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The advance of Union Pacific Railroad tracklayers across Nebraska was part of America??ßgreat adventure of the 19th century. It marked the beginning of the era of the 'iron horse' in Nebraska, a time when the whistle of an approaching train became synonymous with prosperity and contact with the outside world.
Historic Railroads of Nebraska takes a photographic journey down the tracks of the five major railroads and various short lines that helped Nebraska progress into a national center of agriculture and business. The trip begins with the formative years of Nebraska towns that were established along railroad lines in the 19th century. It then travels through the 20th century and documents the major changes and challenges that the railroad industry faced. Through over 200 photographs, this book chronicles the era of streamlined passenger trains, rustic steam locomotives, and a bustling Omaha Union Station. The journey makes stops at railroad landmarks, significant cities, the state??ßonly railroad tunnel, and the legendary North Platte Canteen.
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Lost Railroads of New England can provide an excellent guide to the hundreds of lines that once crisscrossed New England. A bargain at $12.95, this book beckons anyone who has spotted a disused right-of-way and wondered about its history and the trains whose whistles once echoed through the hills and valleys of New England.
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Magnetic North Author: Karl Zimmermann, Roger Cook Publisher: Boston Mills Press
Magnetic North is an inspiring chronicle of the brief, bright moment when steam locomotives ran their final miles in Eastern Canada, a time when the certainty of their demise made their presence all the sweeter. From the moment Karl Zimmermann and Roger Cook packed their bags in May of 1958 and boarded a sleeper for Montreal, they were hooked on Canadian steam. They arrived just in time to see and record the end of an era. In a sense, Zimmermann and Cook have been collaborating on this book for 40 years. In carefully wrought essays and in photographs selected from among many hundreds made by the authors and other outstanding railway photographers, this book is a vision of classic steam railroading rendered with first-person immediacy.
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Seattle was bitterly disappointed in 1873 when the Northern Pacific selected rival Tacoma as the future Puget Sound terminus for Washington Territory's first transcontinental railroad. Kurt Armbruster's enthralling account describes Seattle's frantic quest for a salt-water terminal of its own on Elliott Bay, and the machinations that developed between the city fathers and the railroad companies. From early territorial times, Seattle aspired to be the Queen City of Puget Sound by tapping into a rich Asian Pacific commerce. A transcontinental rail link to the eastern United States was critical to this scheme.
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Prairie Whistles is a trip into the past conducted by folklorist Dennis Boyer. Weaving together tales of railroading from times gone by, this collection of personal reminiscences will appeal to any armchair historian, traveler, sociologist, or rail fan. Vivid recollections grace the pages, told by the men and women who endured the backbreaking work that created this pioneering form of transportation. Tales from conductors, porters, carmen, tower operators, telegraph operators, and others blend together to give the reader an intimate look at how railroading touched lives throughout the Midwest.
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Railroad Ferries of the Hudson and the Stories of a Deckhand is a complete business, economic, technical, and social history of the ferryboats that were once operated across the Hudson River to Manhattan from New Jersey and that were owned and operated by various railroad companies in conjunction with their commuter and long-distance passenger trains. The work also covers the Staten Island Ferry (formerly operated by the B&O Railroad) and New York Waterway's present-day revival of services connecting with New Jersey Transit commuter-train services.
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Schwantes (history, U. of Idaho) covers the massive impact of rails upon the economy and society of Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and Montana. From a brief, packed account of pre-RR transport he proceeds to the completion of the Northern Pacific transcontinental line in 1883, the Great Northern, a host of smaller lines, and that most euphonious of railroads, The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific.
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