Product Description: Explores the rich cultural heritage that arose with the building of England's rail in 1825 to present day. Included are the many tales and stories. Filled with historic photos & drawings... This book captures the romance and the allure of the railroad.

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Product Description: A powerful collection of yesterdays iron workhorses captured in a variety of nostalgic photographs. Solomon's thoroughly-researched text details the origins, development and growth of the steam locomotive from its earliest days right up to its final futile battles to compete with the diesel...read more

Product Description: This gorgeous collection of photographs of fifty railroad stations, from the great urban terminals to the charming one-room rural stations, is a celebration of America. From North Conway, New Hampshire to Raton, New Mexico; from Whitefish, Montana, to Oakland, California, the railroad station is an emblem of the freedom, industry, and pride of a nation...read more

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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.

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Product Description: Archival and modern color photos bring railfans a yearlong selection of the nation's most recognizable railroads and fantastic trains. Railroads across the United States-The Milwaukee Road, New York Central, Union Pacific, Great Northern, and more-are shown in action and against a variety of scenic backdrops...read more

Product Description: "Ride the blinds" for 12 full months with some of the greatest color American railroad photography of the last half-century. The father/son Solomons team up to present some of the most significant locomotives and railroads as captured around the nation.

Product Description: Large format color photographs bring you a yearlong selection of America’s most-loved and bygone railroads, locomotives and trains. Freight and passenger trains across the country are shown in a variety of scenic backdrops. Sidebar images offer an additional color photo that relates to the main image, with copy describing the fascinating facts about each month’s featured locomotive or railroad...read more

Product Description: Few American transportation images are as evocative as those of diesel and steam locomotives hauling goods and passengers across the continent’s varied landscapes and cityscapes. Our bestselling calendar of American railroads features 24 all-color photos, including modern photographs of operational railways and archival, look-like-they-were-shot-yesterday images fondly recalling the railroad industry’s fallen flags...read more

Product Description: From the first, U.S. railroads have carried coal from mines to docks, steel mills, and power plants across the country. In this authoritative book spanning the whole of that history, from the mid-nineteenth century to present, noted rail author Brian Solomon explores the railroads and hardware that have transported the fossil fuels that made America work...read more

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Product Description: A beautifully photographed historical look at Dublin