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The American heritage history of railroads in America /

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : American Heritage Pub. Co. : Distribution by McGraw-Hill, [1975]Description: 320 p. : ill. ; 31 cmISBN:
  • 007032526X (McGrawHill) :
  • 9780070325265 (McGrawHill)
  • 0070325278 (de luxe)
  • 9780070325272 (de luxe)
Uniform titles:
  • American heritage.
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 385/.0973
LOC classification:
  • HE2751 .J38
Contents:
A new breed of horse -- On to the western waters -- The first railroad war -- The race to promontory -- Building a new nation -- The age of bare knuckles -- The romantic image -- Down brakes! -- Boomers, hoggers, and brass-pounders -- Turrets, towers, and rain sheds -- Great days for the passenger element -- They went everywhere -- Days of the dinosaur -- The long haul -- Days of reckoning. -- Epilogue: Two railroads.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Vol info Copy number Status Date due Barcode
NF NF Chamberlin Free Public Library Nonfiction 385.09 JEN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) HE2751 .J38 1 Available 34517000181134

Includes bibliographical references (p. [314]) and index.

A new breed of horse -- On to the western waters -- The first railroad war -- The race to promontory -- Building a new nation -- The age of bare knuckles -- The romantic image -- Down brakes! -- Boomers, hoggers, and brass-pounders -- Turrets, towers, and rain sheds -- Great days for the passenger element -- They went everywhere -- Days of the dinosaur -- The long haul -- Days of reckoning. -- Epilogue: Two railroads.

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