Classic American Railroads
Classic American Railroads

Author: Mike Schafer

Publisher: Motorbooks International

Published: 2003-09

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 076031649X

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This book picks up where the previous two Classic American titles left off, focusing on the golden age of American railroading from 1945 to the early 1970s. It extends to the present day where applicable, providing a colorful look at locomotives, passenger and freight operations, development, and, in some cases, demise. Full color.

World Railways of the Nineteenth Century
World Railways of the Nineteenth Century

Author: Jim Harter

Publisher: JHU Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 584

ISBN-13: 0801880890

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With its gallery of over 360 striking and unfamiliar images and extensive historical text World Railways of the Nineteenth Century invites readers to experience an unparalleled glimpse into the world of nineteenth-century railroading.Peter Skinner, Foreword

Railroad Wars of New York State
Railroad Wars of New York State

Author: Timothy Starr

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2012-07-24

Total Pages: 187

ISBN-13: 1614235929

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New York's railroads were born of the cutthroat conflict of rate wars, bloody strikes and even federal graft. The railroad wars began as soon as the first line was chartered between Albany and Schenectady when supporters of the Erie Canal tried to block the new technology that would render their waterway obsolete. After the first primitive railroads overcame that hurdle, they began battling with one another in a series of rate wars to gain market share. Attracted by the success of the rails, the most powerful and cunning capitalists in the country--Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jay Gould, Daniel Drew and other robber barons--joined the fray. Timothy Starr's account of New York's railroad wars steams through the nineteenth century with stories of rate pools, labor strikes, stock corners, legislative bribery and treasury plundering the likes of which the world had never seen.

The Blue Ridge Tunnel
The Blue Ridge Tunnel

Author: Mary E. Lyons

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2014-02-25

Total Pages: 247

ISBN-13: 1625849524

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The true story of the construction of the historic Crozet railroad tunnel—as seen through the eyes of three Irish immigrant families who helped build it. In one of the greatest engineering feats of the time, Claudius Crozet led the completion of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Tunnel in 1858. More than a century and a half later, the tunnel stands as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark, but the stories and lives of those who built it are the true lasting triumph. Irish immigrants fleeing the Great Hunger poured into America resolved to find something to call their own. They would persevere through life in overcrowded shanties and years of blasting through rock to see the tunnel to completion. In this intriguing history, Mary E. Lyons follows three Irish families in their struggle to build Crozet’s famed tunnel—and their American dream. Includes photos and illustrations