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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 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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