A Railroad Atlas Of The United States In 1946

Author : Richard C. Carpenter
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 0801880785

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Containing 202 hand-drawn color maps of every railroad line in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia, this book provides a unique record of a time when passenger trains still made stops in every town and freight trains carried the bulk of the nation's cargo. Drawn at a scale of 1 inch to 4 miles, the maps include main and branch passenger and freight lines, former steam locomotive and manual signal tower stations, towns that functioned as crew change points, track pans, coaling stations, and a variety of indexes of railroad features. Carpenter is a longtime observer and collector of railroad history. This is the first volume in a series that eventually will provide the first comprehensive atlas of the U.S. post-World War II railroad system. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Author : Richard C. Carpenter
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781421410357

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A Railroad Atlas of the United States in 1946 by Richard C. Carpenter Pdf

In Minnesota, the primary rail routes to the Pacific northwest--the Great Northern and the Northern Pacific--ran westward from Minneapolis-Saint Paul.

Author : Richard C. Carpenter
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 9781421401461

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A Railroad Atlas of the United States in 1946 by Richard C. Carpenter Pdf

Containing 202 hand-drawn color maps of every railroad line in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia, this book provides a unique record of a time when passenger trains still made stops in every town and freight trains carried the bulk of the nation's cargo. Drawn at a scale of 1 inch to 4 miles, the maps include main and branch passenger and freight lines, former steam locomotive and manual signal tower stations, towns that functioned as crew change points, track pans, coaling stations, and a variety of indexes of railroad features. Carpenter is a longtime observer and collector of railroad history. This is the first volume in a series that eventually will provide the first comprehensive atlas of the U.S. post-World War II railroad system. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Author : Richard C. Carpenter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1073285658

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˜Aœ Railroad Atlas of the United States in 1946 by Richard C. Carpenter Pdf

Author : Richard C. Carpenter
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 0801873312

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A Railroad Atlas of the United States in 1946 by Richard C. Carpenter Pdf

Little now remains of the vast network of passenger and freight railroad lines that once crisscrossed much of eastern and midwestern America, but in 1946, the steam locomotive was king. This is a record of a time when traveling out of town meant, for most Americans, taking the train.

Author : Peter E. Lynch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2024-05-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1610606663

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Penn Central Railroad by Peter E. Lynch Pdf

Author : Eva H. Dodsworth
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2018-09-22
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781538100844

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A Research Guide to Cartographic Resources by Eva H. Dodsworth Pdf

This book navigates the numerous American and Canadian cartographic resources available in print, and online, offering information on how to locate and access the large variety of resources. Cartographic materials are highlighted and summarized, along with lists of map libraries and geospatial centers, and related professional associations.

Author : Cody Burdette
Publisher : Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2023-11-17
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9798888323403

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Son of a Traveling Man by Cody Burdette Pdf

My book is about growing up, in a Railroad family My Dad was a railroad Engineer, so I got to do what most boys dream of, I got to ride in steam locomotives cabs with my Dad, he would even let me run them sometimes. I went to work on the railroad right out of High School. in 1956. I ended my railroad career on the Cass Senic Railroad in W.Va. I collect and restore old steam locomotive whistles.

Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1172 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1946
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCAL:B3458537

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Catalog of Copyright Entries. Part 1. [B] Group 2. Pamphlets, Etc. New Series by Library of Congress. Copyright Office Pdf

Author : Mitchell Deaver
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2015-07-21
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781504920568

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Transatlantic Railwayman by Mitchell Deaver Pdf

Following Railway Boy and Railway Man Mitchell Deaver now describes in Transatlantic Railwayman his adventures as a former British Railways employee thrust into the midst of American railroading. Mitchell Deaver begins a new career in 1989 with the Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad, where he learns the rudiments of American railroading: hand signals, radio use and how to couple and uncouple freight cars. Hundred-car coal trains are an important aspect of work on this short line. In 1994 Mitchell Deaver moves to Conrail, where he trains to become a conductor on long-distance freight trains serving the cities of New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore. He masters territory totalling 780 route miles that includes thirty-two different yards and that stretches through the states of Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. He relishes humorous exchanges with fellow workers. He becomes familiar with railroading terms of jitney, deadheading, footboard relief and thirty-day bump. He delights in railroad names of Karny, McCalls Ferry, Monty, Pomeroy, Port Road, Shellpot, Tillys and Trenton Line. Ride the rails with Mitchell Deaver and share experiences that range from the puzzling and unsettling through the revealing and exhausting to the exciting and exhilarating-experiences that even include a revelation!

Author : Simon Cordery
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-20
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780253019127

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The Iron Road in the Prairie State by Simon Cordery Pdf

In 1836, Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas agreed on one thing: Illinois needed railroads. Over the next fifty years, the state became the nation's railroad hub, with Chicago at its center. Speculators, greed, growth, and regulation followed as the railroad industry consumed unprecedented amounts of capital and labor. A nationwide market resulted, and the Windy City became the site of opportunities and challenges that remain to this day. In this first-of-its-kind history, full of entertaining anecdotes and colorful characters, Simon Cordery describes the explosive growth of Illinois railroads and its impact on America. Cordery shows how railroading in Illinois influenced railroad financing, the creation of a national economy, and government regulation of business. Cordery's masterful chronicle of rail development in Illinois from 1837 to 2010 reveals how the state's expanding railroads became the foundation of the nation's rail network.

Author : Derek Hayes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Canada
ISBN : UCSD:31822036649713

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Historical Atlas of the North American Railroad by Derek Hayes Pdf

" ... the history of the railroad in North America, from its origins in Britain in the 1820s and short lines connecting Eastern Seaboard rivers in the 1830s to Amtrak and the modern intermodal freights driving today's railroad revival."--Jacket.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Cartography
ISBN : OSU:32435083435917

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Cartographic Perspectives by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Railway Mission in Mexico,Fred E. Linder
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1947
Category : Railroads
ISBN : STANFORD:36105035196265

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The United States Railway Mission in Mexico [a Summary Report] by United States. Railway Mission in Mexico,Fred E. Linder Pdf

Author : Rand McNally and Company
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Railroads
ISBN : OCLC:3374220

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Handy Railroad Atlas of the United States by Rand McNally and Company Pdf