Railroads And Weather
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Author |
: Stanley Changnon |
Publisher |
: Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages |
: 123 |
Release |
: 2013-01-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781878220097 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1878220098 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (97 Downloads) |
Synopsis Railroads and Weather by : Stanley Changnon
MUCH OF MY WEATHER and climate research over the past 50 years has focused on how atmospheric conditions impact the environment, the ec- omy, and human activities/health. These studies have led to several scientific papers and two books, one about the great floods of 1993 and the other about El Niño, 1997/98. Coupled with this scientific career orientation was a li- long interest in railroads. This avocation led me to write six books and numerous articles about many facets of railroads. The coupling of these two central intellectual interests led to the preparation of this book. Prior to the 1980 deregulation of the industry, there were many more railroads in operation. This text focuses on weather impacts and railroad adjustments since the 1940s. It covers decades when the challenges of weather and climate were faced by a larger number of companies, and this is well emphasized in the wide variety of photographs, which show trains belonging to companies that have now been absorbed or otherwise relegated to the halls of history. Most of the photographs were taken by me and two of my sons, David and Marc. Several friends supplied other photographs. This book has been made possible by several persons and institutions.
Author |
: Bill Moyer |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 126 |
Release |
: 2016-11-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 099809630X |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780998096308 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (0X Downloads) |
Synopsis Solutionary Rail by : Bill Moyer
The Solutionary Rail vision draws unlikely allies together. It provides common cause to workers, farmers, tribes, urban and rural communities via the tracks and corridors that connect them. Part action plan and part manifesto, this book launches a new people-powered campaign to transform the way we use trains and the corridors they travel through.
Author |
: Aaron W. Marrs |
Publisher |
: JHU Press |
Total Pages |
: 289 |
Release |
: 2009-03-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780801891304 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0801891302 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (04 Downloads) |
Synopsis Railroads in the Old South by : Aaron W. Marrs
Aaron W. Marrs challenges the accepted understanding of economic and industrial growth in antebellum America with this original study of the history of the railroad in the Old South. Drawing from both familiar and overlooked sources, such as the personal diaries of Southern travelers, papers and letters from civil engineers, corporate records, and contemporary newspaper accounts, Marrs skillfully expands on the conventional business histories that have characterized scholarship in this field. He situates railroads in the fullness of antebellum life, examining how slavery, technology, labor, social convention, and the environment shaped their evolution. Far from seeing the Old South as backward and premodern, Marrs finds evidence of urban life, industry, and entrepreneurship throughout the region. But these signs of progress existed alongside efforts to preserve traditional ways of life. Railroads exemplified Southerners' pursuit of progress on their own terms: developing modern transportation while retaining a conservative social order. Railroads in the Old South demonstrates that a simple approach to the Old South fails to do justice to its complexity and contradictions. -- Dr. Owen Brown and Dr. Gale E. Gibson
Author |
: Stephen E. Ambrose |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 468 |
Release |
: 2001-11-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0743203178 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780743203173 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (78 Downloads) |
Synopsis Nothing Like It In the World by : Stephen E. Ambrose
The story of the men who build the transcontinental railroad in the 1860's.
Author |
: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 94 |
Release |
: 2015 |
ISBN-10 |
: STANFORD:36105050683833 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (33 Downloads) |
Synopsis Freight Rail Service by : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
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: |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 28 |
Release |
: 1982 |
ISBN-10 |
: MINN:30000010406860 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (60 Downloads) |
Author |
: United States. General Accounting Office |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 40 |
Release |
: 1981 |
ISBN-10 |
: STANFORD:36105126806921 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (21 Downloads) |
Synopsis Amtrak's Productivity on Track Rehabilitation is Lower Than Other Railroads'--precise Comparison Not Feasible by : United States. General Accounting Office
Author |
: H. Roger Grant |
Publisher |
: Indiana University Press |
Total Pages |
: 329 |
Release |
: 2012-10-17 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780253006332 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0253006333 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (32 Downloads) |
Synopsis Railroads and the American People by : H. Roger Grant
Railroads and the American People is a sparkling paean to American railroading by one of its finest historians.
Author |
: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Transportation, Aviation, and Materials |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 192 |
Release |
: 1984 |
ISBN-10 |
: UCR:31210024954925 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (25 Downloads) |
Synopsis Rail Track Safety Monitoring Technology by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Transportation, Aviation, and Materials
Author |
: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 580 |
Release |
: 1913 |
ISBN-10 |
: NYPL:33433004758235 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (35 Downloads) |
Synopsis Safety on Railroads by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce