Tucson was a Railroad Town
Title | Tucson was a Railroad Town PDF eBook |
Author | William D. Kalt |
Publisher | Vtd Rail Pub. |
Pages | 335 |
Release | 2006-01-01 |
Genre | Railroads |
ISBN | 9780971991545 |
A history of the railroad in Tucson, Arizona, covers the years of expansion in the late 19th century through the profitable early 20th until the decline of the 1950s, exploring both the passenger and freight industries, the men and women who worked for the railroads in Tucson, and how the railway affected the community.
The Railroad Comes to Town
Title | The Railroad Comes to Town PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1980 |
Genre | Dell Rapids (S.D.) |
ISBN |
Nothing Like It In the World
Title | Nothing Like It In the World PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen E. Ambrose |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 468 |
Release | 2001-11-06 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9780743203173 |
The story of the men who build the transcontinental railroad in the 1860's.
Railroad Town
Title | Railroad Town PDF eBook |
Author | Bruce Dzeda |
Publisher | |
Pages | 42 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Kent (Ohio) |
ISBN | 9781607251774 |
Railtown
Title | Railtown PDF eBook |
Author | Ethan N. Elkind |
Publisher | University of California Press |
Pages | 314 |
Release | 2014-01-22 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0520278275 |
The familiar image of Los Angeles as a metropolis built for the automobile is crumbling. Traffic, air pollution, and sprawl motivated citizens to support urban rail as an alternative to driving, and the city has started to reinvent itself by developing compact neighborhoods adjacent to transit. As a result of pressure from local leaders, particularly with the election of Tom Bradley as mayor in 1973, the Los Angeles Metro Rail gradually took shape in the consummate car city. Railtown presents the history of this system by drawing on archival documents, contemporary news accounts, and interviews with many of the key players to provide critical behind-the-scenes accounts of the people and forces that shaped the system. Ethan Elkind brings this important story to life by showing how ambitious local leaders zealously advocated for rail transit and ultimately persuaded an ambivalent electorate and federal leaders to support their vision. Although Metro Rail is growing in ridership and political importance, with expansions in the pipeline, Elkind argues that local leaders will need to reform the rail planning and implementation process to avoid repeating past mistakes and to ensure that Metro Rail supports a burgeoning demand for transit-oriented neighborhoods in Los Angeles. This engaging history of Metro Rail provides lessons for how the American car-dominated cities of today can reinvent themselves as thriving railtowns of tomorrow.
Hell on Wheels
Title | Hell on Wheels PDF eBook |
Author | Dick Kreck |
Publisher | Fulcrum Publishing |
Pages | 319 |
Release | 2016-03-23 |
Genre | Transportation |
ISBN | 1555919529 |
Overnight settlements, better known as "Hell on Wheels," sprang up as the transcontinental railroad crossed Nebraska and Wyoming. They brought opportunity not only for legitimate business but also for gamblers, land speculators, prostitutes, and thugs. Dick Kreck tells their stories along with the heroic individuals who managed, finally, to create permanent towns in the interior West.
The Great Railroad Race
Title | The Great Railroad Race PDF eBook |
Author | Kristiana Gregory |
Publisher | Scholastic |
Pages | 208 |
Release | 2003-11-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9780439555333 |
As the daughter of a newspaper reporter, fourteen-year-old Libby keeps a diary account of the exciting events surrounding her during the building of the railroad in the West in 1868.