12 edition of Wonders and curiosities of the railway; or, Stories of the locomotive in every land. found in the catalog.
Published
1884
by S.C. Griggs and Company in Chicago
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Written in English
Edition Notes
| Statement | By William Sloane Kennedy ... |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | TF147 .K36 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | xvi, 254 p. |
| Number of Pages | 254 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL6972784M |
| LC Control Number | 06027256 |
| OCLC/WorldCa | 2324910 |
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Wonders and Curiosities of the Railway; Or, Stories of the Locomotive in Every LandAuthor: William Sloane Kennedy. Wonders and curiosities of the railway; or, Stories of the locomotive in every land. Contributor Names Kennedy, William Sloane, Created / Published Chicago, S.C.
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This is an odd book because the illustration on the spine and front cover depicts a dog and a young boy with a rifle on his shoulder, and there are ads for the Alger books for boys at the end, despite the fact that this is a book about railroads probably intended for adults.
The first electric tube railway - the City and South London-was in this category until the Central London and the Waterloo and City came to keep it company. So we will rule out successful experiments of this order. At the same time reference may be made to the first tube railway in the world, which was not the City and South London.
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Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press,p. ISBN Wonders and curiosities of the railway; or, Stories of the locomotive in every land. Also available in digital form. Contributor: Kennedy, William Sloane. Media in category "Early steam locomotives of the United States" Wonders and curiosities of the railway; or, Stories of the locomotive in every land () ().jpg 2, × 1,; KB.
Railway Wonders of the World was a weekly magazine published in This site shares the entire content of this work along with material from other sources. Wonders and Curiosities of the Railway; or, Stories of the Locomotive in Every Land.
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Railroad Stories, From The Serious To Funny And Everything In Between Since America's first railroad began service many moons ago (the Granite Railway of which served a quarry at Quincy for transporting the rock to the Neponset River at Milton), there are infinite accounts of men’s (and later women’s) experiences while on the job.
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Author:William Sloane Kennedy. From Wikisource. Jump to navigation Jump to search Wonders and curiosities of the railway; or, Stories of the locomotive in every land () (external scan) Articles in Popular Science Monthly.
A pleasant book of history, gossip, and anecdote, about the origin and development of railways in Europe and America. The statements of fact are derived from authentic sources, and the anecdotical serves to give variety to the solid part.
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