Author : Fred W. Frailey
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Page : 168 pages
File Size : 48,96 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780890241301
The Blue Streak -- the Great American Freight Train -- holds records as the world's fastest freight train and for hauling freight for a remarkable 60 years. Tells how the Southern Pacific built and developed this extraordinary fast freight, and the stories that surround it. By Fred W. Frailey. 8 1/2 x 11 1/2; 168 pgs.; 180 photos; 25 illus.; includes dust jacket.
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Page : 838 pages
File Size : 28,39 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Railroads
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Author : Joseph A. Strapac
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 12,49 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780253336019
The first and only complete study of the Southwest's most successful railway is back in print! This book documents a proud history with diagrams, maps, and over 300 photographs. Includes a roster of every steam and diesel locomotive owned by the Cotton Belt and its predecessors up to 1977. A must-have for any locomotive enthusiast.
Author : Jim McClellan
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 46,14 MB
Release : 2017-06-16
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 0253024080
“A vivid memoir” of a long career in the industry, packed with color photos (Classic Trains). Named one of the “75 People You Should Know” by Trains Magazine, Jim McClellan was a railroading legend and one of the railroad industry’s titans. An iconic and innovative executive, McClellan participated in the creation of both Amtrak and Conrail and worked for the Norfolk Southern, the New York Central, US Railway Association, and the Federal Railroad Administration. My Life with Trains combines a world-class photographer’s love of railroading with the insights of a government and railroad official. The book provides a short historical overview of the changes in the industry, recounts McClellan’s experience at various railroads, and offers personal reflections on a lifetime of working with and chasing trains. Expertly detailed with over 250 stunning color photographs, My Life with Trains covers sixty years as observed by a legendary railroad strategist.
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Page : 514 pages
File Size : 32,88 MB
Release : 1973
Category : Railroads
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Page : 1742 pages
File Size : 33,57 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Booksellers and bookselling
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Page : 1412 pages
File Size : 46,81 MB
Release : 1953
Category : Railroads
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce. Subcommittee on Surface Transportation
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Page : 200 pages
File Size : 42,7 MB
Release : 1975
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Page : 328 pages
File Size : 14,1 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Locomotives
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Page : 144 pages
File Size : 20,85 MB
Release : 1998-05
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