Books of Transportation / Railroads / Pictorial
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Railroads in the African American Experience: A Photographic Journey
By Theodore KornweibelWinner, 2011 George W. and Constance M. Hilton Book Award, Railway and Locomotive Historical Society, Inc.2010 Outstanding Academic Title, Choice MagazineHonorable mention, Large Nonproft Publishers Illustrated Text, 2010 Washington Book...
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Ohio's Railway Age in Postcards
By H. Roger GrantWhen America's love affair with trains met its craze for the picture postcard, a new version of commercial illustration was born. And nowhere was this more true than in the...
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Railways and Rural Life: SWA Newton and the Great Central Railway
By Gary Boyd-Hope, S. W. A. NewtonThis beautiful photography book records the work of Alfred Newton, a commercial photographer who was based in Leicester in the late 19th century. Newton was commissioned to record the extension...
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Steam: India's Last Steam Trains
Photographs by Stephen Dupont Introduction by Mark Tully This is an extraordinary photographic record of the last steam trains in India that captures not only the fascination of the steam...
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Erie Lackawanna in Color
By Larry DeYoungThe fifth in a series of books covering the Erie Lackawanna Railway and its predecessors, this volume covers the portion of the EL, in the time frame, best remembered by...
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The Heritage of North American Steam Railroads: From the First Days of Steam Power to the Present
By Brian SolomonAccompanied by personal stories, specially commissioned maps, and a listing of heritage steam locomotives still in operation today across the U.S. and Canada, a wonderful history of the "Iron Horse"...
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United States Military Railway Service: America's Soldier-railroaders in WW II
By Don DeNevi, Bob HallA story of true heroism. America's 44,000 soldier-railroaders kept vast numbers of troops and essential supplies moving through war-torn Europe.
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Articulated Steam Locomotives of North America
By R. A. LeMassenaLike many other books, Articulated Steam Locomotives of North America began as a modest attempt to chronicle a certain type of locomotive---in this case, the Mallet-articulated locomotive in the U.S.A....
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世界鐵道大探索3 世界的鐵道博物館: 歐美亞澳68座鐵道博物館全紀錄及台灣12個潛力點
By 蘇昭旭蘇昭旭老師花費二十多年的研究與記錄，帶領你認識鐵道分類學 ★從全球鐵道博物館案例，認識世界各國鐵道博物館的特色 ★從各博物館類型與模式，認識永續經營的關鍵因素 繁體中文第一本世界鐵道博物館全圖鑑！ 世界各工業大國都非常重視其鐵道博物館的設置， 如英國的約克鐵道博物館、德國的紐倫堡火車博物館，以及日本的大宮鐵道博物館等， 不只是將鐵道文物有系統的整理及保存的地點、珍視科技發展的歷史軌跡的展示場所， 更是科技教育向下紮根的示範場所與體驗設施。 台灣擁有的鐵道文化資源不算少，卻沒有正式的鐵道博物館， 直至2019年8月，台灣才終於成立「國家鐵道博物館籌備處」， 這座我國現存最具悠久歷史、規模完整的鐵路車輛修理工廠——台北機場， 將成為台灣第一個國家及鐵道博物館，預計於2024年、2027年分期修復與開放。 而台灣還有幾處十分具有潛力的「鐵道文化園區」和車站， 究竟要如何轉型成鐵道博物館，以保存特別的鐵道歷史及文物呢？ ...
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世界鐵道大探索4 世界的鐵道火車站: 深度探索48國火車站與300多座特色車站
By 蘇昭旭蘇昭旭老師花費二十多年的研究與記錄，帶領你認識鐵道分類學 ★從全球鐵道火車站，認識世界各國鐵道火車站的繽紛樣貌 ★從各火車站類型及功能，認識鐵道系統的多樣設施 繁體中文第一本世界火車站全圖鑑！ 一般人認為的火車站，是供乘客和貨物上下火車的「營運」場所； 是離家返鄉的一個象徵建築；也是進入另一座城市、或許是另一個生活的「任意門」…… 但是對鐵路管理局來說，「廣義」的車站，是指任何運轉的理由，使車輛停止的地點， 也就是“任何停車的場所”，皆算是車站的一種，是Stop而非Station。 包含號誌站、調車場一些「非營運」的場所，也是車站的一種。 此外，火車站還可依營運功能、大小等級來分類， 依據地點的需求，站體建築、月台和軌道又有不同的考量和規劃， 而形成功能不一、風貌各異的獨特火車站， 更有甚者，歷經時代的洗禮、現代化的改建裝修、名人名著的加持等的火車站， 如德國柏林的中央車站、日本的東京車站、京都車站、 瑞典的斯德哥爾摩地鐵站、俄羅斯的莫斯科地鐵站等等， ...
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London's Railways from the Air
Whilst it is possible to gain a limited perspective of the rail network from the ground, it is only from the air that the true scale is revealed. This book...
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Rites of Passage: A Canadian Railway Retrospective
By Greg McDonnellEach new railway book by writer-photographer Greg McDonnell is cause for celebration in the North American railfan community. Rites of Passage, a look at over three decades of transition...
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Erie Lackawanna in Color: The early years
By Larry DeYoungErie Lackawanna in Color: The early years
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吉祥天路：青藏鐵路修築奇跡
By 徐劍青藏鐵路被譽為天路，猶如一條吉祥的哈達掛在雪域高原之上。它是世界上海拔最高、凍土路程最長的高原鐵路，是世界鐵路建設史上的一座豐碑。本書通過一個個平凡築路人鮮為人知的生動故事講述了建設者們攻克千里凍土、高寒缺氧、生態脆弱三大世界級難題的艱辛過程，展示了中國科學家們克難攻堅的科研精神和強大毅力。
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Heart of the Pennsylvania Railroad: The Main Line, Philadelphia to Pittsburgh
By Robert S. McGonigalExplores the Pennsy main line from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh and the three divisions that operated it. Photos and explanations trace the line's electric, steam, and diesel locomotives in all their...
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The Last of Steam: A Billowing Pictorial Pageant of the Waning Years of Steam Railroading in the United States
By Joe G. Collias"This book captures, in its action-filled photographs, the waning years of steam railroading all over the United States. It shows the steam cars rolling in full glory - eventually to...