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Collected for your enjoyment on one CD-Rom republication, 16 historical railroading books from 1858 to 1923. Each book covers early railroading history, loads of vintage railroading photos and illustrations, company reports - thousands of pages of information collected on one CD.
From Wikipedia: The First Transcontinental Railroad in the United States was built across North America in the 1860s, linking the railroad network of the eastern U.S. with California on the Pacific coast. Finished on May 10, 1869 at the famous Golden spike event at Promontory Summit, Utah, it created a nationwide mechanized transportation network that revolutionized the population and economy of the American West, catalyzing the transition from the wagon trains of previous decades to a modern transportation system. Although an accomplishment, it achieved the status of first transcontinental railroad by connecting myriad eastern US railroads to the Pacific and was not the largest single railroad system in the world. The CD collection covers some of these early railroads. (Note there is some duplication of book titles between each CD in this series.)
16 Titles for Your Enjoyment:
~ 1858 Illionis River Railroad. 126 pages.
~ 1864 Daring and Suffering. 308 pages.
~ 1869 Northern Pacific Railroad. 72 pages.
~ 1874 Pennsylvania Railroad. 84 pages.
~ 1879 Notes on Railroad Accidents. 300 pages.
~ 1881 History of the St. Paul & Sioux. 24 pages.
~ 1886 Railroad Transportation & It's History. 290 pages.
~ 1886 Locomotives & Locomotive Building
~ 1889 The American Railway. 496 pages.
~ 1895 History of The Union Pacific. 174 pages.
~ 1912 Early Motive Power of The B & O. 176 pages.
~ 1912 History of Engineers and Railroads. 144 pages.
~ 1919 The Railroad Builders. 272 pages.
~ 1921 Boston & Maine Railroad. 132 pages.
~ 1923 History of The Canadian Pacific. 388 pages.
~ History of The Illinois Central to 1870. 200 pages.
~ 29 Early Railroad Photos
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