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Used and Out of Print Books : General Interest
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A price guide devoted exclusively to antiques from the railroad. 35 different chapters covering Advertising, Badges, Books, China, Depot, Dining Car Silver, Express, Keys, Lanterns, Locks, Passes, Photos, Prints & Posters, Playing Cards, Timetables and much more too numerous to list. Also includes a chapter on reproductions. Over 900 photographs, this book is destined to become the main resource for the collector.
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Alphabetically organized, fully cross-referenced, and packed with photographs, this enticing encyclopedia makes the perfect gift for anyone who ever felt drawn to the sight of an onrushing train. It features the most significant innovations in locomotive technology, as well as the most important and colorful characters from the history of the iron horse. Thrill to the true story of Casey Jones and his ill fated final journey; was he simply trying to stay on schedule that day--or was he determined to die? Read about the difficulties encountered during the construction of the Cape-to-Cairo Railroad, Cecil Rhodes? ambitious and still unrealized dream of a trans-African railway. Marvel at the magnetic levitation trains that have the capability of traveling at speeds in excess of 200 miles per hour. With its facts and details, fabulous lore and photographs old and new, this reference brings history to life as never before.
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In the tradition of Cod by Mark Kurlansky, a remarkable book about a long-forgotten historical phenomenon that changed our world -- the rise and fall of the natural ice industry in nineteenth-century North America.
On February 13, 1806, the brig Favorite left Boston harbor bound for the Caribbean island of Martinique, with a cargo that few imagined would survive the month-long sea voyage. Packed in hay in the hold were large chunks of ice harvested from a frozen Massachusetts lake. This was the first venture of a young Boston merchant, Frederic Tudor, who imagined he could make a fortune selling ice to tropical countries.
Ridiculed from the outset by fellow merchants, Tudor endured years of hardship before he was to fulfill his dream. Over 30 years, he and his rivals extended the frozen water trade to Cuba, Charleston, New Orleans, New York, and London, and finally to Calcutta, when in 1833 more than one hundred tons of ice survived a four-month voyage of 16,000 miles with two crossings of the Equator.
Tudor not only made a fortune, he founded a huge industry, which each winter employed thousands of men and horses to harvest millions of tons of ice. Thanks to his astonishing enterprise, iced drinks, chilled beer, and homemade ice cream became essential to the American way of life, and cooled the brows of communities throughout the world long before artificial refrigeration -- after which the frozen-water trade melted away.
In this fascinating book, Gavin Weightman reveals the forgotten story of America's vast natural ice trade, which revolutionized domestic life for millions of people.
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The Race to Complete the ranscontinental Railroad Accelerates.... Will Sabotage Thwart Their Dream? The strife of the Civil War has ended, but the Indian wars on the Plains have intensified and the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads are locked in a high-stakes competition to link the eastern states with their western counterparts
Jordana Baldwin had come to California by stagecoach to help her sister Victoria, but after three years she has grown restless and feels the need to do something different. When her writing catches the attention of an eastern newspaper, she takes on the guise of a man to report on the progress of the rail line--and spy for the Central Pacific.
But Jordana has continued to correspond with Captain Rich O'Brian, who has left the army and now works for the Union Pacific. When they meet again, romantic sparks fly, but Rich's past still looms between them. Since his wife's death, he's made it clear he wants no ties to another woman, yet he realizes he's fallen in love with Jordana. As the last tracks are laid to join the East and the West, will competing interests keep Jordana and Rich apart...or bring them together?
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Train Man Author: Peter T. Deutermann Publisher: St Martins Mass Market Paper; ISBN: 0312973705
On a dark night, a bridge is blown to smithereens, thunderously plunging a one-hundred-car train deep into the Mississippi River. In Washington, the FBI scrambles-sending Assistant Director Hush Hanson and agent Carolyn Lang to investigate the deadly act of domestic terror. Hanson is a team player and killer marksman. Lang has an agenda of her own. By the time the two agents leave Washington, they are on a collision course with each other. And another bridge has exploded.
Now, the investigation is exploding into an inter-agency feud. The brass is after a terrorist cell, while Hanson and Lang suspect that a single man-the Train Man-is bringing down the bridges one by one. But as more death and destruction strike the river, no one can guess that far greater danger is looming. A top secret, emergency shipment of unstable nuclear waste has been sent West by train. And when the nukes meet the river there will be no way across, no time to turn back, and barely a chance in hell to stop the deadliest disaster of all...
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Truss Fun Author: David W. Harris Publisher: BaHa Enterprises
This book describes basic engineering principles in a fun and easy manner using simple physics and mathematics. Historic railroad trusses are used as examples. Perfect for projects for high school and early college students. Also ideal for hobbyists and historians.
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Ultimate Train Author: Peter Herring Publisher: DK Publishing
This irresistible reference for railroad enthusiast and traveler alike provides a wealth of fascinating information about trains and their evolution. Ultimate Train opens with a comprehensive history of railroads, beginning with profiles of the great 19th century engineers who helped lay the foundations of the first mass transportation network. A specially commissioned photographic gallery of over 50 of the world's most magnificent trains shows each locomotive in lavish detail, with technical drawings and close-up photography to show the working mechanisms of the world's greatest trains.
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