Learn what it was like to travel on the transcontinental railroad in the 1860s.

Dicey found success with the band he was in. So he decides to break up the band and try his hand at a solo career. Except now he's failing. The old band doesn't want him back. Desperate to reinvent himself, he turns to his old love, a groupie.

Railway art has existed as long as there have been Railways. Many famous names have included some aspect of railways in their paintings, notably Claude Monet and J M W Turner. This tradition has been kept alive by the formation in the UK of the Guild of Railway Artists, which now consists of over 200 artists, of which Jonathan Clay is one. Over the last few years, Jonathan has had many requests to produce his own book of pictures, and, having relented...

The main character, Theopolis P. Bezelbottom, is the scion of a wealthy family of old-fashioned robber barons and leaders of industry. Theo just wants to live an indolent, irresponsible existence, doing as little as possible to maintain his common-law wife, children, and girlfriends in an easygoing life. He expects to inherit the main part of one of the major railroads of the country as well as control of Hawgwaller, an entire county in Appalachia,...

This audio book is about the history of the locomotive. While the steam locomotive's basic principle of operation is simple, designers and engineers honed these concepts into 100-mph passenger trains and 600-ton behemoths capable of hauling mile-long freight at incredible speeds. American Steam Locomotives is a thorough and engaging history of the invention that captured public imagination like no other, and the people who brought it to life.

This book is a contemporary volume covering the history of the steam locomotive from 1804 1879. The work looks at the development and construction methods during the Victorian period. The volume of also has some good quality drawings and engineering diagrams

Have you ever been totally flummoxed? One imagines that we all have at one time or another. But, as dumbfounded, as Jason Rutkowski? On September 11, 2001, he's beside himself -- when so many people, in the Detroit area, appear to be completely unconcerned about 747s being flown into skyscrapers. An overwhelmingly-bewildering situation, for him! To add to his problems, he's summarily sent home early, from his job. He spots an old-time locomotive --...

When a rare silver coffeepot in the shape of a locomotive disappears from the train to Cardiff and a murder subsequently occurs, Inspector Colbert and his sergeant are called in to investigate.

As the General, a legendary steam engine from the American Civil War, disappears into the distance, Petra and Kipp join a small group of determined men in pursuit as The Great Locomotive Chase begins. Petra and Kipp are reluctantly pressed into service as mentors for a new pair of travelers, Peter and Elani. The young duo shares the talents of their advisors in that they are telepaths who can form a bond that enables time travel. But they are, after...