What happened when the US government stopped investing in railroads and started investing in highways and air travel? By the late 1970s, six major eastern railroads had declared bankruptcy. Although h
Tells the stories behind the locomotives, includes rosters, and explains wheel arrangements, streamlining, and more with photos, summaries, and specifications.
In the late 1980s, David Kahler was deeply inspired by seeing an exhibition of O. Winston Link photographs. He soon began making annual trips to the West Virginia and eastern Kentucky coalfields, dest
A look back on the brief and spectacular history of Canada’s Great Western Railway.This book chronicles the genesis and all-too-brief existence of one of Canada’s greatest early railways, the Great We
Take a journey down San Francisco's peninsula on Caltrain, the commuter Rail line that runs from San Francisco, through the booming Silicone Valley and San Jose to the farmlands of Gilroy. See photos
Citizen-advocate George Swimmer spent twenty years investigating the causes behind railroad collisions. What he discovered is a tangled mess of both inadvertent and intentional mismanagement.In Railro
Editors Finger and Messulam present readers with a collection of expert contributions on the transformation of the regulation of rail transportation in Europe over the last five years. The economics a
Relive the romance and power of the steam locomotive era, the product of a century of continuous research and development.In the United States, the final decades of steam power were characterized by v
For over 25 years, the creatively-led Railroad Development Corporation (RDC) has rejuvenated a series of down-and-out and even defunct railroads. Launched in 1987 by the Henry Posner III, this investm
Learn all about the companies that built diesel locomotives and the American railway system through Stanley W. Trzoniec's breathtaking photography and thorough research.Over eight decades after their
From the railway's beginnings, the station building, itself, had civic importance greater than ordinary structures. Let historian Brian Solomon show you how beautifully it filled that role.Railway Dep
