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  • Innovative Applications of Big Data in the Railway Industry
    Use of big data has proven to be beneficial within many different industries, especially in the field of engineering; however, infiltration of this type of technology into more traditional heavy industries, such as the railways, has been limited. Innovative Applications of Big Data in the Railway Industry is a pivotal reference source for the latest research findings on the uti...
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    322,94 €

  • A Public Spirit
    George H. Atkinson
    George Henry Atkinson (1819-89) was a son of New England who arrived in the Oregon Territory in 1848, sent by the American Home Missionary Society. Although his commission from the Society specified that his work was to be ecclesiastical and educational, he took an approach to that assignment which went well beyond his mandate. Well-informed and energetic, he made an impact on ...
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    10,45 €

  • Interrail/Eurail Icon Illustrated Railway Atlas - Global Pass Edition
    Caty Ross
    Interrail/Eurail Icon Illustrated Railway Atlas - Global Pass Edition is an illustrated Railway Atlas. The simplified Railway Network Map includes Icons, Info and photographs to enable you to make the very most of your time in Europe and get very most benefit from your RailPass. Atlas covers all 33 European counties included in Eurail/Interrail Global Rail Pass plus Moldova, Al...
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    15,16 €

  • Street Railways of Eureka
    Stanley T. Borden / Stanley TBorden
    This volume presents a detailed, heavily illustrated history of the street railway system of Eureka, California. It covers the system’s history beginning in beginning from its inception in 1887. ...
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    10,07 €

  • Monterey and Pacific Grove Street Railway
    Erle C. Hanson / Erle CHanson
    The Western Railroader, Vol. 22, No. 10, Issue No. 238, from September 1959, features a history of the Monterey and Pacific Grove Railway in California from 1890 to 1923. ...
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    9,81 €

  • History of Lehigh Valley Transit Company Railway Operations
    The Lehigh Valley Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society compiled this 1966 History of the Lehigh Valley Transit Company, beginning with the horse-drawn cars in 1868 Allentown. ...
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    13,34 €

  • VICTORIA VERACRUZ Secrets of the Narrow-Gauge Railroad Queen
    Billy Anders
    QUEEN VICTORIA HAS SECRETS OF LOVE AND AMBITION...What happens when a man meets a young woman who scares him to death but awakens the most profound admiration and physical desire he’s ever felt? In 1917, beautiful, smart Vicky, just 15, affected men that way. She had a French-Canadian mother, and a San Luis, Colorado, Hispanic father. Had she been unwanted? The answer bothered ...
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    19,18 €

  • A Treatise Upon Cable or Rope Traction as Applied to the Working of Street and Other Railways
    George W. Hilton / George WHilton / J. Bucknall Smith / JBucknall Smith
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    18,62 €

  • Iowa Northern Railway
    Barton Jennings
    On December 6, 2023, Canadian National announced that it had signed and closed an agreement to acquire Iowa Northern Railway (IANR), a railroad started on August 7, 1981, by shippers on a recently closed route of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific. Starting as a selection of isolated routes used to keep grain moving for a few elevators, by 2023 the IANR operated approximately 2...
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    19,90 €

  • Travel Tales
    Michael Brein
    Travel Tales: Trains - Terror on the Rails:Is the next book in line of relatively shorter-take samplers in my True Travel Tales book series. It’s a collection of some scary close calls on passenger or freight trains while plying some of the World’s most famous railways and barely managing in some instances to escape from being robbed or even harmed.Train Stories is a collection...
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    19,46 €

  • Life’s Toolbox
    Sandra Joy
    What’s in your toolbox? Your life experience has given you tools that can encourage, help, teach or humour others. Here, in the third of the series, is a collection of short stories about the weird, whacky and wonderful things travellers have seen and experienced on our train lines. Join our authors on their journeys through exposed relationships, fears and disasters, humorous ...
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    17,56 €

