The First Railway Across the Border
Author | : George Dow |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 43 |
Release | : 1946 |
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Author | : George Dow |
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Total Pages | : 43 |
Release | : 1946 |
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Author | : Emma Fick |
Publisher | : HarperCollins |
Total Pages | : 243 |
Release | : 2022-04-19 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 0063080370 |
An illustrated travelogue that brilliantly captures artist and illustrator Emma Fick’s epic train journey on the Trans-Siberian Railway—from Beijing through Mongolia to Moscow—including more than 200 watercolor illustrations and handwritten text that includes cultural and historical information as well as invaluable travel tips. In May 2015, on a trip through the Baltics and Scandinavia, artist and illustrator Emma Fick and her boyfriend (now husband) Helvio discovered a worn copy of the Trans-Siberian Handbook at a secondhand shop in Helsinki. Many travelers from around the globe had used the guide to journey on the longest train ride in the world. Emma and Helvio took their find as a sign to embark on their own adventure on the legendary railway that has captured the imaginations and curiosities of many travelers and explorers since its construction a century ago. A year and a half later, with Trans-Siberian Handbook in hand, they boarded the train in Beijing. Their odyssey was just beginning. Border Crossings is the chronicle of their unforgettable 26-day, 8-city journey across Asia to Moscow. Emma offers a concise history of the railway and in vivid, visual language, takes you across a vast landscape of rural villages and bustling urban centers, through open food markets brimming with delicacies and a snowy mountain wilderness dotted with clusters of gers—nomadic homes. Emma’s detailed observations and lush descriptions, accompanied by detailed colorful illustrations, bring this remarkable journey of discovery and adventure—the landscapes, food, people and cultures—to life. Experience drinking salty milk tea, eating shoe sole cake (fried cakes shaped like shoe soles piled high and topped with milk curds and hard candies), and riding camels in Mongolia. In Russia, wander through a snow-draped countryside filled with stands of birch trees, explore the wonders of freshwater Lake Baikal—the source of omul, a ubiquitous and beloved fish delicacy—go ice fishing, and take a self-guided tour of Moscow. With its hand-drawn maps, its wealth of illustrations of every aspect of the experience—from sleeping quarters on a train to the highlights of a monastery or the details of a memorable meal, Border Crossings is an invitation to experience new destinations and cultures first-hand—to travel the Trans-Siberian Railway as never before, whether you’re a nomad looking for a new vacation destination, an armchair traveler, or just culturally curious.
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Total Pages | : 51 |
Release | : 1946 |
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Author | : Tom Murray |
Publisher | : Voyageur Press |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2011-03-07 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 1610601394 |
Few stories in the annals of railroading are as compelling as the construction, evolution, and astounding successes of the Canadian Pacific and Canadian National railways. This sprawling volume combines two of Voyageur Press' most successful Railroad Color History titles into one volume taking in the grand scope of both railroads. Author Tom Murray presents fastidiously researched and concisely presented histories of each railroad, along with more than 300 photographs, including rare archival black-and-white images and modern and period color photography sourced from national archives and private collections.
Author | : Stephen E. Ambrose |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 468 |
Release | : 2001-11-06 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780743203173 |
The story of the men who build the transcontinental railroad in the 1860's.
Author | : C.J.A. Robertson |
Publisher | : Birlinn Ltd |
Total Pages | : 385 |
Release | : 2003-11-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1788853415 |
By comparison with their English counterparts, Scottish nineteenth-century railways have suffered from a degree of neglect by economic historians. Most of the existing literature is written for the railway enthusiast, concentrating mainly on topography, mechanical developments and entertaining episodes. Few of these books cover the whole of Scotland and most are treatments of single companies or of particular dramatic events. This study covers the earliest period of Scottish railway history, from the years of the first waggonway developments in the eighteenth century to the advent of the railway mania of the 1840s. It concentrates on the planning and formation of the various railways, the problems and achievements associated with their construction, and the financial records of the companies up to 1844. The first two chapters cover the horse-drawn waggonways of the eighteenth century and the coal railways of the early nineteenth century, while Chapters 3–5 cover the railways of the 1830s and 1840s.
Author | : Mary Ann Fraser |
Publisher | : Square Fish |
Total Pages | : 81 |
Release | : 2016-08-02 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1250131243 |
On May 10, 1869, the final spike in North America's first transcontinental railroad was driven home at Promontory Summit, Utah. Illustrated with the author's carefully researched, evocative paintings, here is a great adventure story in the history of the American West--the day Charles Crocker staked $10,000 on the crews' ability to lay a world record ten miles of track in a single, Ten Mile Day.
Author | : Mark Casson |
Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
Total Pages | : 560 |
Release | : 2009-09-10 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0191570419 |
The British railway network was a monument to Victorian private enterprise. Its masterpieces of civil engineering were emulated around the world. But its performance was controversial: praised for promoting a high density of lines, it was also criticised for wasteful duplication of routes. This is the first history of the British railway system written from a modern economic perspective. It uses conterfactual analysis to construct an alternaive network to represent the most efficient alternative rail network that could have been constructed given what was known at the time - the first time this has been done. It reveals how weaknesses in regulation and defects in government policy resulted in enormous inefficiency in the Victorian system that Britain lives with today. British railway companies developed into powerful regional monopolies, which then contested each other's territories. When denied access to existing lines in rival territories, they built duplicate lines instead. Plans for an integrated national system, sponsored by William Gladstone, were blocked by Members of Parliament because of a perceived conflict with the local interests they represented. Each town wanted more railways than its neighbours, and so too many lines were built. The costs of these surplus lines led ultimately to higher fares and freight charges, which impaired the performance of the economy. The book will be the definitive source of reference for those interested in the economic history of the British railway system. It makes use of a major new historical source, deposited railway plans, integrates transport and local history through its regional analysis of the railway system, and provides a comprehensive, classified bibliography.
Author | : Roy G. Perkins |
Publisher | : Amberley Publishing Limited |
Total Pages | : 96 |
Release | : 2014-02-15 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 1445613972 |
This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Border Counties Railway has changed and developed over the last century.
Author | : Alexander J. Mullay |
Publisher | : Tempus Pub Limited |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2005-11 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 9780752436661 |
Two railway lines cross the border between England and Scotland today, one on the east coast and the other on the west. But, at one point, there were another five lines converging on the border. What happened to them? Here, in this excellently researched and illustrated book, author Alexander J. Mullay has chronicled the history of those forgotten railway lines once so prevalent in the area. A revised and updated edition of this seminal work on the cross-border railways brings the story up to the 21st century.