North American trains : steam, diesel and electric locomotives from pioneer days to modern times /
Ross, David.
North American trains : steam, diesel and electric locomotives from pioneer days to modern times / David Ross & Brian Solomon. - New York : Barnes & Noble Books, c2004. - 224 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 31 cm.
Includes index. Originally published: London : Amber Books, 2004.
Beginnings of the railroad -- Developments and the Civil War -- The great expansion West -- Size and safety -- Railroads, government and people -- The North American locomotive -- The Canadian Transcontinental -- The United States mail -- Power innovations and World War I -- The inter-war years -- Production in World War II -- Railroads in the postwar era -- Into the new century.
0760755647
Railroads--History.--Canada
Railroads--History.--United States
North American trains : steam, diesel and electric locomotives from pioneer days to modern times / David Ross & Brian Solomon. - New York : Barnes & Noble Books, c2004. - 224 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 31 cm.
Includes index. Originally published: London : Amber Books, 2004.
Beginnings of the railroad -- Developments and the Civil War -- The great expansion West -- Size and safety -- Railroads, government and people -- The North American locomotive -- The Canadian Transcontinental -- The United States mail -- Power innovations and World War I -- The inter-war years -- Production in World War II -- Railroads in the postwar era -- Into the new century.
0760755647
Railroads--History.--Canada
Railroads--History.--United States