  • New Research on Railway Engineering and Transportation
    Modern railways are no longer the sole forte of civil and mechanical engineering. They now involve a broad range of multidisciplinary engineering domains from advanced computing, digital telecommunications, and networking to big data analytics and even artificial intelligence. Among the emerging technologies and innovations in railways, hyperloop transportation systems employin...
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    162,16 €

  • Dogs of the Railways
    Jill Lenk Schilp
    This is the story of the vagabond canines that hopped on railroads across the United States, often becoming celebrities and national heroes. Chapters introduce canines like Owney, guardian of the railway mail service; Fala, FDR’s beloved dog and train-companion; Annie, the Colorado railway ambassador; the K9 patrols who watch over the tracks; and many more. As railroads we...
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    43,12 €

  • Iberian Rails
    Fred Matthews
    This is the second part of a survey of Iberian railways and tramways in 1963, when the author and his friend Larry Veysey made a long circular tour of the Peninsula. In 1963 the traditional tramways were large and busy, though already in the sights of modernizing bureaucrats. The broad-gauge national RENFE and most independent railways were still largely powered by steam; many ...
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    26,24 €

  • Iberian Rails
    Fred Matthews
    This is the second part of a survey of Iberian railways and tramways in 1963, when the author and his friend Larry Veysey made a long circular tour of the Peninsula. In 1963 the traditional tramways were large and busy, though already in the sights of modernizing bureaucrats. The broad-gauge national RENFE and most independent railways were still largely powered by steam; many ...
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    35,30 €

  • Mopeds, scooters, and other fuel-efficient automobiles
    mARY Dierfield
    Petrol prices are higher currently than they have ever been. People are spending twice as much a gallon in many places as they did two years ago. Information that prices will only rise more is making the rounds in the news and online. Many customers are rather concerned about this because they are unsure of what to do. They most definitely cannot afford to keep only paying the ...
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    9,72 €

  • There is a Train Depot!
    Randy Schreifels
    TRAIN DEPOTS are portals of travel. Travel to adventure. There is only four things you need to prepare yourself; Transportation, lodging, food and security. All others you should not be! If you have the funds and the spirit, go for it. ...
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    18,98 €

  • THE LONG ISLAND RAILROAD POLICE DEPARTMENT
    robert l. bryan
    The Long Island Railroad is the busiest commuter railroad in the United States, and the oldest railroad still operating under its original name. The railroad operates seven days a week with service and branches from Manhattan in New York City to Montauk on the eastern tip of Long Island. The LIRR was formed in 1834 and from 1868 to 1998 the railroad was policed by the Long Isla...
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    11,02 €

  • INTRODUCTION OF SUPER-SPEED RAIL
    QIZHOU HU
    Super-Speed Rail (SSR) system is the fifth mode of transportation after ships, trains, automobiles and aircrafts, featuring characteristics of ultra-high-speed (1000-2000 km/h), high safety, low energy consumption, low noise, no vibration, no pollution and so on.This unique compendium analyzes its operation principle, system architecture and attribute characteristics, discusses...
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    112,63 €

  • Cleveland & Chagrin Falls Interurban vs Cleveland & Eastern Railway
    Dan Rager
    ’Kaleidoscope’ edition, Vol. 6 is an in-depth and historic look through northeast Ohio’s Cleveland & Chagrin Falls (C. & C. F.) and Cleveland & Eastern (C. & E.) railway interurban systems. The book contains an array of significant information not covered in previous editions. Comparisons between the two lines will be examined along with a merit of data. The author has previous...
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    78,01 €

  • Deep Learning-Based Detection of Catenary Support Component Defect and Fault in High-Speed Railways
    Junping Zhong / Wenqiang Liu / Zhigang Liu
    This book focuses on the deep learning technologies and their applications in the catenary detection of high-speed railways. As the only source of power for high-speed trains, the catenary’s service performance directly affects the safe operation of high-speed railways. This book systematically shows the latest research results of catenary detection in high-speed railways, espe...
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    48,01 €

