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“james c burke”

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  • The Wilmington & Weldon Railroad in the Civil War

    by James C. Burke ...
    In its early years, the Wilmington & Raleigh Rail Road Company survived multiple threats to its existence. Under its new corporate name, the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad Company would soon be put to the ultimate test, the Civil War. From mobilization to the last effort to supply Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, the company would endure the wearing out of its equipment and rails; the capriciousness ... Read more

    $21.39 USD

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  • Along Different Lines

    70 Real Life Railway Stories

    by Geoff Body, Bill Parker ...
    Running a railway is a complex business. However organised it is, there will always be surprises: often hilarious, frequently unexpected, but sometimes serious.Along Different Lines includes such bizarre 'everyday' events as coping with hurricanes, rogue locomotives and runaway wagons; PR successes and otherwise; the Brighton Belle, Flying Scotsman and Mallard; training-course capers; a wino ... Read more

    $10.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Historical Dictionary of Railways in the British Isles

    by David Wragg ...
    Railways played a key role in Britain's social, economic and industrial history. These companies have long since gone, but all over the country relics remain to remind us of that pioneering age. David Wragg's Historical Dictionary of Railways in the British Isles is a comprehensive, single-volume reference guide to the old railway companies and their heritage. He provides brief histories of the ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Train Wreck

    The Forensics of Rail Disasters

    by George Bibel ...
    Gripping forensic tales explain how and why trains crash.Trains are massive—with some weighing 15,000 tons or more. When these metal monsters collide or go off the rails, their destructive power becomes clear. In this book, George Bibel presents riveting tales of trains gone wrong, the detective work of finding out why, and the safety improvements that were born of tragedy.Train Wreck details ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Railway Guns

    British and German Guns at War

    by John Goodwin ...
    In the nineteenth century the War Office showed little interest in developing large heavy artillery for its land forces, preferring instead to equip its warships with the biggest guns. Private initiatives to mount a gun on a railway truck pulled by a steam engine were demonstrated before military chiefs in the Southern Counties, but not taken up. However, the development of longer-range guns, ... Read more

    $17.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Railway Safety, Reliability, and Security: Technologies and Systems Engineering

    Edited by Francesco Flammini ...
    Human errors, as well as deliberate sabotage, pose a considerable danger to passengers riding on the modern railways and have created disastrous consequences. To protect civilians against both intentional and unintentional threats, rail transportation has become increasingly automated. Railway Safety, Reliability, and Security: Technologies and Systems Engineering provides engineering students and ... Read more

    $166.49 USD

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  • Class 37 Locomotives

    by Andrew Walker ...
    Series series Class Locomotives
    Well-proportioned, versatile, aesthetic, durable – the English Electric Class 37, the great survivor of the modernisation-plan diesel fleet, deserves all of these accolades and more. Never as celebrated as the Deltics, never as idolised as the Westerns, always intended to be a workhorse; this is the locomotive that has, in many ways, surpassed its more illustrious peers as an example of all that ... Read more

    $11.69 USD

  • In and Around Swindon Works

    by Peter Timms ...
    In and Around Swindon Works covers further aspects of the famous manufacturing centre of the Great Western Railway during its heyday of 1930 to 1960. This is the second half of a detailed work begun with the book Working at Swindon Works 1930 - 1960. In piecemeal form, much has been written about Swindon Works but many aspects of it have remained, until now, neglected. From ex-employees, both male ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Steam Around Scarborough

    by Mike Hitches ...
    Series series Steam Around ...
    Having been established as a seaside resort since the seventeenth century, Scarborough was an attractive destination for the new railways of the mid nineteenth century, and the town became part of George Hudson's empire by the late 1840s. However, the line through Scarborough was not the first line to be built in the area - a line had been constructed in the 1830s connecting Whitby with the market ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Last Days of Steam in Gloucestershire

    by Ben Ashworth ...
    Series series The Last Days of Steam in ...
    This is a photographic record of the railways of Gloucestershire during a revolutionary period between 1959 and 1966. In 1959 steam power was still pre-eminent, branch lines were still operating and stations and halts were legion. By 1966 diesel power had usurped the steam locomotive, most branch lines were closed and only a small number of stations remained in use. Over 200 superbly atmospheric ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Railway

    by George Revill ...
    Series series Objekt
    Since the 19th century the railway has been a widely acknowledged symbol of progress and confidence in technological modernity. In the 21st century the looming prospect of traffic gridlock and human-induced climate change has once again transformed the railway into a emblem of hope that provides the possibility of an environmentally sustainable future. Ambitious cities invest in rail transit, ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • Life on Australian Locomotives

    by Barnett, David ...
    What was it like to drive a steam locomotive? This book tells the ups and downs, mishaps and triumphs of life on the footplate. The author worked as first a trainee then as an engineman fireman on the footplates of locomotives in Western Victoria in the 60s at a time when bumper wheat harvests saw trains carrying tons of grain through Ararat for shipping overseas. A variety of locomotives were in ... Read more

    $9.99 USD