All Aboard

All Aboard

Author: Jim Loomis

Publisher: Chicago Review Press

Published: 2011-01-24

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 1569768498

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Written for both veterans and those considering their first rail journey, this guide is an expansive resource for train travel and the broader world of rail transit in the United States and Canada. Bridging the past with the present, the handbook explores the origins of the rail systems, the monumental task of building America's first trans-continental railroad, passenger and freight railroad operations, and the differences between the various lines. The new edition includes updated information on ticketing procedures, routes, Amtrak's simplified fare structures, and the explosion of railroad-related data such as schedules and ticket purchase options available on the internet. In addition to offering time-tested advice on finding the lowest fares, avoiding pitfalls, packing for an overnight trip, when to board, and whom to tip and how much, the reference presents a number of rail itineraries-from day trips to see the colors of the fall season to lengthy journeys that will take more adventurous travelers around the entire country. A perspective on high-speed lines-such as proposed links between Los Angeles and San Francisco and Chicago to St. Louis-envisions the future of rail transportation.


"All Aboard!"

Author: Phillip H. Ault

Publisher: Dodd Mead

Published: 1976

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13:

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Traces the history of the passenger train in the United States. Anecdotes describe travel on a number of well-known runs.


Harry Truman's Excellent Adventure

Harry Truman's Excellent Adventure

Author: Matthew Algeo

Publisher: Chicago Review Press

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 1569767076

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From Missouri to New York and back again, this work chronicles the amazing road trip of a former president and his wife and their amusing, failed attempts to keep a low profile.


All Aboard! for Glacier

All Aboard! for Glacier

Author: C. W. Guthrie

Publisher: Farcountry Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 9781560372769

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Glacier National Park and the Great Northern Railway became synonymous in the early 20th century. Original photographs, posters, menus, postcards, and other rare materials support this fascinating pictorial history of the creation and promotion of the park by Great Northern as railroad barons raced west and competed for precious territory to expand their empires.


Fantastic Trains

Fantastic Trains

Author: Neil Enock

Publisher: EDGE-Lite

Published: 2019-08-05

Total Pages: 213

ISBN-13: 1770532005

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Book your ticket now for a trip to the future, the past, and the timeslips in between. Through the eloquent prose and imaginings of eighteen tellers of tales, we are pleased to present to you a collection of stories-on-a-train that will transport you to tantalizing worlds that you simply cannot imagine. Perhaps no other anthology in-living-memory encapsulates such wholehearted, ill fated, poignant, and even hallucinogenic stories with such grace and balance as those contained in this volume. These stories span the genres of literary fiction, steampunk, space opera, futurism, tragedy, magical realism, slipstream, horror, comedy, urban fantasy and more. In all, a sizzling collection, curated by Neil Enock (who is a train aficionado, podcaster, screenwriter and filmmaker), presenting high-voltage, off-the-rail entertainments that are feature rich with characters who are: schemers, dreamers, adventurers, lovers, detectives, rogues, and more; and whose human weaknesses always seem to get the better of them. Showcased in this single collection are eighteen trail blazers tasked to escort you on your inimitable journey: Jason Lane, David Worsick, Liam Hogan, Christine Hanolsy, Gavin Bradley, Michael Johnstone, Dwain Campbell, Laura VanArendonk Baugh, Peter Hargraves, Melodie Leclerc, Rachel Leidenfrost , Nick Svolos, Maurice Forrester, Kendall Eifler, Samuel Marzioli, Neil Enock, Laurie Stewart, Kim Solem. The stories offered will delight you with such surprising humor and stinging tragedy, you will be compelled to read them all in one sitting. DO NOT DELAY. DO NOT BE LEFT BEHIND. THIS TRAIN LEAVES PROMPTLY ON TIME. *Note: These stories are also suitable to read while waiting for a train.


Time Traveling

Time Traveling

Author: Catherine Lukas

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 24

ISBN-13: 9780689833670

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Maya and Sam journey back to 1884, when the railroad companies first introduced standard time and time zones. This Lionel( Trains Rail Tales sticker book comes with 12 photographic stickers depicting trains from every era. Full-color illustrations.


Pearl

Pearl

Author: Debby Atwell

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 44

ISBN-13: 0395884160

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Events in the history of the United States, from George Washington's presidency through the beginning of the space program, are related to the experiences of one family.


Diamond Jubilee Luck

Diamond Jubilee Luck

Author: Luck Area Historical Society

Publisher: Russell B. Hanson

Published:

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13:

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The history of a rural village in Northwest, Wisconsin. Luck is known as the home of the Duncan Yo-Yo company from the 1940s - 1960s. It is a Danish community in a rural, lake filled part of Wisconsin, an hour NW of Minneapolis and St Paul MN.