  • Rails of change
    Ayush Ranjan
    This is a captivating and insightful book that delves into Ayush’s rich experiences with Indian Railways, one of the world’s largest railway networks. As a seasoned traveler, Ayush has embarked on numerous journeys across the country, discovering hidden gems and immersing himself in the vibrant culture of India.Throughout the book, Ayush recounts the various ways in which he ha...
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    13,06 €

  • Fundamentals of Railway Design
    Marco Guerrieri
    This textbook examines key railway engineering topics useful for railway design and control. Conventional railways are considered together with high-speed railways, tramways, metros, maglev and hyperloop systems, people movers, monorails and rack railways. Every system of transport is described in its basic technical characteristics, especially in terms of transportation system...
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    47,91 €

  • A GUIDEBOOK TO AMTRAK’S® COAST STARLIGHT
    Eva Hoffman
    Planning an upcoming train trip on Amtrak’s Coast Starlight from Seattle, Washington to Sacramento, California? Then this is the book for you! Learn about everything out your window milepost-by-milepost and really enhance your journey. It really helps pass the time knowing about the interesting people, places, and history that you will see. This book was written by Dr. Eva Hoff...
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    44,42 €

  • A GUIDEBOOK TO AMTRAK’S® TEXAS EAGLE
    Eva Hoffman
    Planning an upcoming train trip on Amtrak’s Texas Eagle from Chicago, Illinois to San Antonio, Texas? Then this is the book for you! Learn about everything out your window milepost-by-milepost and really enhance your journey. It really helps pass the time knowing about the interesting people, places, and history that you will see. This book was written by Dr. Eva Hoffman of Eve...
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    60,31 €

  • A GUIDEBOOK TO AMTRAK’S® SUNSET LIMITED
    Eva Hoffman
    Planning an upcoming train trip on Amtrak’s Sunset Limited from New Orleans, Louisiana to San Antonio, Texas? Then this is the book for you! Learn about everything out your window milepost-by-milepost and really enhance your journey. It really helps pass the time knowing about the interesting people, places, and history that you will see. This book was written by Dr. Eva Hoffma...
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    50,87 €

  • A GUIDEBOOK TO AMTRAK’S® COAST STARLIGHT
    Eva Hoffman
    Planning an upcoming train trip on Amtrak’s Coast Starlight from Sacramento to Los Angeles, California? Then this is the book for you! Learn about everything out your window milepost-by-milepost and really enhance your journey. It really helps pass the time knowing about the interesting people, places, and history that you will see. This book was written by Dr. Eva Hoffman of E...
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    42,38 €

  • A GUIDEBOOK TO AMTRAK’S® NORTHEAST CORRIDOR
    Eva Hoffman
    Planning an upcoming train trip on Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor from Boston to New York City? Then this is the book for you! Learn about everything out your window milepost-by-milepost and really enhance your journey. It really helps pass the time knowing about the interesting people, places, and history that you will see. This book was written by Dr. Eva Hoffman of Evergreen, C...
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    47,06 €

  • A GUIDEBOOK TO AMTRAK’S® DOWNEASTER
    Eva Hoffman
    Planning an upcoming train trip on Amtrak’s Downeaster from Boston to Coastal Maine? Then this is the book for you! Learn about everything out your window milepost-by-milepost and really enhance your journey. It really helps pass the time knowing about the interesting people, places, and history that you will see. This book was written by Dr. Eva Hoffman of Evergreen, Colorado....
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    38,13 €

  • A GUIDEBOOK TO AMTRAK’S® EMPIRE BUILDER
    Eva Hoffman
    Planning an upcoming train trip on Amtrak’s Empire Builder from Glacier National Park to Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Washington? Then this is the book for you! Learn about everything out your window milepost-by-milepost and really enhance your journey. It really helps pass the time knowing about the interesting people, places, and history that you will see. This book was writ...
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    54,87 €