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The Wilmington, Brunswick & Southern Railroad
9781467150378
Regular price $21.99 Sale price $15.39 Save 30%At the turn of the twentieth century, railroads meant progress, growth and development.
In the 1890s Southport, North Carolina became the target destination for a major coaling terminal for ships sailing the Atlantic coast. A new terminal would require a railroad to bring in coal and other supplies. More than twenty companies were formed to pursue this idea over the years, with a few actual accomplishments, but most were purely speculative. Wearying the expectant town for more than twenty-five years, the vision for a great port was whittled down until local entrepreneurs finally built a 30-mile rail line to connect the town to Wilmington.
Local author and railroad historian Mark Koenig chronicles the short life of a short line and the long process of making it a reality.
The Great Northern Railway Through Time
9781634990080
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Railroads of Nevada County
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Railroads of Los Gatos
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Lake Shore Electric Railway
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Rails around Durango
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The Lehigh Valley Railroad across New Jersey
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Regular price $24.99 Sale price $17.49 Save 30%Constructed as the Easton and Amboy Railroad, opened by 1875, the Lehigh Valley Railroad was instrumental in developing commerce and communities of central New Jersey.
Thout it no longer runs, it was originally built to haul unending trains of ""black diamonds"" from Pennsylvania to Perth Amboy, the Lehigh Valley Railroad became so much more than a conduit for shipping coal. In building across the state, it became instrumental in not only hauling produce to New York City markets but also for providing service to companies like Johns-Manville and Lionel Trains. From Phillipsburg to Jersey City and all points in between, the Lehigh Valley Railroad hauled freight and passengers, while at the same time contributing to the social fabric of the area. The Lehigh Valley Railroad across New Jersey paints a picture of a railroad that provided over 100 years of quality service to the Garden State.
Roaring Camp Railroads
9781467129961
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Philadelphia Trolleys
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Railroads of Cape Cod and the Islands
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Regular price $24.99 Sale price $17.49 Save 30%Imagine what it must have been like to take the train to Cape Cod? And to connect with a ferry to Nantucket... here are old photos of just that!
In 1848, the railroad extended to Cape Cod to serve the Boston & Sandwich Glass Company. By 1887, fourteen of the fifteen towns on Cape Cod were connected by the railroad. For a short time, even the islands of Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard had railroad lines. As the highways expanded in the years following World War II, the automobile became the primary mode of transportation. By 1959, year-round Cape Cod passenger service had been discontinued. Today, many miles of track have been removed to accommodate recreational bike paths.
Using hundreds of historic images, Railroads of Cape Cod and the Islands illustrates the rich heritage of passenger and freight rail transportation on Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket. Mainland connections once involved transfer between ship and rail at wharves in Provincetown, Hyannis, and Woods Hole. Since 1935, trains have crossed the Cape Cod Canal on the world's second longest vertical-lift bridge.
New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad in New Jersey
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Colorado and Southern Railway
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Long Island Rail Road
9781467106900
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The Lackawanna Railroad in Northeastern Pennsylvania
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Regular price $24.99 Sale price $17.49 Save 30%The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, better known as the Lackawanna Railroad, was organized in 1851 and thrived on the anthracite coal traffic originating from the area surrounding Scranton, Pennsylvania.
The company came to operate a network of track between Hoboken, New Jersey, and Buffalo, New York, before becoming part of the Erie Lackawanna Railway in 1960. During the first decade of the 1900s, the railroad underwent a substantial modernization and improvement project, which was documented extensively by company-hired photographers. A century later, these images provide a fascinating insight into the everyday workings of a railroad and its interaction with the communities along its route. Nearly all of the railroad territory covered by this book remains in operation today.
History of Georgia Railroads, A
9781467137775
Regular price $23.99 Sale price $16.79 Save 30%Railroads are central in the history of Georgia. Explore 200 years of railroad expansion and consolidation in this must-read for railroad and Georgia history fans.
Before the start of the Civil War, Georgia had ten railroads, five of which figured significantly in General William T. Sherman's Atlanta Campaign and March to the Sea.
The number of rail lines in the state ballooned after the war. Many were founded by individual entrepreneurs like Henry Plant and Thomas Clyde, while the biggest railroad of them all (Southern Railway) was created out of whole cloth by New York financier J.P. Morgan. At the close of the nineteenth century, consolidation was already in process, and by the end of the next century, only three significant railroads remained in Georgia.
Author and historian Robert C. Jones examines Georgia's rail history over the past two centuries and today.
East Broad Top Railroad
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Remembering the Pennsylvania Railroad
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Scranton Railroads
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Regular price $24.99 Sale price $17.49 Save 30%The coal industry and the railroad industry both played an important part in the development of Scranton and the railroad cemented its place in history.
Founded as a small iron-making community, Scranton gained prominence as the ""anthracite capital of the world"" for the rich deposits of hard coal surrounding the city. Five railroads eventually served Scranton, attracted by the lucrative anthracite trade. The viability of these lines became directly linked to the coal industry, and the decline of this traffic in the 1950s had a devastating impact on the railroad industry in the northeastern United States. Following decades of decline, abandonments, and mergers, an unparalleled resurgence of freight traffic coupled with the development of ""heritage railroading"" has transformed Scranton into a destination for tourists and rail historians alike.
Richmond Locomotive & Machine Works, The
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Cleveland Mainline Railroads
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The Virginian Railway
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Regular price $24.99 Sale price $17.49 Save 30%continued on from 1909 until its merger in 1959 with the Norfolk and Western Railway (now Norfolk Southern). During that time, the Virginian grew to a point that it was originating from 1,200 to 1,500
hundred-ton carloads of coal per day and serving 60 active coal mines. It earned a reputation for power, service, and efficiency that placed it among the great railroads of America.
East Branch & Lincoln Railroad
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Steam Railroads of Northern Iowa and Southern Minnesota
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Railroads of the Eastern Shore
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Tennessee Central Railway
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Union Pacific Railroad Heritage
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King City
9781467108041
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Sacramento Northern Railway
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Yreka Western Railroad
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Railroads of the Columbia River Gorge
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Nevada Northern Railway
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Oregon & Northwestern Railroad
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Delaware Valley Railway
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