Freight Cars of the '40s and '50s
Freight Cars of the '40s and '50s

Author: Jeff Wison

Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing, Co.

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 97

ISBN-13: 162700145X

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Jeff Wilson's latest release is a guide to railroad cars operated during one of the most popular eras to model. You can use the book's highly detailed historical information as inspiration for your layout. You'll find background on loads carried by freight cars, information on putting together a realistic freight car fleet, as well as prototype paint schemes and detailing.

Railroads 40s & 50s
Railroads 40s & 50s

Author: Charles H. Bogart

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2014-11-23

Total Pages: 362

ISBN-13: 1312700599

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Each class one, class two and class three railroad in Kentucky is covered in text and photographs

Modeling the '50s
Modeling the '50s

Author:

Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing, Co.

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 90

ISBN-13: 0890247188

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Re-create the fantastic '50s in your model railroad setup! This book, compiled from articles published in Modern Railroader magazine, provides historical information and photos covering steam and diesel locomotives, passenger equipment, freight cars, and trackside details.

Produce Traffic & Trains
Produce Traffic & Trains

Author: Jeff Wilson

Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing Co

Published: 2018-08-01

Total Pages: 115

ISBN-13: 1627005056

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From the late 1800s to the 1960s, the railroad industry faced a unique challenge: What was the best way to ship fresh produce across the U.S. to prevent spoiling? Produce Traffic & Trains looks at the development of refrigerator cars and how their development led to wide-scale growing and shipping of produce. Covered topics include: The development of refrigerator cars, car fleets, and produce terminals. Harvesting, loading, shipping, and delivering fresh produce, and later frozen products. Running express trains, making ice and icing stations, and carrying out perishable operations.

Cassell's Dictionary of Slang
Cassell's Dictionary of Slang

Author: Jonathon Green

Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 1600

ISBN-13: 9780304366361

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With its unparalleled coverage of English slang of all types (from 18th-century cant to contemporary gay slang), and its uncluttered editorial apparatus, Cassell's Dictionary of Slang was warmly received when its first edition appeared in 1998. 'Brilliant.' said Mark Lawson on BBC2's The Late Review; 'This is a terrific piece of work - learned, entertaining, funny, stimulating' said Jonathan Meades in The Evening Standard.But now the world's best single-volume dictionary of English slang is about to get even better. Jonathon Green has spent the last seven years on a vast project: to research in depth the English slang vocabulary and to hunt down and record written instances of the use of as many slang words as possible. This has entailed trawling through more than 4000 books - plus song lyrics, TV and movie scripts, and many newspapers and magazines - for relevant material. The research has thrown up some fascinating results

What Shakes the Bed?
What Shakes the Bed?

Author: John E. Huegel

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2020-02-13

Total Pages: 151

ISBN-13: 1796087645

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“ When one moves to Mexico City, it doesn’t take long to find out what makes the bed shake. The author relates this and other stories about growing up in Mexico City in the thirties, forties and fifties and invites the reader into the world of a boy navigating between his American heritage and the wonders of his adopted city.”