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Train
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Three Great Titles in One Collectors Edition Box Set
New
Zealand Locomotives
Take a ride back in time to the 1960s and view the transition
from steam to diesel power on the New Zealand Government
Railways. Noted railway photographer Ron Harris takes us
through this period with rare footage, audio recordings
and photographs he produced when working as an engine driver
for the railway. We ride on the footplate of steam and diesel
locomotives as they travel over now closed branch lines
hauling fast freight and excursion specials. This rare footage
has been digitally converted from the original 8mm movie
reel. All audio tracks have been specially prepared from
analogue recordings made during the same period. The many
historical photographs and technical notes on steam locomotives
make this video a must for every railfan. Climb aboard the
time train.
Just
Northern Rivers Railroad and the Murwillumbah Line
See and hear the locomotives hard at work on this scenic
branch line in the far north of New South Wales. We view
trains operated by the NRR in conjunction with FreightCorp,
powered by GM 421 and 49 class locomotives during 1998.
See NRR 422 class with an EL class General Electric on the
now defunct Rozelle branch in Sydney. View the Ritz
Rail tourist train just prior to its shutdown in 2002.
Analogue video flashback to 1987 showing Alco 442 class
on the State Rail Gold Coast Motorail Express.
Subtitles brief the viewer along with a narration, added
over the top of less sensitive train sounds. The feature
of two audio sound tracks means you can choose to listen
to the natural train sound only, without the narration.
We are sure that you will enjoy Just Northern Rivers
Railroad & The Murwillumbah Line by Greg Travers,
the seventh production in the Just Trains series
from Train Pictures.
Trans-Siberian
Experience
To travel on the Trans Siberian Express, one of the worlds
longest rail journeys in the heart of winter is a sensational
experience. It allows us to visit exotic destinations free
of summer crowds. Absorb the raw beauty of the so-far unspoiled
Gobi Desert and sample such delights as a Christmas day
sleigh ride through a snowy Siberian forest and 2008 New
Years Eve in Moscows Red Square. The journey
takes us from Beijing to Helsinki over 25 days and a veritable
feast of rolling stock including the ubiquitous Chinese-built
DF4 locomotives, Russian VLs and Czech Skoda ChS7s, service
the once forbidden 9000 km journey. The surprises are endless
from the remarkable bogie changing on the Chinese border
to Stalins underground palaces in the Moscow Metro.
So climb aboard and escape with us on this once in a lifetime
voyage, which stretches a quarter-way around the globe.
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The
Complete History of American Railroads
Marshall
Publishing
Part One A WILD AND IMPRACTICAL SCHEME (1800
1845)
In 1845 John Stevens obtained a charter form the New Jersey
legislature to build the first steam railroad in America,
but he could not get financial backing because no one believed
it could be done. However, eventually the concept caught
on and investors realized that trains would become faster,
cheaper, and could haul more freight than any other type
of transportation. Although the steam locomotive was originally
invented in England, by 1830 Americas first locomotive,
Tom Thumb made its first trial run for Americas
first chartered railroad, The Baltimore and Ohio.
Part
Two ONE NATION
INDIVISIBLE (1845 1865)
By the 1850s railroads were not only capturing the
eyes of savvy businessmen, they were capturing the hearts
of the people as well
bright-colored engines with fancy
scrollwork, billowing smoke and hard-driving wheels, shrill
whistles, and memories of trips to friends and relatives.
Railroads determined the location of towns, opened new lands
to the West, and were a vital factor in the outcome of the
Civil War.
Part
Three TRANSCONTINENTAL EXPANSION (1865 1880)
For years people dreamed of the time when trains would reach
the Pacific Ocean. It would enhance trade with California
and the Orient. The Union Pacific began building west from
Omaha, the Central Pacific east from Sacramento. But there
were problems
weather, lack of money and labor, mountains,
rivers, deserts, and Indian raids. However, after the Civil
War, investment money was abundant for rail expansion including
land grants, and payment of immigrant, former slave, and
Chinese labor. On May 10, 1869, at Promontory Summit, Utah,
a golden spike joined east and west by rail!
Part
Four THE GOLDEN AGE (1880 1916)
By 1900 five different railroads had reached the Pacific
Ocean, and between the Atlantic and Pacific Americas
vast landscapes were being connected by a spider web of
rails. For railroads there was no competition. No industry
dominated the American scene, or so touched every aspect
of American life, as did the railroad during its Golden
Age. For railroads it was a time of major improvements including
the telegraph, air brakes, bridge building, automatic couplers,
standardized time zones and track gauge, and bigger and
more powerful locomotives. During this time, George Pullman
improved the comfort of passenger travel while Fred Harvey
developed cross country restaurants to serve the needs of
weary travelers.
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The
2011 MotivePower Calendar
Motive
Power Publishing
ORDER NOW!!! and save $4.05 off the cover price.
With
12 double sided pages (24) in portrait size (420 x 210),
loaded with stunning images from Australia's top railway
photographers it is certain to be popular. We only have
100 available at this special price so be quick.
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