Recommended books about the first transcontinental railroad
Recommended books about the first transcontinental railroad:
• Empire Express: Building the First Transcontinental Railroad by David Haward Bain. (Best modern history of the construction of the Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads. Superb!)
• Waiting for the Cars: Alfred A. Hart's Stereoscopic Views of the Central Pacific Railroad by Wendell Huffman, with anaglyphic conversions by Howard Goldbaum. (With gorgeous reproductions - a gem!)
• The Railroad Photographs of Alfred A. Hart, Artist by Mead B. Kibbey, also available to read on this website. (Wonderful book about the CPRR stereographs!)
• More online books and the CPRR Museum Bookstore.
• Empire Express: Building the First Transcontinental Railroad by David Haward Bain. (Best modern history of the construction of the Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads. Superb!)
• Waiting for the Cars: Alfred A. Hart's Stereoscopic Views of the Central Pacific Railroad by Wendell Huffman, with anaglyphic conversions by Howard Goldbaum. (With gorgeous reproductions - a gem!)
• The Railroad Photographs of Alfred A. Hart, Artist by Mead B. Kibbey, also available to read on this website. (Wonderful book about the CPRR stereographs!)
• More online books and the CPRR Museum Bookstore.
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ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE RAILWAY. RECORD BREAKING RUN OF THE SCOTT SPECIAL. LOS ANGELES TO CHICAGO, 44 HOURS & 54 MINUTES. N. P.: Privately printed, n.d. [ca. 1945]. 9" x 8" pictorial wrappers. [16]pp (including wrappers), illustrated from photographs, portraits, map. The Scott "Special" was named after Walter Scott, a mining entrepreneur, who approached the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company in 1905 and at a cost of $5500.00 paid in cash to the railway company, the deal was struck. The objective was to travel between Los Angeles and Chicago to beat the previous record time of 46 hours. The complete story is told by Frank Newton Holman, who rode on the train. The Scott Special Train consisting of a baggage car, dining car and Pullman car for a total weight of 170 tons, left Los Angeles @ 1 P.M., July 9, 1905 and arrived in Chicago @ 11:54 A.M., July 11, 1905. A distance of 2265 miles, in a time of 44 hours and 54 minutes, with an average speed of 50.4 miles per hour, including all delays. A 9" x 16" black & white map in the center of the brochure shows the route, towns, speeds, etc. of the journey. Five different steam engines were used for the trip. Inside facts about the run are provided along with comparisons to other notable Santa Fe runs. Information about each of the engines, the engineers, and trainmen is provided.
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FORNEY, MATTHIAS N. THE CAR-BUILDER'S DICTIONARY: AN ILLUSTRATED VOCABULARY OF TERMS WHICH DESIGNATE AMERICAN RAILROAD CARS, THEIR PARTS AND ATTACHMENTS. COMPILED FOR THE MASTER CAR-BUILDERS' ASSOCIATION. New York: The Railroad Gazette, 1888. Revised and enlarged edition. First edition published in January, 1880. Oblong 8vo. Original dark green cloth with illustration and titles stamped in gold gilt on the front cover and spine, and design on front and rear covers stamped in blind, decorated front endpapers, xii, 203 numbered pages of dictionary of car-builders' terms, plus 358 unnumbered pages with 2188 figures, diagrams, and illustrations of cars and their parts, plus 28 numbered pages of advertisements in the rear to include the rear fly leaf and pastedown sheet. Preface to the first edition, preface to the revised edition, directions for using the car-builder's dictionary,double column, illustrated, frontispiece (Bay window Parlor car, Pennsylvania Railroad), advertisements. This revised and enlarged edition has the number of engravings increased from 811 in the original first edition to 2,188. All drawings that appeared in the previous edition also appear in this edition, but 156 of the 811 engravings have been made over to obtain larger or better views. The book is divided into essentially six classifications including: Cars, Car-Bodies, Car-Body Details, Furnishings, Trucks, and Truck Details. The book was published to provide Mechanical Engineers and train manufacturing workers with invaluable information for each train car and its components.
