The Resource Train : riding the rails that created the modern world : from the Trans-Siberian to the Southwest Chief, Tom Zoellner
Train : riding the rails that created the modern world : from the Trans-Siberian to the Southwest Chief, Tom Zoellner
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- Summary
- "A revelatory, entertaining account of the world's most indispensable mode of transportation Tom Zoellner loves trains with a ferocious passion. In his new book he chronicles the innovation and sociological impact of the railway technology that changed the world, and could very well change it again. From the frigid trans-Siberian railroad to the antiquated Indian Railways to the futuristic MagLev trains, Zoellner offers a stirring story of man's relationship with trains. Zoellner examines both the mechanics of the rails and their engines and how they helped societies evolve. Not only do trains transport people and goods in an efficient manner, but they also reduce pollution and dependency upon oil. Zoellner also considers America's culture of ambivalence to mass transit, using the perpetually stalled line between Los Angeles and San Francisco as a case study in bureaucracy and public indifference. Train presents both an entertaining history of railway travel around the world while offering a serious and impassioned case for the future of train travel"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xx, 346 pages
- Contents
-
- Beginnings
- The people, and all the people
- Bound for glory
- Blood on the tracks
- The roof of the world
- Over the mountain
- Faster
- Isbn
- 9780670025282
- Label
- Train : riding the rails that created the modern world : from the Trans-Siberian to the Southwest Chief
- Title
- Train
- Title remainder
- riding the rails that created the modern world : from the Trans-Siberian to the Southwest Chief
- Statement of responsibility
- Tom Zoellner
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "A revelatory, entertaining account of the world's most indispensable mode of transportation Tom Zoellner loves trains with a ferocious passion. In his new book he chronicles the innovation and sociological impact of the railway technology that changed the world, and could very well change it again. From the frigid trans-Siberian railroad to the antiquated Indian Railways to the futuristic MagLev trains, Zoellner offers a stirring story of man's relationship with trains. Zoellner examines both the mechanics of the rails and their engines and how they helped societies evolve. Not only do trains transport people and goods in an efficient manner, but they also reduce pollution and dependency upon oil. Zoellner also considers America's culture of ambivalence to mass transit, using the perpetually stalled line between Los Angeles and San Francisco as a case study in bureaucracy and public indifference. Train presents both an entertaining history of railway travel around the world while offering a serious and impassioned case for the future of train travel"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Zoellner, Tom
- Dewey number
- 385.09
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HE1021
- LC item number
- .Z64 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Railroads
- Railroad travel
- TRAVEL
- TRAVEL
- Railroad travel
- Railroads
- TRAVEL / Special Interest / Adventure
- TRAVEL / Special Interest / General
- Railroads
- TRAVEL / Special Interest / Adventure
- TRAVEL / Special Interest / General
- Label
- Train : riding the rails that created the modern world : from the Trans-Siberian to the Southwest Chief, Tom Zoellner
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-330) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Beginnings -- The people, and all the people -- Bound for glory -- Blood on the tracks -- The roof of the world -- Over the mountain -- Faster
- Control code
- ocn858610668
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xx, 346 pages
- Isbn
- 9780670025282
- Lccn
- 2013036816
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780670025282
- (OCoLC)858610668
- Label
- Train : riding the rails that created the modern world : from the Trans-Siberian to the Southwest Chief, Tom Zoellner
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-330) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Beginnings -- The people, and all the people -- Bound for glory -- Blood on the tracks -- The roof of the world -- Over the mountain -- Faster
- Control code
- ocn858610668
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xx, 346 pages
- Isbn
- 9780670025282
- Lccn
- 2013036816
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780670025282
- (OCoLC)858610668
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