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Brian Solomon

Coal Trains

The History of Railroading and Coal in the United States

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From the first, U.S. railroads have carried coal from mines to docks, steel mills, and power plants across the country. In this authoritative book spanning the whole of that history, from the mid-nineteenth century to present, noted rail author Brian Solomon explores the railroads and hardware that have transported the fossil fuels that made America work. Brilliant period and contemporary photographs convey the drama of the enterprise: the very long-and very heavy-trains powering up mountain grades and thundering across barren prairies. At sites from the eastern and western U.S., past and present, readers see giant double-headed Norfolk and W… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Yough, Patrick
  • ISBN: 978-1-61673-137-3
  • EAN: 9781616731373
  • Produktnummer: 35541916
  • Verlag: Voyageur Press
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
  • Seitenangabe: 160 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Masse: 21'507 KB
  • Abbildungen: 125 color & 47 b-w photos

Über den Autor


Brian Solomon is one of today's most accomplished railway historians. He has authored more than thirty books about railroads and locomotive power, and his writing and photography have been featured in the world's top rail publications, including Trains, Railway Age, Passenger Train Journal, and RailNews. He divides his time between Massachusetts and Ireland.

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