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LAND DEPARTMENT, UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY. GUIDE TO THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD LANDS. 12,000,000 ACRES. BEST FARMING AND MINERAL LANDS IN AMERICA, FOR SALE BY THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, IN TRACTS TO SUIT PURCHASERS AND AT LOW PRICES. Omaha: Land Department Union Pacific Railroad Company, 1870. First edition. 8vo. 8 3/4" x 5 3/4" printed wrappers with map on back cover, 44 pp., introduction, illustrated, maps. The rear cover features a map of portions of Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, and Iowa. States where land grant bonds are available from the Union Pacific Railroad Company. The frontispiece is a map of the United States that shows the Union Pacific Railroad and its connections. A third map shows counties in Nebraska in 1870, and the Union Pacific Railroad lands, first 200 miles, grants of 1862-64. A description of the Nebraska lands are provided county by county. The available lands are contained in alternate sections of one square mile each, within a breadth of twenty miles on either side of the railroad and extend along the entire line. They extend through central Nebraska, southern Wyoming, and northern Colorado and Utah, and include within their limits the splendid agricultural lands of the Platte Valley, the great natural pastures of the Laramie Plains and the valleys of Lodge Pole Creek and Bear River, and the rich iron and coal fields between the Black Hills and the Wahsatch Mountains. Description, advantages, water resources, climate, soil, live stock raising, farming, markets, timber, minerals, information about homesteads, advantages of living in colonies, etc. Both Adams' Herd and Graff list similar titles but different years and claim their listings to be "rare."
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UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, CHARTERED BY THE UNITED STATES. PROGRESS OF THEIR ROAD WEST FROM OMAHA, NEBRASKA, ACROSS THE CONTINENT. MAKING, WITH ITS CONNECTIONS, AN UNBROKEN LINE FROM THE ATLANTIC TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. FIVE HUNDRED AND FORTY MILES COMPLETED DECEMBER, 1867. New York: Published by the Union Pacific Railroad Company, 1868. First edition. 8vo. Original pictorial printed wrappers, 32 pp., frontispiece [Map of the Union Pacific Rail Road and its Connections], introduction. Details the formation of the company and the progress of the work including the topography, character of the country, and distances along the line. Much information is provided regarding agricultural resources, timber, minerals, etc. Branches and connecting roads along with the needed resources for construction are discussed as is information on actual earnings, anticipated earnings and the issuance of the company's first mortgage bonds. A wonderful advertisement on the rear cover panel offers First Mortgage Bonds, at par, principal and interest Payable In Gold.
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UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY. A CORRECT MAP OF THE UNITED STATES SHOWING THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD, THE OVERLAND ROUTE AND CONNECTIONS. Chicago: Rand McNally & Co., 1896. Oblong atlas folio. 37 x 56 in. One large color lithograph map mounted on linen, showing the routes of the Union Pacific and subsidiary railroads in red, with red, yellow & black banner style lettering at upper fore-edge, Union Pacific shields with mentions of subsidiary Railways, mounted to upper & lower wooden rods as issued. First Rand, McNally & Co. edition, thus, of this uncommon Union Pacific Railroad route map intended to be used by travel agents, and passenger agents in Union Pacific stations across the West. The map demarcates the Overland Route, and connections with the Oregon Short Line RR Co., Oregon RR & Navigation Co., and the Southern Pacific in bold red stretching West from Kansas City, Leavenworth, St. Joseph, Omaha, Council Bluffs, Sioux City, & Fort Worth. A version of this map was initially released in 1892 by Reeves with the Knight, Leonard & Co., and a little larger by a couple inches as it included insets for Sandwich Islands, and Alaska, whereas this version focuses only on the Continental United States. Modelski, Railroad Maps of the United States, 597.
