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
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
Belles and Whistles: Five Journeys Through Time on Britain's Trains
Ghost Train to the Eastern Star
The Subterranean Railway
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W. Awdry
Sometimes, the Best Adventures are the Ones We can only Dream about.
Wilbert Awdry, Your Favorite Thomas the Tank Engine

Lisa Kleypas
It would be difficult to find a man still on the early side of his thirties who had acquired wealth and power at the speed that Tom Severin had. He'd started as a mechanical engineer designing engines, then progressed to railway bridges, and had eventually built his own railway line, all with the apparent ease of a boy playing leapfrog. Severin could be generous and considerate, but his better qualities were unanchored by anything resembling a conscience. ...more
Lisa Kleypas, Devil's Daughter

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Books, Discussions, Reading Lists, Challenges, Shelves... on Railways around the world.
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All aboard The Book Stop — a rail-themed book club made for curious minds and story lovers. Eve…more
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