perceived need for better connections to northern markets—a group of entrepreneurs led by …
Milwaukee Road
Its First Hundred Years
Av August Derleth, H. Roger Grant
Häftad, 1969
479 kr
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From its incorporation in 1847 in Wisconsin Territory to its first run in 1851-twenty miles between Milwaukee and Waukesha-to its later position of far-flung power, the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Company had a vivid history. By 1948, the Milwaukee Road had more than 40,000 …
"Follow the Flag"
A History of the Wabash Railroad Company
Häftad, 2019
402 kr
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"Follow the Flag" offers the first authoritative history of the Wabash Railroad Company, a once vital interregional carrier. The corporate saga of the Wabash involved the efforts of strong-willed and creative leaders, but this book provides more than traditional business history. Noted …
Louisville, Cincinnati & Charleston Rail Road
Dreams of Linking North and South
Inbunden, 2014
471 kr
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Among the grand antebellum plans to build railroads to interconnect the vast American republic, perhaps none was more ambitious than the Louisville, Cincinnati & Charleston. The route was intended to link the cotton-producing South and the grain and livestock growers of the Old Northwest with …
