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TABLE OF CONTENTS: FORWARD -- 1.) A new breed of horse -- 2.) On to the western waters -- 3.) The first railroad war -- 4.) The race to promontory -- 5.) Building a new nation -- 6.) The age of bare knuckles -- 7.) The romantic image -- 8.) Down brakes! -- 9.) Boomers, hoggers, and brass-pounders -- 10.) Turrets, towers, and rain sheds -- 11.) Great days for the passenger element -- 12.) They went everywhere -- 13.) Days of the dinosaur -- 14.) The long haul -- 15.) Days of reckoning -- EPILOGUE: Two Railroads.
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- PublisherAmerican Heritage Pub. Co. : distribution by McGraw-Hill
- Publication date1975
- ISBN 10 007032526X
- ISBN 13 9780070325265
- BindingLoose Leaf
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages320
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