2012年01月13日

Fairs and Railroads

Railroads at World's Fairs, Expositions and Railroad Fairs
by Thornton Waite, 2010, 213 pages soft cover

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Table of contents
vii Preface
ix Introduction
1 Chap. 1 Centennial International Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA (1876)
9 Chap. 2 National Exhibition of Railway Appliances, Chicago, IL (1883)
13 Chap. 3 World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, IL (1893)
38 Chap. 4 Louisiana Purchase International Exposition, Forest Park, MO (1904)
51 Chap. 5 Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, CA (1915)
64 Chap. 6 Panama-California Exposition, Panama-California International Exposition, San Diego, CA (1915 & 1916)
70 Chap. 7 A Century of Progress International Exposition, Chicago, IL (1927)
80 Chap. 8 Fair of the Iron Horse, Baltimore, ML (1927)
101 Chap. 9 New York World's Fair, New York City, NY (1939 & 1940)
116 Chap. 10 Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco, CA (1939 & 1940)
125 Chap. 11 Chicago Railroad Fair, Chicago, IL (1948 & 1949)
149 Chap. 12 Fairs in the 1960s
163 Chap. 13 Fairs in the 1970s & 1980s
170 Chap. 14 California State Railroad Museum Railroad Fairs (1981, 1991 & 1999)
177 Chap. 15 Expo 86, Vancouver, British Columbia (1986)
180 Chap. 16 Other Fairs
194 Conclusion
195 Appendix A -Edward Hungerford
198 Appendix B -History of Some Railroad Fair Equipment
211 Appendix C -Locomotive Types
212 References
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2012年01月09日

The Steam Liners

Streamlined Steam Locomotives and the American Passenger Train
by Kevin J. Holland, 2002, hard cover 156 pages 大阪旭屋本店¥6,290

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Table of Contents
2 Preface
4 Winds of Change, Streamlining Emerges
16 Uncharted Territory, 1934-1936
52 Momentum, 1937-1939
102 Against the Odds,1940-1950
136 Northern Parallels, Canadians adn kin
148 The Spectrum, Streamliners in Color
156 Bibliography

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