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All Aboard!
by Jim Loomis
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The Complete North American Train Travel
Guide (All Aboard, 2nd Ed) |
$15.16 |
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American Locomotives
by Ron Ziel
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Spectacular album of 126 "builder's
photographs" of the locos as they came out of the
factories--chiefly Baldwin and Lima. |
$11.16 |
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Amtrak
by David C. Nice
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The
History and Politics of a National Railroad
(Explorations in Public Policy)
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$39.95 |
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Bruce Reynolds
The Autobiography of a Thief
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The Great Train Robbery was the most
infamous robbery in British history, and Bruce
Reynolds' account of his life covers every detail of
the crime and its aftermath, up to the present day. |
£6.39
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Building the New Rapid Transit System of
New York City ca. 1915
by Fred Lavis, James C. Greller
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Excellent history book on the building
of the New York subway. |
$17.95 |
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Caboose
by Mike Schafer
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Enthusiast Color Series |
$11.96 |
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Dining by Rail
by James D. Porterfield
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The
History and Recipes of America's Golden Age of
Railroad Cuisine
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$14.36 |
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Eight
Great American Rail Journeys
by Karen
Ivory, John Grant
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You've seen the acclaimed public
television programs and you've read the firsthand
accounts in the Great American Rail Journeys companion
book. Now find out how to have your own unforgettable
train adventure. |
$8.95 |
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The Electric Interurban Railways in
America
by George W. Hilton, John F. Due
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The book is exhaustively researched and
documented, and yet very readable. It brings alive an
industry that has almost vanished from the collective
memory of America.
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$24.76 |
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Empire Express
by David Haward Bain |
Building the 1st Transcontinental
Railroad |
$14.40 |
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The Engine Driver's Manual
by Brian Topping
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How
to Prepare, Fire and Drive a Steam Locomotive
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$34.95 |
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Famous Trains of the 20th Century
by Christopher Chand
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Famous Trains Worldwide |
$21.95 |
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Grand Central Terminal
by Kurt C. Schlichting |
Railroads,
Engineering, and Architecture in New York City
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$21.20 |
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Great
American Railroad Stations
by Janet
Greenstein Potter
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This
comprehensive guide documents over 700 great American
railroad stations in existence today. All the stations
have been selected based on their architectural
features, historical significance, current use and
status and are organized by region for ease of use. |
$23.96 |
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The Great Railway Bazaar
by Paul Theroux
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In this unique and hugely entertaining
railway odyssey, Theroux vividly recounts his travels
on the Orient Express, the Khyber Mail, and the
Trans-Siberian Express, through such countries as
Turkey, Iran, India, Southeast Asia, Japan, and the
Soviet Union. |
$11.16 |
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The Great Train Robbery Files
by Bruce & Nick Reynolds
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An astonishing book offers a wealth of
press perceptions of events surrounding the great
train robbery. This unique collaboration of press
cuttings is a master piece of educational value to
young and old alike. There is no other book available
in the world which has so much to offer on this piece
of British history. |
£11.99
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Guide to North American Steam
Locomotives
by George H. Drury
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This book is unbelievable! It has
history on the steam locomotives, the railroads who
owned them, the manufactures, some of the major loco
designers and the list goes on |
$22.36 |
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The
Historical Guide to North American Railroads : 160
Lines Abandoned or Merged Since 1930
by George H.
Drury
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In the past seven decades the American
railroad industry has undergone sweeping changes
including a bewildering sucession of mergers. This
book is a useful starting place to try and make sense
of it. |
$23.16 |
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Hot Spots
by J. David Ingles
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Indispensable for railfans who travel,
this guide takes you to 100 of the busiest, most
interesting train-watching sites across the U.S. and
Canada. Each spread includes a color photo and
authoritative text about the site written by
train-watching experts all over North America. |
$19.96 |
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Iron Horse
by Peter Lorie, Colin Garatt |
A History of the Steam Train |
from
$18.75
(used only, out
of print)
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Iron Horses
by Verlay Kay
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With extraordinary depth and realistic
detail, the double-page spreads show the individual
men laboring to lay the tracks across the huge, open
prairie and through the granite mountains, until
finally the rails from east and west meet in Utah and
the iron horses steam across the land, smoke
stretching back like billowing hair in the wind. |
$12.79 |
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Iron Road To The Isles
by Michael Pearson
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A Travellers and Tourists Guide to the
West Highland Lines |
£4.99 |
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King Solomon's Carpet
by Barbara Vine |
From its tragic opening to its end it concerns itself with
the people and the places of the London Underground. The often bizarre and
pathological relationships between the characters make the book a tense
exploration of psychological abnormality, and there's a wonderful
eccentricity in the atmosphere that combined with a really original plot
development and brilliant ending makes this a great read. |
£5.59 |
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Landmarks on the Iron Road
by William D. Middleton
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Two Centuries of North American Railroad
Engineering (Railroads Past and Present |
$31.96 |
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The Last Steam Railroad
in America
by O. Winston Link, Thomas Garver
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"Link's highly
stylized photos of Virginia's Norfolk and Western
Railroad, shot in the 1950s, are both high art and
classic Americana. . . . A must for all photo
buffs."-New York Daily News |
$19.98 |
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The Old Patagonian Express by Train Through the Americas
by Paul
Theroux
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The concept is simple: Travel by train
from Boston USA to Argentina and write about what you
experience. The execution is something else, and it
makes every page quite interesting. Those who have
experienced Paul Theroux's travel writing don't have
to be convinced of the pleasant experience to expect
from this book. For those unfamiliar with his work,
this is a very good place to start. |
$11.20 |
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Pennsy Streamliners: The Blue Ribbon
Fleet
by Joe Welsh
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To those of us who grew up in the 1950's
and 1960's in the Northeast, this well-researched and
finely illustrated book brings those times and trains
vividly back into view, with a clear reminder of the
last halcyon days of American passenger train service.
