The iron road : an illustrated history of the railroad, Christian Wolmar

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The iron road : an illustrated history of the railroad, Christian Wolmar

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Title remainder

an illustrated history of the railroad

Statement of responsibility

Christian Wolmar

Instantiates

• The iron road : an illustrated history of the railroad

Publication

• New York, New York, DK Publishing, 2014

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 392-393) and index

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volume

Carrier category code

• nc

Carrier MARC source

rdacarrier

Content category

text

Content type code

• txt

Content type MARC source

rdacontent

Contents

The first tracks. From wagonways to railroads ; The father of railroads ; Powering the engine ; The first American railroads ; The early years of American steam ; Europe takes to the rails ; Map : western European railroads ; Railroad mania ; Wheels and trucks ; The American Civil War ; Signals in the steam age ; Heroic failures ; India : Dalhousie's colonial imperative ; Map : early Indian railroads ; The navvies : digging, drinking, and fighting ; The track structure ; Cuban sugar railroads -- The spread of the railroads. Crossing the Alps ; Climbing mountains ; The Panama Railroad : a deadly rush for gold ; Crossing America ; Map : North American transcontinentals ; Going underground ; Death on the rails ; Stopping the train ; The railroad experience ; Turnouts and sidings; Temples of steam ; Railroad signal telegraphy ; Monopolies and railroad barons ; Building bridges ; The Pullman phenomenon -- Railroads come of age. The Trans-Siberian Railway ; Map : the Trans-Siberian Railway ; The Orient Express ; The most spectacular railroads in the world ; Going uphill ; Henry Flagler and the Overseas Railroad ; Hauling freight ; Cape to Cairo : the railroad that never was ; Map : Cape to Cairo ; Electricity lightens the load ; Going electric ; The people who ran the railroads ; The wrong side of the tracks ; Indian hill railroads : climbing out of the heat -- War and uncertainty. The golden age of the railroads; The field railroads of World War I ; American luxury ; Wartime railroad disasters ; The Hejaz Railway ; Streamliners ; Australia's gauge bungle ; High-speed steam trains ; Going diesel : from the Fliegende Hamburger to the future ; Diesel power meets electricity ; World War II : atrocities on the line -- The Iron Road today. Brezhnev's folly ; Railroads lost and found ; Vive le Channel Tunnel ; Building tunnels ; Switzerland : the best of the best ; Going faster : bullet trains and high-speed lines ; China, the new pioneer ; The railroad renaissance ; Maglev trains

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ocn859882930

Dimensions

24 cm

Edition

First American edition.

Extent

400 pages

Isbn

9781465419538

Lccn

2012286302

Media category

unmediated

Media MARC source

rdamedia

Media type code

• n

Other physical details

illustrations (chiefly color), color maps

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u155206

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• (Sirsi) i9781465419538
• (OCoLC)859882930