Author: Robert T. Royem
Publisher: Limelight Pr/Royem Photography
ISBN: 9780964343016
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
USA by Rail
Author: John Pitt
Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides
ISBN: 9781841622552
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Fully updated to take into account route and timetable changes, this is the only book specifically designed for US train travel. Rugged charm sets the train apart from more mundane means of transport and its low environmental impact is of particular current interest. Pampered by helpful attendants, you can travel from coast to coast, explore the Rocky Mountains and ride directly alongside two oceans. Less expensive than flying and more comfortable than the bus, the train keeps you relaxed and in touch with an ever-changing landscape as the world becomes a framed but moving picture.
Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides
ISBN: 9781841622552
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Fully updated to take into account route and timetable changes, this is the only book specifically designed for US train travel. Rugged charm sets the train apart from more mundane means of transport and its low environmental impact is of particular current interest. Pampered by helpful attendants, you can travel from coast to coast, explore the Rocky Mountains and ride directly alongside two oceans. Less expensive than flying and more comfortable than the bus, the train keeps you relaxed and in touch with an ever-changing landscape as the world becomes a framed but moving picture.
Preserving Freight and Passenger Rail Corridors and Service
Author: David P. Simpson
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISBN: 0309097932
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Efforts to preserve rail corridors or restore rail service to dormant rail alignments across the United States are very uneven. A handful of states have aggressive, well-funded programs to support the preservation or reuse of rail alignments; more states have modest programs to support short line operations on a case-by-case basis, but attach no value to corridor retention per se. In 2005, California completed what is perhaps the nations most comprehensive physical plant inventory of active and abandoned rail corridors; a review driven by interest in passenger rail and nonmotorized corridor interests. A foundation has been set to more fully lever these valuable alignments in this country's most populous state. This synthesis was undertaken to document current practices with respect to rail corridor preservation. State departments of transportation (DOTs), selected metropolitan planning organizations, commuter rail agencies, short line holding companies, and Class I rail carriers were all surveyed for information. Response rates to the survey were moderate, averaging 24%, and overall supporting the notion that preservation of rail alignments is not a high-priority issue in many jurisdictions. A handful of state respondents, however, had a great deal of experience and valuable observations on rail preservation policies and could be said to have become experts on this subject through their dealings with several dozen rail corridors over the past two decades. North Carolina, Ohio, and Pennsylvania DOTs each have serious, well-established rail sections and a history of successful preservation efforts.
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISBN: 0309097932
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Efforts to preserve rail corridors or restore rail service to dormant rail alignments across the United States are very uneven. A handful of states have aggressive, well-funded programs to support the preservation or reuse of rail alignments; more states have modest programs to support short line operations on a case-by-case basis, but attach no value to corridor retention per se. In 2005, California completed what is perhaps the nations most comprehensive physical plant inventory of active and abandoned rail corridors; a review driven by interest in passenger rail and nonmotorized corridor interests. A foundation has been set to more fully lever these valuable alignments in this country's most populous state. This synthesis was undertaken to document current practices with respect to rail corridor preservation. State departments of transportation (DOTs), selected metropolitan planning organizations, commuter rail agencies, short line holding companies, and Class I rail carriers were all surveyed for information. Response rates to the survey were moderate, averaging 24%, and overall supporting the notion that preservation of rail alignments is not a high-priority issue in many jurisdictions. A handful of state respondents, however, had a great deal of experience and valuable observations on rail preservation policies and could be said to have become experts on this subject through their dealings with several dozen rail corridors over the past two decades. North Carolina, Ohio, and Pennsylvania DOTs each have serious, well-established rail sections and a history of successful preservation efforts.
Cinders & Smoke
Author: Doris B. Osterwald
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780931788000
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
A guidebook describing scenic viewpoints, plants, wildlife, geology, and history along the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad. Contains details about the train cars, engines, and track. Includes photographs, maps, and plans.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780931788000
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
A guidebook describing scenic viewpoints, plants, wildlife, geology, and history along the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad. Contains details about the train cars, engines, and track. Includes photographs, maps, and plans.