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The East Coast Main Line 1939-1959
The period 1939-1959 was a crucial one in the history of the East Coast Main Line stretching from London King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley. The book takes a snapshot of the line in the 1930s then pays meticulous attention to the impact of the Second World War and the creation of British Railways following nationalisation in 1948.
ISBN-13: 9781781555514 (Paperback)
Publisher: FONTHILL
Imprint: FONTHILL
Insight Guides
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AUD $50.99
Stock: 2 in stock
Local release date: 21/11/2017
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Categories: Railway transport industries [KNGT]Railway trades [TRFT]United Kingdom, Great Britain [1DBK]20th century [3JJ]

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Train Wreck
The Forensics of Rail Disasters
Using a mix of eyewitness accounts and scientific explanations, Bibel draws us into a world of forensics and human drama.Train Wreck is a fascinating exploration of; runaway trains; bearing failures; metal fatigue; crash testing ; collision dynamics; bad rails
ISBN-13: 9781421427072 (Paperback)
Publisher: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
George Bibel
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AUD $70.99
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Local release date: 03/10/2018
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Categories: Forensic science [JKVF1]Railway transport industries [KNGT]Trains & railways: general interest [WGF]

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Fueling the Gilded Age
Railroads, Miners, and Disorder in Pennsylvania Coal Country
If the railroads won the Gilded Age, the coal industry lost it. Railroads epitomized modern management, high technology, and vast economies of scale. By comparison, the coal industry was embarrassingly primitive. This book shows how disorder in the coal industry disrupted the strategic plans of the railroads.
ISBN-13: 9780814764985 (Hardback)
Publisher: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Andrew B. Arnold
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AUD $107.00
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Local release date: 11/05/2014
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Categories: History of the Americas [HBJK]Social & cultural history [HBTB]Railway transport industries [KNGT]Pennsylvania [1KBBEP]

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History of the Underground Railroad
In Chester and the Neighboring Counties of Pennsylvania
Originally published in 1883 and long out of print, this remarkable volume examines the Underground Railroad as it operated in southeastern Pennsylvania. Based on interviews with those directly involved in the escaped slave network, it tells the stories of freedom seekers, those who helped them, and the places they hid.
ISBN-13: 9780811731898 (Paperback)
Publisher: STACKPOLE BOOKS (NBN)
Imprint: STACKPOLE BOOKS
R. C. Smedley
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AUD $40.99
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Local release date: 15/06/2005
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Categories: History of the Americas [HBJK]Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 [HBLL]Railway transport industries [KNGT]Railway technology, engineering & trades [TRF]USA [1KBB]c 1800 to c 1900 [3JH]

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Great Midland
One of the best novels ever to portray the lives of American Communist activists, The Great Midland is a story of love and radical politics set just before World War II. It was published in 1948, when cold-war hysteria engulfed the United States; the publisher subsequently tried to pretend the book did not exist, and review media and bookstores ......
ISBN-13: 9780252065644 (Paperback)
Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS
Imprint: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS
Alexander Saxton
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AUD $54.99
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Local release date: 16/03/1997
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Categories: Literature & literary studies [D]Railway transport industries [KNGT]