The Railroad and the Art of Place
The Railroad and the Art of Place

Author: David Kahler

Publisher: Center for Railroad Photography & Arts

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 9780692748770

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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, destinations that strongly resonated with his own aesthetic of "place." Armed with a used Leica M6 and gritty Tri-X film, he and his wife made six week-long trips in the dead of winter to photograph trains along the Pocahontas Division of the Norfolk Southern Railway. Nearly one hundred images edited from this body of work form the core of The Railroad and the Art of Place, along with a selection of earlier Pennsylvania Railroad steam-era photographs that reflect Kahler's interest in the railroad landscape from an early age. Also included are three essays by Kahler, Scott Lothes, and Jeff Brouws, discussing the personal motivations, historical context, and aesthetic development behind the photography. With funding for printing provided by the Kahler Family Charitable Fund, all sales will go to support the Center's work.

Starlight On the Rails
Starlight On the Rails

Author: Jeff Brouws

Publisher: Harry N. Abrams

Published: 2003-03-01

Total Pages: 138

ISBN-13: 9780810982307

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The years between the end of World War II and the mid-1960s saw a flowering of railroad photography in America, particularly that which captured the railroads at night. 'Starlight on the Rails', a stylish and moving book of gorgeous duotone photography, offers a poetic glimpse of silent stations, lonely motormen, and the last great steam engines.

The Rail
The Rail

Author: Tommy Donovan

Publisher:

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780991008391

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The story of a young man growing up during difficult times in the Bronx, New York.

Rails Around the World
Rails Around the World

Author: Brian Solomon

Publisher: Motorbooks

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 195

ISBN-13: 0760368104

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Rails Around the World is a visually glorious history depicting trains and locomotives at work in scenic locations throughout North America, Europe, and Asia.

Head First Rails
Head First Rails

Author: David Griffiths

Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

Published: 2013-05-23

Total Pages: 462

ISBN-13: 1449371647

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Ready to transport your web applications into the Web 2.0 era? Head First Rails takes your programming -- and productivity -- to the max. You'll learn everything from the fundamentals of Rails scaffolding to building customized interactive web apps using Rails' rich set of tools and the MVC framework. By the time you're finished, you'll have learned more than just another web framework. You'll master database interactions, integration with Ajax and XML, rich content, and even dynamic graphing of your data -- all in a fraction of the time it takes to build the same apps with Java, PHP, ASP.NET, or Perl. You'll even get comfortable and familiar with Ruby, the language that underpins Rails. But you'll do it in the context of web programming, and not through boring exercises such as "Hello, World!" Your time is way too valuable to waste struggling with new concepts. Using the latest research in cognitive science and learning theory to craft a multi-sensory learning experience, Head First Rails uses a visually rich format designed to take advantage of the way your brain really works.

Advanced Rails Recipes
Advanced Rails Recipes

Author: Mike Clark

Publisher: Pragmatic Bookshelf

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780978739225

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From the author of the indispensable "Rails Recipes," and with the help of a new master Rails chef in the kitchen, here are 72 new ways to kick one's Ruby on Rails apps up a notch--a collection of practical recipes for dressing up one's Wzeb application with little fuss.

Rails Across Dixie
Rails Across Dixie

Author: Jim Cox

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2010-11-17

Total Pages: 477

ISBN-13: 0786461756

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Covering legendary and obscure intercity passenger trains in a dozen Southeastern states, this book details the golden age of train travel. The story begins with the inception of steam locomotives in 1830 in Charleston, South Carolina, continuing through the mid-1930s changeover to diesel and the debut of Amtrak in 1971 to the present. Throughout, the book explores the technological achievements, the romance and the economic impact of traveling on the tracks. Other topics include contemporary museums and excursion trains; the development of commuter rails, monorails, light rails, and other intracity transit trains; the social impact of train travel; and historical rail terminals and facilities. The book is supplemented with more than 160 images and 10 appendices.

Rail
Rail

Author: Kai Carlson-Wee

Publisher: Poulin, Jr. New Poets of Ameri

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 104

ISBN-13: 9781942683582

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A spiritual journey across the railways and backroads of the American West.

G L A C I E R
G L A C I E R

Author: Brian Brightdawn

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2015-08-17

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 9781499713626

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Arriving in New Orleans coming off drugs after an overdose incident in Philadelphia, Braze thought he'd never grow up. He was broken, lost his way, and felt small, but always looked up to his little brother Richy as a role model. While his brother was doing better as a young entrepreneur in Philly , Braze was lost in the French Quarter; drinking, drugging, & writing. But then on night, not far from the French Market, as freight trains passed in the moonlight and hobos played music, he found himself in more than moments of clarity, but clairvoyance. Believing in such vision gave him the courage to roll coast to coast on freight trains to binge on sobriety and create an independent movie like no other. Since then, he's stopped using and writes full time! Yet unfortunately, "The Art of Train Hopping" saved Braze from hard times, but not those that came Richy's way after his older brother made it back on track.