For those of us who had the pleasure of riding the
likes of "The Broadway Limited", "The
Congressional" "The Spirit of Saint
Louis" and many other fine Pennsy trains, this
book is a vivid and beautiful reminder of what we had
and what we have lost. |
$39.96 |
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The Pillars of Hercules
by Paul Theroux
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Paul takes us on a fascinating
journey by rail around the Mediterranean in a modern
re-creation of "The Grand Tour". To the long
tradition of such fare, he contributes considerable
descriptive power, strong characterizations, humor and
informed humanity. |
$11.20 |
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The Railroad Passenger Car
by August Mencken
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An
Illustrated History of the First Hundred Years With
Accounts by Contemporary Passengers
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$22.36 |
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Railway Conductors
by Edwin Clyde Robbins
| A Study in organized Labor |
$32.50 |
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Railways and the Victorian Imagination
by Michael J. Freeman
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A thoughtful study of the background
static from which trains sprang and how they, in turn,
shaped nineteenth century society and culture. |
$36.00 |
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Riding The Rails
by Errol Lincoln Uys
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Teenagers on the Move during the Great
Depression |
$19.96 |
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Runaway Rattler
by James Nicholls
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This is the story of a lone traveller who sets out to circumnavigate the world, not by conventional yacht, hot air balloon, canoe or even bicycle, but by train. Apart from unavoidable airline flights and buses in places where he runs out of railway lines, he achieves his aim and the entire journey is completed on board trains. Several months after setting off he eventually arrives back at where it all began. |
$19.95
Orders will be forwarded to the publisher through RI |
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Set Up Running
by John W. Orr, James D. Porterfield |
The
Life of a Pennsylvania Railroad Engineman 1904-1949
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$30.80 |
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Starlight on the Rails
by Jeff Brouws, Richard Steinheimer, Ed Delvers
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Here,
in a stylish and moving book, are
the last great steam engines, lonely motormen, silent
stations, and more, all evoking the spirit of night
railroading-as quintessentially American as cool
jazz-in its glory days. |
$31.96 |
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Station to Station
by Steven Parissien
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This thoroughly
readable, irresistible volume on railroad-station
architecture is so inclusive that it even has a still
from Hitchcock's "The Lady Vanishes". Filled with such memorabilia, Station
to Station is like a long, wonderful journey in
which the stations themselves--our destinations--are
simply the high points. |
$23.96 |
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Steam, Steel & Stars
by O. Winston Link
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America's Lost Steam Railroad |
$19.98 |
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This Train is Bound for Glory
by Wilma Rugh Taylor, Norman Thomas Taylor
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The Story of American Chapel Car Rentals
This is an excellent history of the railroad chapel
Car Rentals used in the United States in the latter 1800's
& early 1900's. It is a good review of how the
gospel was brought into newly developed railroad towns
that had no established churches and in many cases
wild & wooly towns.
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$36.00 |
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Thomas
the Tank Engine's Big Lift-And-Look Book
by W., Rev.
Awdry, Owen Bell
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Based
on the Railway Series by the Rev. W. Awdry (Great Big
Flap Books)
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$9.59 |
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Thomas The Real Useful Engine
by Tommy Stubbs
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Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends |
$9.59 |
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Tourist Railroads and Museums
by the Publishers of Trains & Classic Trains
Magazine
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Lists more than 450 attractions, with
complete descriptions, operating schedules, locations,
photos, special events, and directions. Includes
entrance fee/ticket coupons good for discounts at 96
attractions! 5 1/2 x 8 1/2; more than 480 pgs.;
approx. 400 b&w photos |
$13.56 |
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Tunneling
To The Future
by Peter Derrick
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The
Story of the Great Subway Expansion That Saved New
York
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$27.96 |
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Twilight Of The Great Trains
by Fred W. Frailey, Terry Spohn
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Twilight of the Great Trains is the
world's best book! It is descriptive and brilliant!
Fred W. Frailey is an inspiring and amazing author! I
would recommend this to the young and old and to train
lovers and non-train lovers! |
$39.96 |
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Underground
Woman
by
Marian Swerdlow
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This
unusual glimpse of the other side of life on the
tracks reveals how things look from the conductor's
point of view. |
$54.95
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Under The Sidewalks of New York
by Brian J. Cudahy
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The Story of the Greatest Subway System
in New York |
$19.95 |
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USA by Rail
by John Pitt
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This third edition of USA by Rail
features fully revised information on train travel
throughout North America. |
$14.36 |
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Vintage Diesel Locomotives
by Mike Schafer
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Mike Schafer certainly did his homework.
For a general overview of early diesels, this is a
very nice book; your money will be well spent on it. |
$11.96 |
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Where to See the Best British Steam
Trains |
A touring guide and historical
testimonial to the working steam railways and railway
museums of Britain; from the Bluebell Railway in
Sussex, with its collection of classic Victorian and
Edwardian engines and coaching stock, to the
Strathspey Railway in the heart of the Scottish
Highlands. |
£15.99 |
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