[PDF] Vital Rails eBook

Author : H. David Stone
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 31,46 MB
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 9781570037160

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Spanning more than one hundred miles across rice fields, salt marshes, and seven rivers and creeks, the Charleston & Savannah Railroad was designed to revolutionize the economy of South Carolina's lowcountry by linking key port cities. This history of the railroad records the story of the C&S and of the men who managed it during wartime.

Author : Aaron Sheehan-Dean
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 1223 pages
File Size : 45,54 MB
Release : 2020-05-05
Category : History
ISBN : 1119716144

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A Companion to the U.S. Civil War presents a comprehensive historiographical collection of essays covering all major military, political, social, and economic aspects of the American Civil War (1861-1865). Represents the most comprehensive coverage available relating to all aspects of the U.S. Civil War Features contributions from dozens of experts in Civil War scholarship Covers major campaigns and battles, and military and political figures, as well as non-military aspects of the conflict such as gender, emancipation, literature, ethnicity, slavery, and memory

Author : Aaron Sheehan-Dean
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 1223 pages
File Size : 33,33 MB
Release : 2014-02-05
Category : History
ISBN : 1118802950

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A Companion to the U.S. Civil War presents a comprehensive historiographical collection of essays covering all major military, political, social, and economic aspects of the American Civil War (1861-1865). Represents the most comprehensive coverage available relating to all aspects of the U.S. Civil War Features contributions from dozens of experts in Civil War scholarship Covers major campaigns and battles, and military and political figures, as well as non-military aspects of the conflict such as gender, emancipation, literature, ethnicity, slavery, and memory

Author : Brian Taylor
Publisher : The Crowood Press
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 11,3 MB
Release : 2022-01-24
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1785009966

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Planning, designing and laying the track for a model railway layout can be challenging, especially if you have never done it before. This book provides a step-by-step guide to the techniques required and methods used in track design and layout. With content suitable for those who are new to the hobby through to the more experienced modeller, and some 200 images, it includes: an overview of the various forces that act on prototype railways and which determine the design of trackwork. The planning and designing of layouts, including the pros and cons of different domestic locations are covered along with baseboard construction for both portable and permanent layouts. There is a review of the track systems available and how to lay tracks, the tools and skills required, and problem solving. Wiring up both analogue (DC) and digital layouts (DCC), with diagrams are given and scales and gauges are discussed. Finally, there are hints and tips on ballasting and weathering track.

Author : Ron Brown
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 24,47 MB
Release : 2015-08-08
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1459728785

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Explore eastern Canada's railway heritage, including stations from the late 1850s, grand hotels, bridges, and roundhouses of this era.