Filled with humorous anecdotes and thoughtful insights into the railroading industry, Last Train to Texas is an adventure in every sense of the word.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Journalist Fred Frailey has written for Trains magazine for more than 40 years. He has authored five other railroad books, including Twilight of the Great Trains, Southern Pacific's Blue Streak Merchandise, and Rolling Thunder (with Gary Benson).
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Foreword by Thomas G. Hoback Part I: Running the Railroads 1. President Carter to the Rescue 2. The Man You Never Wanted to Cross 3. Watch Rob Run 4. Thinking Outside the Container 5. The World According to Mcclellan 6. The Saga of 'Pisser Bill' 7. A Man in Full 8. Mike Haverty's Long Shadow 9. How to Go Boots Up in Railroading 10. The Battles of Powder River 11. When Lou Menk Saved a Zephyr 12. Inside the Mind of Michael Ward 13. The Legacy of Hunter Harrison 14. A Battle for Supremacy in the West Part II: Travels around Trains 15. The Cocoon of a Long-Distance Train 16. No Place for Man or Beast . . . or Train 17. The Ladies from Cork Are Aghast 18. Crossing the Country in a Blur 19. Ode to a Coach Yard 20. By Train to the End of the Earth 21. Pencil-Whipping Train 101 22. I Plead the Fifth 23. My Prestigious Experience 24. The Late, Late Train 25. The Train to Cordoba 26. You Gotta Love the Soo Line 27. New York City, Then 28. New York City, Now 29. Best Little Railroad in Effingham 30. Last Train to Texas 31. Railroading in a Fiery Furnace 32. Night Train to Nowhere Part III: Kicking the Train Down the Tracks 33. Miss Katy's Funny Pieces of Paper 34. Moments I'd Rather Forget 35. The Timeless Clovis Sub 36. What's the Matter with Florida? 37. The Brain Drain 38. A Little Drawbridge that Couldn't 39. That Commodore Vanderbilt Feeling 40. The Ageless World of Stan Kistler 41. Saturday Night Fever 42. Who Really Saved Illinois Central 43. Why You May Yet Read by Candlelight 44. 14th Street at Night 45. The Wreck of Old 54 46. The Mother of All Traffic Jams
Foreword by Thomas G. Hoback Part I: Running the Railroads 1. President Carter to the Rescue 2. The Man You Never Wanted to Cross 3. Watch Rob Run 4. Thinking Outside the Container 5. The World According to Mcclellan 6. The Saga of 'Pisser Bill' 7. A Man in Full 8. Mike Haverty's Long Shadow 9. How to Go Boots Up in Railroading 10. The Battles of Powder River 11. When Lou Menk Saved a Zephyr 12. Inside the Mind of Michael Ward 13. The Legacy of Hunter Harrison 14. A Battle for Supremacy in the West Part II: Travels around Trains 15. The Cocoon of a Long-Distance Train 16. No Place for Man or Beast . . . or Train 17. The Ladies from Cork Are Aghast 18. Crossing the Country in a Blur 19. Ode to a Coach Yard 20. By Train to the End of the Earth 21. Pencil-Whipping Train 101 22. I Plead the Fifth 23. My Prestigious Experience 24. The Late, Late Train 25. The Train to Cordoba 26. You Gotta Love the Soo Line 27. New York City, Then 28. New York City, Now 29. Best Little Railroad in Effingham 30. Last Train to Texas 31. Railroading in a Fiery Furnace 32. Night Train to Nowhere Part III: Kicking the Train Down the Tracks 33. Miss Katy's Funny Pieces of Paper 34. Moments I'd Rather Forget 35. The Timeless Clovis Sub 36. What's the Matter with Florida? 37. The Brain Drain 38. A Little Drawbridge that Couldn't 39. That Commodore Vanderbilt Feeling 40. The Ageless World of Stan Kistler 41. Saturday Night Fever 42. Who Really Saved Illinois Central 43. Why You May Yet Read by Candlelight 44. 14th Street at Night 45. The Wreck of Old 54 46. The Mother of All Traffic Jams
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