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1. Nothing Like It in the World The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad, 1863-1869

In this railroad history, a noted historian tells the story of the construction of America's transcontinental railroad. Ambrose describes how the idea was conceived in the 1830s, and organizes his story by individual rail lines, telling how each met the specific challenges posed by nature in each state or region until the lines were completed and joined in 1869.

2. Last Train to Paradise Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad That Crossed an Ocean

by Les Standiford; Henry Morrison Flagler

LAST TRAIN TO PARADISE recounts the perilous undertaking begun in 1904, when billionaire Henry Flagler imagined a railroad connecting Florida and Key West. The railroad was built--and then, 22 years after its completion, the train tracks were swept away by a hurricane. Here Strandiford reveals the untold story of the many who toiled to complete the greatest engineering project of the day.

3. The Contemporary Diesel Spotter's Guide

by George H. Drury; Louis A. Marre; Jerry A. Pinkepank

Updated from the 1988 edition, this guide illustrates and describes all U.S. and Canadian locomotives from 1972 until 1995.