Railways

A railway is a means of transport.

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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Olga Tokarczuk
When you're traveling you need to take care of yourself to get by, you have to keep an eye on yourself and your place in the world. It means concentrating on yourself, thinking about yourself and looking after yourself. So when you travel all you really encounter is yourself, as if that were the whole point of it. When you're at home you simply are, you don't have to struggle with anything or achieve anything. You don't have to worry about the railways connections, and timetables, you don't need ...more
Olga Tokarczuk

Lisa Kleypas
Recently I met with the director of the London Ironstone railway," he said. For Kathleen's benefit, he explained, "It's a private company, owned by a friend. Tom Severin." 'We're in the same London club," West added. Devon viewed the map critically before drawing a parallel line. "Severin wants to reduce distance on London Ironstone's existing Portsmouth route. He's also planning to relay the entire sixty-mile line, start to finish, with heavier rails to accommodate faster trains." "Can he affor ...more
Lisa Kleypas, Cold-Hearted Rake

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