Schafer, Mike.
Summary: "This illustrated history examines the evolution of the mighty "Pennsy" from a disparate group of early horse-car lines into a twentieth-century transportation giant sprawling across 10,000 route miles in 13 of the nation's most populous states."--Dust jacket. "This hardcover edition of the original soft cover volume consists of all new photography from numerous collections. ... We introduce...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Voyageur Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 385 SCHDiemer, Andrew K.
Summary: "The remarkable and inspiring story of William Still, an unknown abolitionist who dedicated his life to managing a critical section of the Underground Railroad in Philadelphia--the free state directly north of the Mason-Dixon line--helping hundreds of people escape from slavery"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 STILL, WILLIAM DIESolomon, Brian
Summary: "Illustrated history of the North American Railroad industry's mergers and acquisitions illustrated with historical photography and 50 specially commissioned maps and line diagrams charting that evolution"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Voyageur Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 385 SOLSedgwick, John
Summary: John Sedgwick recounts the decade-long fight between General William J. Palmer, the Civil War hero leading the "little family" of his Rio Grande, coming down from Denver, hoping to showcase the majesty of the Rockies, and William Barstow Strong, the hard-nosed manager of the corporate-minded Santa Fe, venturing west from Kansas. What begins as an accidental rivalry when the two lines cross in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avid Reader Press 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 385.0979 SEDYanosey, Robert J.
Summary: "The structures and trains of the Fort Wayne main line along with those of the Toledo, Sandusky and Grand Rapids branches."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Morning Sun Books, Inc. 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 385 YANWolk, Lauren
Summary: Several months after the tragic events set in motion by bully Betty Glengarry, Annabelle McBride is struck by lightning during a powerful summer storm, leaving her with heightened senses that give her a new understanding of animals and help her learn about compassion and forgiveness.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Children's Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC WOLWeaver, Martin G. (Martin Good)
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church Publication Board] 1982
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.374815 WEASummary: In this thrilling feminist documentary, indomitable women fight back against the nuclear industry to expose one of the worst cover-ups in U.S. history. RADIOACTIVE: The Women of Three Mile Island is an award-winning film about the 1979 Three Mile Island meltdown the worst commercial nuclear accident in U.S. history and its aftermath. It uncovers the never-before-told stories of four intrepid...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DOC RADHawbaker, Gary T.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.T. Hawbaker 1993
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.374815 HAWRunyan, Aimie K.
Summary: "December 1917. As World War I rages in Europe, twenty-four-year-old Ruby Wagner, the jewel in a prominent Philadelphia family, prepares for her upcoming wedding to a society scion. Like her life so far, it's all been carefully arranged. But when her beloved older brother is killed in combat, Ruby follows her heart and answers the Army Signal Corps' call for women operators to help overseas. As...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lake Union Publishing 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RUNSummary: Chronicles the history of locomotive development, including photographs of over four hundred types of trains and seven of the world's most memorable railroad journeys.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2014
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 385.09 TRAIN SMIRybczynski, Witold.
Summary: Traces the creation of a Pennsylvania residential subdivision from its planning stage to the residence of its first owners, in an account that offers insight into the long process of development and how it is related to sprawl and ex-urban growth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 307.76 RYBHawbaker, Gary T.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.T. Hawbaker 1993
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.374815 HAWNnachi, Ngeri
Summary: "There is more to the history of the transcontinental than connecting the United States. Most of the workers were of Chinese descent and were treated unfairly. Learn how workers protested for better treatment"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 331.7 NNAJennison, Christopher
Summary: Vintage magazine covers from Railroad, The New Yorker, and The Saturday Evening Post and original Lionel Train advertisements dating from the 1950s are only a few of the nostalgia-filled images, many never before published, that illustrate this Yuletide anthology.
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Publisher / Publication Date: H.N. Abrams 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 385 JENYee, Betty G.
Summary: Fifteen-year-old Tam Ling Fan disguises herself as her twin brother, journeys from her village in China to California, and works as a laborer on the Transcontinental Railroad--where she faces danger on multiple fronts--to earn the money her family desperately needs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carolrhoda Lab 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC YEEBurkhardt, D. C. Jesse
Summary: With 145 color photographs and maps, Northbound Tracks Across Michigan and Wisconsin presents a visual history of contemporary changes to the railroad networks across these two states in the Great Lakes region. Michigan-born photojournalist, D. C. Jesse Burkhardt, carries readers on a journey that chronicles rail operations in Wisconsin and Michigan. The primary focus extends from the 1970s to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arcadia Publishing 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 385.09775 BURSummary: Tom Bodett explores the trails that extended America's frontiers. He follows the footsteps and wagon ruts of rugged pioneers, dauntless homesteaders, reclusive mountain men, and stop-at-nothing gold hunters as they explored, settled, and worked the new land.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Questar 2002
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Grant, H. Roger
Summary: Looks at the impact and importance of railroads and railroad travel on cities and towns throughout the United States, from 1830 through 1930.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Indiana University Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 385.0973 GRAWarrick, Robert I.
Summary: "The Ann Arbor Railroad was as much a steamship line as a railroad. This text rich volume follows Michigan's most distinctive railroad from beginning to end with stunning photographs that will surprise readers."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Morning Sun Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 385 WARWegman, Mark
Summary: Over the course of 15 years, author Mark Wegman researched original railroad company drawings, records, and even paint chips to render 180 color profiles, front view, top views, and interior layouts representing the steam, diesel, and electric locomotives and the passenger cars of more than 40 of the most celebrated golden-age "name" trains across the nation. Wegman's drawings are accompanied...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crestline, an imprint of Book Sales, a division of Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc. 2014