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Railways Books

Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-69
Fire & Steam: How the Railways Transformed Britain
Empire Express: Building the First Transcontinental Railroad
Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America
Blood, Iron and Gold
British Rail
Belles and Whistles: Five Journeys Through Time on Britain's Trains
Last Train to Paradise: Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad that Crossed an Ocean
A Text Book Of Railway Engineering
The Railways: Nation, Network and People
The Subterranean Railway
Ghost Train to the Eastern Star
The Christmas Train
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To The Edge Of The World
The Stationmaster's Farewell (The Railway Detective #9)
Mr Briggs' Hat: A Sensational Account of Britain's First Railway Murder
Blood on the Line (The Railway Detective, #8)
The Great Railroad Revolution: The History of Trains in America
Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America

Lists

The Paris Express by Emma DonoghueFaces in the Crowd by Valeria LuiselliOrdinary Time by Cathy RentzenbrinkIn einem Zug by Daniel GlattauerThe Woman in Carriage 3 by Alison James
Inside Trains
19 books — 7 voters
The Bridge Over the River Kwai by Pierre BoulleThe Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton WilderLe Pont de la rivière Kwaï by Pierre BoulleAn Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge And Other Stories by Ambrose BierceA Bridge Too Far by Cornelius Ryan
Bridges in Fact, Fiction And Verse
66 books — 6 voters

Nothing Like It in the World by Stephen E. AmbroseLast Train to Paradise by Les StandifordEmpire Express by David Haward BainThe Iron Road by Christian WolmarShe Rode the Rails by Beverly Adam
Railroad History
39 books — 10 voters
The Great Railroad Revolution by Christian WolmarEmpire Express by David Haward BainRailroads Across North America by Claude WiatrowskiModel Railway Men by Ray PopeThe Texas Railroad by Wayne Cline
A Railfan's List
67 books — 5 voters

Absurdimals by Gwendolyn JavorBaby in the Garden by Catherine HabbieLlama Llama Holiday Drama by Anna DewdneyChicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr.Oliver and Jumpy, Stories 46-48 by Werner Stejskal
Cute Children's Kindle Picture Books
29 books — 21 voters
The Little Engine That Could by Watty PiperThe Polar Express by Chris Van AllsburgTrains by Philip SteeleCurious George Takes a Train by Margret ReyThe Little Red Caboose by Marian Potter
Train Books for Kids
161 books — 7 voters


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“ Sometimes, the Best Adventures are the Ones We can only Dream about. ”
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“ More coal, more smoke, more heat, more steam, more pressure, more speed. The engine raced forward streaming black smoke like a funerary ribbon rippling in the breeze. ”
― Martin R Jackson : Running with Finn McCool
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