Over 250 illustrations showcase the practical, the curious, and the often grotesque locomotives and cars that existed from 1765 to 1893, among them, the John Hancock, Londoner, Mud Digger, Old Ironsides, Robert Fulton, Tom Thumb, and York, as well as passenger and freight cars, seats, vestibules, and other elements. A comprehensive, profusely illustrated record. Unabridged republication of The World's Rail Way, Historical, Descriptive, Illustrative, originally published by Winchell Printing Company, New York, 1894.
Iron Horses: American Locomotives 1829-1900 by E. P. Alexander Colorful stories about old locomotives — from a 1769 Parisian steam carriage to the mighty locomotives that thundered across the American West in the late 1800s. 98 illustrations.
The Long Island Rail Road in Early Photographs by Ron Ziel Over 220 rare photos, informative text document 1844 origin and development of rail service on Long Island. Vintage views of early trains, locomotives, stations, passengers, crews, much more. Captions.
Early American Steam Locomotives by Reed Kinert Relive train travel's earliest days with this splendidly illustrated story of steam locomotion, from "teakettles" to "titans." Working from builders' specifications, old engravings, and contemporaneous accounts, the author re-creates, in accurate renderings, the earliest locomotives.
