The image of a little red caboose trundling along behind a long freight train is a classic slice of Americana. With the help of nearly 300 marvelous modern and historical images depicting cabooses of all colors, this collection traces the development of this iconic, bygone rolling stock from the nineteenth century to their almost total demise by the mid-1990s. Bobber, cupola, bay window, and transfer cabooses are shown at work across the United States, in the process presenting the grand geographic scope of North American railroading. The photography is accompanied by detailed captions discussing caboose construction, function, history, and locations depicted.

Product Description: From quaint wooden trestles to graceful arched viaducts, railroad bridges are necessary parts of the North American railroading landscape. This photographic history of North American railroad bridges features chapters on major types of construction: viaducts (both stone arches and steel construction), cantilever, suspension, and truss bridges...read more

In a daring six-year voyage by sail, Tristan Jones traveled from the Dead Sea, the lowest body of water in the world, to the Andes Mountains and Lake Titicac, the highest -- an epic and singular journey of exploration and discovery. Along the way he was thrown in jail, attacked by Arabs, rescued by Ethiopians, nearly killed by a rat, saved by a crocodile. He found a desolate island off Colombia, full of political prisoners. In Cartagena, it was drug dealers, in Zanzibar assassins...and thieves almost everywhere. "Lusty, rough, full of comic interludes as well as harrowing ones...high tales...exotic scenes...historical insights...a unique chronicle." (The Wall Street Journal)

Product Description: Profusely illustrated with rare historic and previously unpublished modern photography, this is the perfect book for every railfan. Now available in a value-priced paperback edition, this invaluable volume spans more than 150 years of locomotive technology to examine the wide variety of steam, diesel, and electric locomotives that have powered ninety North American railroads, past and present, through the decades...read more

Product Description: A catholic country with a long history,Ireland is a perennially good-selling subject thanks to the serene green beauty of much of the country. From the harsh Atlantic breakers of the West Coast to the Irish Sea in the east; the Giant's causeway on the Antrim coast a stone's throw from Scotland, to the famous Blarney Castle in the south,Ireland is one of the few major European countries largely unspoiled by technological progress; a land where the atmosphere of history is redolent around every corner-Celtic, Viking, Norman, English, Scottish, and Irish sites can be found all over the Emerald isle...read more