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December 16, 2024

The Reverse Underground Railroad in Ohio

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Free Download The Reverse Underground Railroad in Ohio by David W. Meyers, Elise Meyers Walker
English | January 3, 2022 | ISBN: 1467150843 | 192 pages | PDF | 5.11 Mb
Prior to the Civil War, thousands escaped slavery via the Underground Railroad. Untold others failed in the attempt.

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December 16, 2024

Sunset Limited The Southern Pacific Railroad and the Development of the American West, 1850-1930

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Free Download Richard J. Orsi, "Sunset Limited: The Southern Pacific Railroad and the Development of the American West, 1850-1930"
English | 2005 | pages: 640 | ISBN: 0520200195 | PDF | 4,6 mb
The only major U.S. railroad to be operated by westerners and the only railroad built from west to east, the Southern Pacific acquired a unique history and character. It also acquired a reputation, especially in California, as a railroad that people loved to hate. This magisterial history tells the full story of the Southern Pacific for the first time, shattering myths about the company that have prevailed to this day. A landmark account, Sunset Limited explores the railroad’s development and influence-especially as it affected land settlement, agriculture, water policy, and the environment-and offers a new perspective on the tremendous, often surprising, role the company played in shaping the American West.

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September 12, 2024

Realistic Model Railroad Building Blocks (Model Railroader Books)

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Free Download Tony Koester – Realistic Model Railroad Building Blocks (Model Railroader Books)
Kalmbach Publishing | 2005 | ISBN: 0890243689 | English | 100 pages | PDF | 102.07 MB
Long-time Model Railroader magazine contributor Tony Koester offers techniques for incorporating Layout Design Elements into a larger layout, a sectional or modular approach to model railroading that he invented. Various LDEs based on actual railroad scenes – towns, yards, terminals, industries, and more – are offered as track plains suitable for N to large scale layouts. * Applies the "kit building" concept to track planning * Features new material compatible with Koester’s previous books, Realistic Model Railroad Operations and Realistic Model Railroad Design.

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April 26, 2024

Sacramento Southern Railroad

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Free Download Kevin W. Hecteman, "Sacramento Southern Railroad"
English | 2009 | pages: 128 | ISBN: 0738569860, 1531645860 | EPUB | 49,3 mb
The Sacramento Southern Railroad was born into a famous railroad family and a busy railroad town in July 1903. The mighty Southern Pacific, which controlled the new line from the outset, built south from Sacramento along the eastern bank of the Sacramento River into the delta’s rich farmland area. At its zenith, the line was about 31 miles long, serving the communities of Freeport, Hood, Locke, Walnut Grove, and Isleton. Trains on what became known as the Walnut Grove Branch hauled pears, sugar beets, asparagus and other products from the agricultural region’s packing sheds and canneries. Competition from trucking and damage from flooding took a severe toll on the railroad, and the Southern Pacific largely abandoned it by 1978, but a portion lives on as a labor of love.

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