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THE RENAISSANCE OF THE RAILROAD
Author | : Frank Richter |
Publsiher | : AuthorHouse |
Total Pages | : 266 |
Release | : 2005-07-08 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9781452084367 |
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Although its author does not put it that way, the book bearing that title could well be put as “A story that needs to be told.” Indeed, the chronicle of a mighty transformation that is too often overshadowed by other events. . At the beginning of the 20th century the steam locomotive powered train was supreme in transportation. Then by mid century it had all but disappeared. Yet at the dawn of the new century the auto, truck, and airplane was little more than a hobby of the few. That railroad at the turn of the century had a dramatic excitement and position in the culture of its own. Yet now, at the present beginning of the new 21st century that “railroad” still occupies a prominent place in the world of transportation. It did not suffer the fate of the horse and buggy, as commonplace in the late 19th, century. Instead, the railroad underwent a transformation as dynamic as the auto, truck and plane, and even the oncoming telephone, radio, moving picture and television and computer. That steam powered Iron Horse has been replaced by the diesel-electric locomotive, the “electric” train, and even as the 21st century emerged, the “floating train” maglev. But there was far more to that transformation indeed. That is the story that has been told more comprehensively than ever before in the just public book of that title. And it shows together how well man and machine have worked together to draw upon other emerging technologies and advances that swept into reality far more in the 20th century than any time in the history of man.
The Renaissance of the Railroad
Author | : Frank Richter |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1418497045 |
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Although its author does not put it that way, the book bearing that title could well be put as "A story that needs to be told." Indeed, the chronicle of a mighty transformation that is too often overshadowed by other events. . At the beginning of the 20th century the steam locomotive powered train was supreme in transportation. Then by mid century it had all but disappeared. Yet at the dawn of the new century the auto, truck, and airplane was little more than a hobby of the few. That railroad at the turn of the century had a dramatic excitement and position in the culture of its own. Yet now, at the present beginning of the new 21st century that "railroad" still occupies a prominent place in the world of transportation. It did not suffer the fate of the horse and buggy, as commonplace in the late 19th, century. Instead, the railroad underwent a transformation as dynamic as the auto, truck and plane, and even the oncoming telephone, radio, moving picture and television and computer. That steam powered Iron Horse has been replaced by the diesel-electric locomotive, the "electric" train, and even as the 21st century emerged, the "floating train" maglev. But there was far more to that transformation indeed. That is the story that has been told more comprehensively than ever before in the just public book of that title. And it shows together how well man and machine have worked together to draw upon other emerging technologies and advances that swept into reality far more in the 20th century than any time in the history of man.
American Railroads
Author | : Robert E. Gallamore,John R. Meyer |
Publsiher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 523 |
Release | : 2014-06-17 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780674725645 |
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Overregulated and displaced by barges, trucks, and jet aviation, railroads fell into decline. Their misfortune was measured in lost market share, abandoned track, bankruptcies, and unemployment. Today, rail transportation is reviving. American Railroads tells a riveting story about how this iconic industry managed to turn itself around.
Railroad Renaissance in the Rockies
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Author | : Robert G. Athearn |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1957 |
Genre | : Railroads |
ISBN | : OCLC:1342274670 |
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Vermont Rail System
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Author | : Robert C. Jones |
Publsiher | : Evergreen Press (VT) |
Total Pages | : 295 |
Release | : 2006-01-01 |
Genre | : Railroads |
ISBN | : 0966726456 |
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Africa s Railway Renaissance
Author | : Tim Zajontz,Pádraig Carmody,Mandira Bagwandeen,Anthony Leysens |
Publsiher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 239 |
Release | : 2023-07-28 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9781000919240 |
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This book investigates the history, political economy and spatiality of Chinese railway projects in Africa. It examines the financial governance of Sino-African railway projects, their socio-cultural, political and economic effects as well as the regional dimension of Africa’s new railway architecture and its function within China’s Belt and Road Initiative. Leading and emerging scholars from Africa, China, Europe and the Americas offer interpretations through politicoeconomic, historical, geographical and post-colonial conceptual lenses. Case studies on projects in Angola, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania and Zambia offer an empirically rich and cross-disciplinary picture of Sino-African railway developments at the micro-, meso- and macro-levels. Regional analyses on West and East Africa expose persistent obstacles to the regional integration of Africa’s railways. The volume outlines opportunities and challenges related to Africa’s railway renaissance in the post-COVID-19 global political economy and will be of great interest to academics, students and practitioners interested in Africa-China relations and their developmental effects or in the politics of infrastructure, spatial governance and the political economy of transport.
Providence the Renaissance City
Author | : Francis J. Leazes,Mark T. Motte |
Publsiher | : UPNE |
Total Pages | : 358 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1555536042 |
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The authoritative account of one city s dramatic rebirth."
What Was the Underground Railroad
Author | : Yona Zeldis McDonough,Who HQ |
Publsiher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 112 |
Release | : 2013-12-26 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780698159730 |
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No one knows where the term Underground Railroad came from--there were no trains or tracks, only "conductors" who helped escaping slaves to freedom. Including real stories about "passengers" on the "Railroad," this book chronicles slaves' close calls with bounty hunters, exhausting struggles on the road, and what they sacrificed for freedom. With 80 black-and-white illustrations throughout and a sixteen-page black-and-white photo insert, the Underground Railroad comes alive!