TY - BOOK AU - Ross,David AU - Solomon,Brian TI - North American trains: steam, diesel and electric locomotives from pioneer days to modern times SN - 0760755647 PY - 2004/// CY - New York PB - Barnes & Noble Books KW - Railroads KW - Canada KW - History KW - United States N1 - 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 ER -