The Railway Conquest of the WorldThis book aims to tell the story of how railroads all over the world came to be. The author chose representative railroads, rather than covering every railroad in the world. His purpose was to give a background to the romantic notions people came to associate with railroads so he might humanize the transportations' services. He includes special railroads, like the longest toy railway, the world's highest line and the first trans-continental railway in Canada. |
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| Title | The Railway Conquest of the World Conquests of science |
| Author | Frederick Arthur Talbot |
| Publisher | J.B. Lippincott Company, 1911 |
| Original from | the University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Digitized | Jun 19, 2009 |
| Length | 334 pages |
| Subjects | › TRANSPORTATION / General |
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