Author : Dale Pierce
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 30,38 MB
Release : 2009-11-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1312451386
A vast assortment of tales concerning railroading around the world.
Author : Nathaniel Adams
Publisher : Little Gestalten
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 46,36 MB
Release : 2020-10-06
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9783899558456
Jump on board a visual journey that will draw readers young and old into the magic of traveling by train, the sense of adventure and discovery as you look around at the world passing by. Learn about the trains like the bullet train Shinkansen and the most ambitious, daring and important train routes ever constructed. From Australia to Wales, each route is unique. Find out why as we travel the globe and explore the stories of the people who built, designed and ride the railways. Discover how these routes came to be and the impact they have had on history and people's lives today.
Author : Editors of Publications
Publisher : Publications International
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 38,21 MB
Release : 2012-07-01
Category :
ISBN : 9781450815581
The Disney Chuggington: Tale of the Rails has an attached eight-button audio module that enables children to add sound effects and music to a story adapted from the popular Disney Junior Chuggington television show. The interactive book is recommended for children ages 3 and older.The story follows the adventures of trainees Wilson, Koko, and Brewster. During an important task overseen by Puffer Pete, they decide to explore the tracks that lead to the old town of Chuggington. They learn that some old things can be interesting--and fun. As kids follow the story, they match icons on the book's pages to the sound buttons to activate sounds and music. The buttons activate these sounds:* Chuggington Theme Song* Wilson horn honk* Koko horn honk* Brewster horn honk* Old Puffer Pete train whistle* Vee switching sound* Rocks tumbling into a train car * Old Central Junction train whistleThe Disney Chuggington: Tale of the Rails conforms to the toy safety requirements of ASTM F963-08. Three replaceable, long-life AG-13 button cell batteries that power the sound module are included.
Author : Peter J. Fetterer
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 24,49 MB
Release : 2016-03-23
Category :
ISBN : 9781530619214
An entertaining compilation of great newspaper articles following the history of the railroad in Sheboygan County. Some are humorous, some are serious, and some are downright shocking. Great reading for the railroad enthusiast and amateur alike.
Author : Dandi Daley Mackall
Publisher : Sleeping Bear Press
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 30,32 MB
Release : 2013-08-15
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1627531556
In 1932, Akron, Ohio was no better off than other parts of the country. Since Black Tuesday in '29, companies are closed, men all over the state are out of work, and families are running out of hope. Thirteen-year-old Rudy wants to help but doesn't know where to turn. His father, sullen and withdrawn, spends his time sulking on their front porch. His mother is desperate, not knowing how she will feed and care for her family. When Rudy learns of other boys leaving town and heading west to seek their fortunes, he hops a train figuring at least there will be one less mouth to feed at home. As Rudy lives the hobo life while he "rides the rails" to California, young readers are given a snapshot view and testament of Depression-era America.Writer Dandi Daley Mackall met the real "Ramblin' Rudy" in 2000 and was inspired to capture his story and the spirit of adventure shown by many during the Great Depression. She conducts writing workshops across the United States and speaks at numerous conferences. Dandi lives in West Salem, Ohio. Rudy Rides the Rails is Chris Ellison's second book with Sleeping Bear Press. He also illustrated Let Them Play, which was named to the 2006 Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People list. Chris is presently working on another Tales of Young Americans story about the Oklahoma Land Run. He lives in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
Author : Matthew L. Swayne
Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 32,81 MB
Release : 2019-09-08
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 0738761516
50 chilling true stories of haunted trains and ghostly workers from the steam locomotive era to the modern day Discover dozens of hauntings on railroads in 19 US states as well as in Canada and the UK, including the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Atlantic Coast Line, Nickel Plate Road, Pennsylvania Railroad, and many more. Haunted Rails tells the tale of a possessed caboose on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad and a Civil War–era rebel ghost train; museum hauntings at the Georgia State Railroad Museum in Savannah and the Railroaders Memorial Museum in Altoona, Pennsylvania; apparitions at Vancouver's Canadian Pacific Waterfront Station and Nashville's Union Station; and the haunted presidential trains of Abraham Lincoln and Dwight D. Eisenhower. Filled with ghost trains, spectral switchmen, and frightening facts, Haunted Rails is a spine-tingling ride to the other side that you don't want to miss. All aboard!
Author : Dakota Walz
Publisher :
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 15,73 MB
Release : 2019-10-18
Category :
ISBN : 9781733414609
Everything I Loved More is a roller-coaster collection of true short stories that follow a young man searching for sincere adventure along the tops of freight trains and mountain ranges. The danger can be nausea-inducing while he hangs on a single flexing hold of sandstone hundreds of feet off the ground or attempts to skirt the sexual advances of a meth smoking trucker while hitchhiking through the middle of nowhere. Between the many gripping scenes, his debasing humor acknowledges the foolish romance of it all.Beyond each singular exciting and hapless adventure, an important journey is told between the tales: the journey of a young man attempting to combat mental health issues with a potent dose of unabashed recklessness - and just how well it almost works.
Author : James Betts
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 15,47 MB
Release :
Category :
ISBN : 0975854526
Author : Errol Lincoln Uys
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 20,57 MB
Release : 2004-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 1135942293
Through letters and photographs, profiles teenagers who hopped the freight trains during the Great Depression in order to find adventure, seek employment, or escape poverty.
Author : Jim Cox
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 477 pages
File Size : 37,83 MB
Release : 2010-11-17
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 0786461756
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.
