"Take a trip to the 1950s in luxurious dome cars". Billed as the "trains of tomorrow," dome cars wrapped passengers in comfort while providing fabulous scenery."

Domeliners: Yesterday's Trains of Tomorrow

Engineering & Transportation

Zimmermann, Karl

Transportation

Kalmbach Pub. Co

Second revised edition of this classic history of the Western Maryland Railway. Fascinating and engaging history of the railroad that tells the whole story from the beginning (although with some emphasis on the 1954-1992 era). Illustrated throughout with black and white photos. With Centennial Roster (1952) and All-Time diesel roster. Includes maps, timetables, gradient profiles, and bibliography. Decorative end papers show system map over 2-page spread. 332 pages with index.

The Western Maryland Railway: Fireballs and Black Diamonds

Cook, Roger

Business & Money

Garrigues House Pub

Denkschrift Über Den Untern Lauf Des Oxus Zum Karabugas-Haff Des Caspischen Meeres Und Über Die Strombahn Des Ochus: Oder Tedshen Der Neueren, Zur ... Länder, Als Nachtrag De... (German Edition)

History

Europe

Nabu Press

Onkel Sam (English and German Edition)

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

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Onkel Sam, Amerikanische Reise- Und Kulturbilder, Zweite Auflage (English and German Edition)

Magnetic North is an inspiring chronicle of the brief, bright moment when steam locomotives ran their final miles in Eastern Canada, a time when the certainty of their demise made their presence all the sweeter. From the moment Karl Zimmermann and Roger Cook packed their bags in May of 1958 and boarded a sleeper for Montreal, they were hooked on Canadian steam. They arrived just in time to see and record the end of an era. In a sense, Zimmermann and Cook have been collaborating on this book for 40 years. In carefully wrought essays and in photographs selected from among many hundreds made by the authors and other outstanding railway photographers, this book is a vision of classic steam railroading rendered with first-person immediacy. 
 Exerpt from Magnetic North "With armstrong turntable, bucket coaling station, and two-stall enginehouse, La Malbaie reeked of small-time, steam-powered style; it was the epitome of old-fashioned railroading, still rich in humanity. It was labor-intensive to a fault, with stations sprouting train-order boards (and, inside, the operators or station agents to set them) and engine terminals where locomotives sometimes were turned by men with strong backs and strong arms and sometimes were fueled using derricks to wrestle hulking buckets to tender-top. If labor-intensive, it was also irresistible."

Magnetic North: Canadian Steam in Twilight

Boston Mills Press

Once they were a familiar sight: iron horses belching smoke and steam, chugging out of depots and racing across the countryside. Those spectacular steam locomotives are gone. But in this fascinating book, Karl Zimmermann, an authority on trains, takes young readers back to a colorful era of railroad history. He traces the development of the steam locomotive from early engines, such as the little Tom Thumb, to "Big Boy," the largest locomotive ever built. He explains how steam locomotives work; how they are classified; why they were vanquished by the diesel; and why those magnificent machines still hold us spellbound. Chock-full of facts, and featuring stunning full-color and archival photographs of steam locomotives in the United States, Canada, and other countries, this book will fire the imagination of any young reader who ever dreamed of getting behind the throttle of a mighty steam locomotive.

Steam Locomotives

Children's Books

Arts, Music & Photography

Boyds Mills Press

Experience the thrill of traveling by rail with stunning photographs of passenger trains from around the globe. Take a trip through the colorful history of passenger trains--and along those tracks where passenger rail still thrives. Learn how passenger trains developed from the Baltimore &amp; Ohio's horse-drawn, stagecoach-like cars to France's trendsetting TGVs, the world's fastest trains. Discover the magic of sitting in a dome car, sleeping in a Pullman, dining on rails, and riding such grand trains as the Canadian, among the world's finest.

All Aboard!: Passenger Trains Around the World

Karl Zimmermann hops aboard lakers, ferries, and paddle-wheelers for a look at steamboats past and present. First, he brings readers along with him on a wild ride across a stormy Lake Michigan. Then he traces the development of steamboats from the birth of the Age of Steam in England and America's first steamboat, which crossed the Delaware River in 1787. Filled with fascinating facts and stunning photographs of steamboats from North America to Europe, this book will open a window on a world of wheelhouses, engine rooms, propellers, and paddle wheels that springs to life when the captain rings down "Full ahead!"

Steamboats: The Story of Lakers, Ferries, and Majestic Paddle-Wheelers

Ocean liners, the biggest ships on earth, changed history. Ocean liners—majestic passenger ships—once sailed all the world's seas. The busiest route, known as the Atlantic Ferry, crossed the North Atlantic. The liners that sailed there played important roles in times of both peace and war. Ships such as England's Britannia, Holland's Statendam, and Germany's Amerika transported the rich and famous as well as millions of immigrants to North America. The Titanic, among the most famous of ocean liners, steamed into legend on the night of April 14, 1912, when it collided with an iceberg. Over time, airplanes changed the nature of travel. The last of the great ships turned to offering passengers the pleasures of cruising. Here's the fascinating story of ocean liners—their history, development, and culture—from the first great ocean liner to today's Freedom of the Seas, which carries more than four thousand passengers.

Ocean Liners: Crossing and Cruising the Seven Seas

Science, Nature & How It Works

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