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WILLIAMS, H.T. [EDITOR]. THE PACIFIC TOURIST. AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO PACIFIC R. R., CALIFORNIA AND PLEASURE RESORTS ACROSS THE CONTINENT. ADAMS & BISHOP'S ILLUSTRATED TRANS-CONTINENTAL GUIDE OF TRAVEL, FROM THE ATLANTIC TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. CONTAINING FULL DESCRIPTIONS OF RAILROAD ROUTES ACROSS THE CONTINENT, ALL PLEASURE RESORTS AND PLACES OF MOST NOTED SCENERY IN THE FAR WEST, ALSO OF ALL CITIES, TOWNS, VILLAGES, U. S. FORTS, SPRINGS, LAKES, MOUNTAINS, ROUTES OF SUMMER TRAVEL, BEST LOCALITIES FOR HUNTING, FISHING, SPORTING, AND ENJOYMENT, WITH ALL NEEDFUL INFORMATION FOR THE PLEASURE TRAVELER, MINER, SETTLER, OR BUSINESS MAN. A COMPLETE TRAVELER'S GUIDE OF THE UNION AND CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROADS, AND ALL POINTS OF BUSINESS OR PLEASURE TRAVEL TO CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, NEBRASKA, WYOMING, UTAH, NEVADA, MONTANA, THE MINES AND MINING OF THE TERRITORIES, THE LANDS OF THE PACIFIC COAST, THE WONDERS OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS, THE SCENERY OF THE SIERRA NEVADAS, THE COLORADO MOUNTAINS, THE BIG TREES, THE GEYSERS, THE YOSEMITE, AND THE YELLOWSTONE. New York & Springfield: Adams & Bishop, Publishers, 1880. First edition thus, 8vo. Dark plum-colored blind-stamped cloth over beveled boards, titles stamped in gilt on the front cover, 355 pp. plus 10 pages to include a Tourists' Guide, index, and travel suggestions including Monterey, California, Japan and China, and a small map showing the route of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific R. Y., illustrated pictorial title page, frontispiece, double column, with over 150 text engravings illustrations and maps. This lavishly illustrated 1882-1883 Union Pacific & Central Pacific RR travel guide. This work was intended for Trans-continental railroad travelers, revealing the natural history, flora & fauna, tourist sites, and more along the routes. This Bowman edition incorporates information on the Southern Pacific, and includes significant updates on mining, mines, and properties. Included as well are sections on Yellowstone, Yosemite; history, cities & views of Utah, California, the Chinese & Chinatown in San Francisco, desert scenes and towns in New Mexico, and Arizona, along with camping, hunting, and fishing. Of particular interest are the sections on American Indian tribes at various spots along the Railroad routes.
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UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY. SIGHTS AND SCENES IN UTAH FOR TOURISTS. Chicago: Rand, McNally & Co., Printers, [1888]. First Edition. 8vo. 21.5 x 10 cm. [8 1/2" x 4"] color pictorial wrappers. 48 pp., illustrated from photographs, fold-out map 'Tourist Map of Union Pacific and Connecting Lines' 20.5 x 59 cm. [8 1/4" x 23 1/2"] present at the rear. The map is in nice condition and provides an excellent panorama of the Union Pacific Railway. Lines in red and run from Kansas City, Atchison, and Omaha to Denver and south to Gunnison or west through Cheyenne, Granger and onto Portland with a spur up to Helena or west through Ogden and onto San Francisco with a spur down to Los Angeles. Blue shaded illustrations surround the lines which include a plowing scene, Union Depot, Salt Lake City, Garfield Beach, a mining scene, Falls of the Yellowstone, a ranching scene, etc. Union Pacific produced guide for the would-be tourist of Salt Lake City including a description of the Mormons and their customs. Illustrated with nine full-page engravings from photographs by C.R. Savage. Also provided are List of Agents. Pullman Palace Car rates. Information on Salt Lake City tours, Salt Lake City and the area surrounding "The Temple City," Beck's Hot Springs, the Great Salt Lake, Giant's Cave at Garfield Beach, Echo Canon, Weber Canon, the Devil's Gate, Ogden, Ogden Canon, etc. Detailed information on 9 different tours touting what the tourist might see and do.
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