State Rail Plan Virginia
Author : Virginia. Department of Highways and Transportation
Publisher :
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 35,52 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Railroads
ISBN :
Virginia State Rail Plan ... Update
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 15,89 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Railroads and state
ISBN :
Book Description
Rail Planning Manual
Author : United States. Federal Railroad Administration
Publisher :
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,44 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Railroads and state
ISBN :
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Railroads of the Eastern Shore
Author : Lorett Treese
Publisher : History Press
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 38,68 MB
Release : 2021-03-15
Category :
ISBN : 9781540246585
Book Description
The history of the Delmarva Peninsula is inextricably entwined with the story of its railroads. The earliest railroads were short, locally funded lines. The dream to connect Norfolk directly to Eastern Seaboard cities farther north was first realized by the New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk Railroad in the 1880s. The line ran north-south along the peninsula to Cape Charles City, Virginia, where freight cars were loaded onto barges for the trip across the Chesapeake Bay. This line was eventually absorbed by the giant Pennsylvania Railroad, and the ferry service was eclipsed when the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel was completed in 1964. For more than a century, though, railroads played a critical role in the development of the Eastern Shore. Regional historian Lorett Treese tells this story.
FRA Guide for Preparing Accidents/incidents Reports
Author : United States. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Safety
Publisher :
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 37,21 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Railroad accidents
ISBN :
Book Description
State Rail Policies, Plans, and Programs
Author : Leigh B. Boske
Publisher : LBJ School
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 20,20 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Political Science
ISBN :
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The Blue Ridge Tunnel
Author : Mary E. Lyons
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 12,56 MB
Release : 2014-02-25
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1625849524
Book Description
The true story of the construction of the historic Crozet railroad tunnel—as seen through the eyes of three Irish immigrant families who helped build it. In one of the greatest engineering feats of the time, Claudius Crozet led the completion of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Tunnel in 1858. More than a century and a half later, the tunnel stands as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark, but the stories and lives of those who built it are the true lasting triumph. Irish immigrants fleeing the Great Hunger poured into America resolved to find something to call their own. They would persevere through life in overcrowded shanties and years of blasting through rock to see the tunnel to completion. In this intriguing history, Mary E. Lyons follows three Irish families in their struggle to build Crozet’s famed tunnel—and their American dream. Includes photos and illustrations
A Brief Review of Railroad History from the Earliest Period to the Year 1894
Author : William Hasell Wilson
Publisher :
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 49,2 MB
Release : 1895
Category : Railroads
ISBN :
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Maryland State Rail Plan
Author : Maryland. Department of Transportation
Publisher :
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 50,68 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Railroads
ISBN :
Book Description
Southwest Virginia's Railroad
Author : Kenneth W. Noe
Publisher :
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 49,34 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
Book Description
Combining an adept use of anecdote and detail with analysis of the written record, Noe shows that many supporters of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad viewed it as a political tool, believing it would spread slavery and unite the state. He focuses on the railroad's economic fruits - integration of the region into the tobacco kingdom, urbanization, a growth in industry, and the spread of slavery - and shows how these brought about political results.
