Author : Mark Bunting
Publisher : Calgary : Everett Johnston and Associates
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 37,2 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Railroads
ISBN :
The study's main objectives were to determine the most efficientand economical means of modernizing the transcontinentalpassenger rail services passing through Alberta; to prepareservice designs which would satisfy the long-term requirements ofAlbertans and others; to determine the marketing and managementrequirements necessary to achieve modernization; and, in generalterms, to estimate the economic spin-off benefits of suchservices for Alberta and Canada.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Subcommittee on Transportation and Aeronautics
Publisher :
Page : 822 pages
File Size : 29,7 MB
Release : 1972
Category : Railroads
ISBN :
Author : Mary Ann Fraser
Publisher : Square Fish
Page : 81 pages
File Size : 42,76 MB
Release : 2016-08-02
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1250131243
On May 10, 1869, the final spike in North America's first transcontinental railroad was driven home at Promontory Summit, Utah. Illustrated with the author's carefully researched, evocative paintings, here is a great adventure story in the history of the American West--the day Charles Crocker staked $10,000 on the crews' ability to lay a world record ten miles of track in a single, Ten Mile Day.
Author : Stephen E. Ambrose
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 22,49 MB
Release : 2001-11-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780743203173
The story of the men who build the transcontinental railroad in the 1860's.
Author : Chris Greenlaw, Christopher C. N. Greenlaw
Publisher :
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 27,38 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Railroads
ISBN : 9781610605625
Author : United States. Interstate Commerce Commission
Publisher :
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 26,65 MB
Release : 1971
Category : Railroads
ISBN :
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Subcommittee on Transportation and Aeronautics
Publisher :
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 17,13 MB
Release : 1970
Category : Railroads
ISBN :
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce. Subcommittee on Surface Transportation
Publisher :
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 26,35 MB
Release : 1968
Category : Railroads
ISBN :
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Subcommittee on Transportation and Aeronautics
Publisher :
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 11,10 MB
Release : 1968
Category : Railroads
ISBN :
Author : Therese Harasymiw
Publisher : Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 34,63 MB
Release : 2017-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1534561382
Readers may know the basic facts about the creation of the first transcontinental railroad, but the full story behind the push to connect the United States by rail is much more than the names and dates taught in history classes. Readers discover the exciting, important details—including the contributions of immigrants—as they encounter engaging main text, comprehensive sidebars, and historical images that include carefully chosen primary sources. These text features come together to give readers an in-depth look at the first successful attempt to connect the United States through transportation.
