Books about railways
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Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-69 3.99 avg rating — 13,754 ratings
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Underground Overground: A Passenger's History of the Tube
by:
Andrew Martin
3.83 avg rating — 575 ratings 3. 
Eleven Minutes Late: A Train Journey to the Soul of Britain
by:
Matthew Engel
3.72 avg rating — 323 ratings 
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Around the World in 80 Trains: A 45,000-Mile Adventure
by:
Monisha Rajesh
3.79 avg rating — 5,469 ratings 8. 
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The Texas Railroad: The Scandalous and Violent History of the International and Great Northern Railroad, 1866-1925
by:
Wayne Cline
4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings 11. 
Fire & Steam: How the Railways Transformed Britain
by:
Christian Wolmar
4.05 avg rating — 356 ratings 12. 
To the Edge of the World: The Story of the Trans-Siberian Railway
by:
Christian Wolmar
3.87 avg rating — 432 ratings 
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Parallel Lines: Or, Journeys on the Railway of Dreams
by:
Ian Marchant
3.71 avg rating — 146 ratings 
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The Trains Now Departed: Sixteen Excursions into the Lost Delights of Britain's Railways
by:
Michael Williams
3.98 avg rating — 134 ratings 18. 
Last Train to Paradise: Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad that Crossed an Ocean
by:
Les Standiford
4.09 avg rating — 4,523 ratings 
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Grand Central: How a Train Station Transformed America
by:
Sam Roberts
3.77 avg rating — 466 ratings 
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The little wonder: The story of the Festiniog Railway
by:
John Winton
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating 28. 
Mile by Mile: An Illustrated Journey On Britain's Railways
by:
S N Pike
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating 28. 
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The Great Society Subway: A History of the Washington Metro (Creating the North American Landscape) 4.19 avg rating — 447 ratings
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Railways and Industry in the Sirhowy Valley: Newport to Tredegar & Nantybwch, including Hall's Road
by:
John Hodge
4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings 28. 
Scalded to Death by the Steam: Authentic Stories of Railroad Disasters and the Ballads That Were Written About Them 3.89 avg rating — 19 ratings
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Union Pacific, The Building of the First Trans - Continental Railroad
by:
Garry Hogg
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings 28. 
Train: Riding the Rails That Created the Modern World-from the Trans-Siberian to the Southwest Chief
by:
Tom Zoellner
3.89 avg rating — 488 ratings 
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The People's Railway: The History of the Municipal Railway of San Francisco
by:
Anthony Perles
4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings 
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Orient Express: The Birth, Life, and Death of a Great Train.
by:
Garry Hogg
3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings 37. 
The Associates: Four Capitalists Who Created California
by:
Richard Rayner
3.80 avg rating — 263 ratings 
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Tiny Stations: An Uncommon Odyssey Around Britain's Railway Request Stops
by:
Dixe Wills
3.75 avg rating — 170 ratings 
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The Great Railroad Revolution: The History of Trains in America
by:
Christian Wolmar
3.98 avg rating — 610 ratings 
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Broken Rails: How Privatisation Wrecked Britain's Railways
by:
Christian Wolmar
3.85 avg rating — 13 ratings 53. 
The Race Underground: Boston, New York, and the Incredible Rivalry That Built America’s First Subway
by:
Doug Most
3.66 avg rating — 1,665 ratings 
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Terror in the Tunnels: Britain’s Dangerous Railway History
by:
Rosa Matheson
3.18 avg rating — 17 ratings 57. 
Conquering Gotham: A Gilded Age Epic: The Construction of Penn Station and Its Tunnels
by:
Jill Jonnes
3.96 avg rating — 835 ratings 57. 
Treasury of Railroad Folklore: The Stories, Tall Tales, Traditions, Ballads and Songs of the American Railroad Man
by:
Alvin F. Harlow
4.23 avg rating — 22 ratings 
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The Plant System Of Railroads, Steamships And Hotels: The South's First Great Industrial Enterprise
by:
Gregg M. Turner
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating 62. 
The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt
by:
T.J. Stiles
3.90 avg rating — 8,806 ratings 
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The White Cascade: The Great Northern Railway Disaster and America's Deadliest Avalanche
by:
Gary Krist
3.99 avg rating — 2,290 ratings 
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Lost Railway Walks: Explore 100 of Britain’s Lost Railways
by:
Julian Holland
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings 
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Appetite for America: Fred Harvey and the Business of Civilizing the Wild West--One Meal at a Time
by:
Stephen Fried
4.20 avg rating — 1,162 ratings 
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The Times History of Britain's Railways: From 1603 to the Present Day
by:
Julian Holland
4.14 avg rating — 22 ratings 
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Waiting on a Train: The Embattled Future of Passenger Rail Service A Year Spent Riding Across America
by:
James McCommons
3.99 avg rating — 268 ratings 76. 
The Times Great Railway Journeys of the World: Discover the History, Route and Sites of 50 Famous Railway Lines
by:
Julian Holland
3.40 avg rating — 15 ratings 
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Railway Day Trips: 150 classic train journeys from around Britain
by:
Julian Holland
4.05 avg rating — 19 ratings 78. 
The Iron Road: An Illustrated History of the Railroad
by:
Christian Wolmar
4.13 avg rating — 151 ratings 80. 
Mapping the Railways: The journey of Britain’s railways through Maps from 1819 to the present day
by:
Julian Holland
3.97 avg rating — 30 ratings 
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Britain's Scenic Railways: Exploring the Country by Rail from Cornwall to the Highlands
by:
Julian Holland
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings 82. 
North American Railroads: The Illustrated Encyclopedia
by:
Brian Solomon
3.96 avg rating — 25 ratings 84. 
On the Slow Train: Twelve Great British Railway Journeys
by:
Michael Williams
3.85 avg rating — 183 ratings 84. 
Classic Railroad Signals: Semaphores, Searchlights, and Towers
by:
Brian Solomon
4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings 
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All Change!: Visiting the Byways of Britain's Railway Network
by:
Paul Atterbury
4.09 avg rating — 23 ratings 91. 
Dividing Lines: Canals, Railroads and Urban Rivalry in Ohio's Hocking Valley, 1825-1875
by:
David H. Mould
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating 93. 
Do Not Alight Here: Walking London's Lost Underground and Railway Stations
by:
Ben Pedroche
4.18 avg rating — 74 ratings 
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Rails through the Wiregrass: A History of the Georgia & Florida Railroad
by:
H. Roger Grant
4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings 
