From the always enlightening Arcadia Publishing comes a wide assortment of books focusing on some of the most popular railroad lines from across the United States! From the East Coast, to the West Coast, to the Midwest, and everywhere in between, these pictorial histories from the Images of Rail series are sure to educate and delight any rail enthusiast. 128 pages, approximately 200 images, 6½"x 9¼", softcover.
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Railroads of Monmouth County – Gallo & Longo.
Explore the history of New Jersey's Monmouth County railroads, which cut through the rich farmlands of the Garden State to transport goods and commuters to and from New York City, Newark, Jersey City and the Jersey Shore. #R02379
Long Island Rail Road: Babylon Branch – Morrison. The Long
Island Rail Road is the oldest railroad in the country still operating under its original name, The Babylon Branch, which serves 15 stations from Valley Stream to Babylon, carries 18 million annual riders over its 20-mile right-of-way. #409828
Kansas City Southern Railway − Hecteman. This
photo-history examines Kansas City Southern from its 1887 formation through its expansions into Texas and Mexico, its cancellation of passenger service in 1969, and beyond.
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Carnegie's vision to transport iron ore from his boats on Lake Erie to his Pittsburgh steel mills was realized when he obtained ownership of a series of railroad companies in the region.
Schreiber, ed. Examines the history of streetcars in Brooklyn, New York, from the Brooklyn City Railroad's opening of four separate streetcar lines in 1854, through the impact of the lines on the city's population.
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Railroads of Rensselaer
Norfolk and Western Railway
Harris. This compilation is taken directly from N&W company files and the Virginia Museum of Transportation. You'll see engine crews, shop gangs, freight agents, and gandydancers, and get a look at the dangerous days of railroading in the late 1800s through the N&W's rise as a railroad icon.
Mann. Rensselaer, New York, was once a classic American railroad town and an important junction for several destinations. This heavily illustrated book examines Rensselaer’s rich rail history from the 1840s to today.
Branley. Examine New Orleans’ Canal Streetcar Line from its origins; through its golden years, decline and disappearance; to its triumphant return to operation. #R01366
Railroads of Cape Cod and the Islands
Eldredge. This pictorial history richly illustrates the heritage of freight and passenger rail transportation on Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket.
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Illinois Central Railroad: Wrecks, Derailments, and Floods − Downey. Examine
mishaps including the 1972 commuter train collision that left 45 dead and the 1937 shutdown caused by heavy flooding from the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers.
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Railroading in Conneaut
Borsvold. This volume offers a look at Conneaut, Ohio, an industrial giant that developed during the "Golden Age of Railroading." The town itself is beautifully captured in images of lighthouses, buildings, festivals, and people. #R01339
The Northwest Corridor
DeFeo. The busiest rail corridor in America, the track system in the Northeast – servicing Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and elsewhere – provides daily rides to thousands of commuters. #409817
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New Orleans: The Canal Streetcar Line
This book examines the massive Southern Pacific shops in Sacramento, California, from their construction in 1867 – when they were built to keep the Central Pacific's equipment in running order – through the complex's closure in 1999.
Brooklyn Streetcars
Horseshoe Curve − Seidel. Built by Pennsylvania Railroad in the 1850s – located just west of Altoona – Horseshoe Curve is known worldwide as one of railroading's greatest engineering achievements.
Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad – Springirth. Andrew
Sacramento's Southern Pacific Shops – Hecteman.
Railroads of Los Gatos
Kelley & Conaway. Sitting at the base of the Santa Cruz mountains, the Los Gatos area has a long railroading history. You’ll see the late 19th century construction and operation of the narrow-gauge South Pacific Coast Railroad.
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Metropolitan New York’s Third Avenue Railway System − Ballard. Features
incredible period photos of various trolley types, the famous car barns, work cars, and the car-scrapping yard, and individual lines such as the Yonkers Railroad. #R01395
The Key System: San Francisco and the Eastshore Empire − Rice & Echeverria. This
heavily illustrated volume features photographs of the bygone Key System, a transbay line that linked San Francisco to what was then known as the "Eastshore Empire."
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New York Central System
Leavy. A generation has passed since a New York Central emblem dashed across the countryside on a railroad car, but few could ever forget "the greatest railroad in the world." See everything from the amalgamation of smaller lines that became the NYC to the acquisitions of Cornelius Vanderbilt. #R01417
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