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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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Most Read This Week

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

Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieThe Railway Children by E. NesbitThe Polar Express by Chris Van AllsburgStrangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith4 by Agatha Christie
Tales on Track: Trains in Fiction
149 books — 41 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

Denver's Railroads by Kenton Forrest
Best Colorado Railroad Books
1 book — 1 voter
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggThe Polar Express by Chris Van AllsburgThe Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper4 by Agatha Christie
Title Challenge - Words associated with trains and railroads
417 books — 32 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
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


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Quotes Tagged “Railways”

W. Awdry
“ Sometimes, the Best Adventures are the Ones We can only Dream about. ”
― Wilbert Awdry, Your Favorite Thomas the Tank Engine
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Colson Whitehead
“ I'm what the botanists call a hybrid," he said the first time Cora heard him speak, "A mixture of two different families. In flowers, such a concoction pleases the eye. When that amalgamation takes its shape in flesh and blood, some take great offence. In this room we recognize it for what it is - a new beauty come into the world, and it is in bloom all around us. ...more ”
― Colson Whitehead, The Underground Railroad
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