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Yonder comes the train / by Lance Phillips.
LIBRA - Athenaeum of Philadelphia Oversize TF23 .P5 1965
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Phillips, Lance, 1970-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Railroads--United States--History.
- Railroads.
- United States.
- History.
- Locomotives--History.
- Locomotives.
- Steam locomotives--History.
- Steam locomotives.
- Physical Description:
- 395 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 35 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : A.S. Barnes, 1965.
- Summary:
- After sketching the history of the development of the steam engine and its first application in England, traces the introduction of the locomotive to American and chronicles the growth of the early roads.
- Contents:
- In the beginning
- The steam locomotive comes to America
- Pioneer railroads
- The bugle blows
- Rails toward the sunset
- Innovations and developments
- More innovations
- With the throttle back
- Lure and lore
- Into the yonder she returns.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliography and an index.
- Bibliography: pages 389-390.
- OCLC:
- 711615
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