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On Railways Far Away
In this lavishly illustrated memoir, William D. Middleton invites readers to climb aboard and share with him 60 years of railroad tourism around the globe. Middleton's …
When the Steam Railroads Electrified, Revised Second Edition
This comprehensive history of North American railroad electrification has been out of print for many years. Now, Indiana University Press is proud to announce its return in an new, …
Frank Julian Sprague
Frank Julian Sprague invented a system for distributing electricity to streetcars from overhead wires. Within a year, electric streetcars had begun to replace horsecars, sparking a …
Metropolitan Railways
Early in the 19th century, growing American cities began to experience transportation problems. One solution was the horse-drawn streetcar, developed in 1832, but it soon proved …
Yet there isn't a train I wouldn't take
Yet there isn't a train goes by all dayBut I hear its whistle shrieking....Yet there isn't a train I wouldn't take,No matter where it's going.—Edna St. Vincent Millay, "Travel""Yet …
On Railways Far Away
The photographer shares over 200 images from his sixty-year career covering railroad tourism across the world, plus the stories behind them.In this lavishly illustrated memoir, …
Frank Julian Sprague
"e;[This] biography of the 'Father of Electric Traction' details the life and times of an exceptional engineer, maverick innovator, [and] entrepreneur."e; -NMRA …