Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
A railway pioneer is someone who has made a significant contribution to the historical development of the railway (US: railroad). This definition includes locomotive engineers, railway construction engineers, operators of railway companies, major railway investors and politicians, of national and international importance for the development of rail transport.
Nice, David C. Amtrak: The History and Politics of a National Railroad (1998) online edition Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback Machine; Nock, O.S., ed. Encyclopedia of Railways (London, 1977), worldwide coverage, heavily illustrated; Riegel, Robert Edgar. The Story of the Western Railroads 1926 online edition Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback ...
In 1947, Lewis joined Railway Age in Chicago as assistant editor, before later rising became an editor for the magazine's transport division. In 1950 he became head of sales for Railway Age publisher Simmons-Boardman, and in 1956, editor of Railway Age. He held this position until 1995.
The company was preceded in the final years of the 19th century by 'F. Moore', a railway artist and photographer who published Moore's Monthly Magazine, the first widely popular railway magazine. [1] In actuality, 'F. Moore' was the pseudonymous pen-name for two brothers, A.R. Bell and A. Morton Bell, both apprentices at the Stratford Works of ...
The Railway Magazine ISSN 0033-8923; The Railway Observer ISSN 0952-7133; Railways Illustrated ISSN 1479-2230; Steam Days ISSN 0000-0000; Steam Railway, 1979– , ISSN 0143-72320; Railway World ISSN 0033-9032; Steam World ISSN 0959-0897; Thomas Cook Continental Timetable (now the European Rail Timetable), 1873– Today's Railways UK (formerly ...
Railroad Magazine was a pulp magazine founded by Frank Anderson Munsey and published October 1906 to January 1979. It was the first specialized pulp magazine with stories and articles about railroads. The magazine merged with Railfan to form the new Railfan & Railroad, published by Carstens Publications beginning after the final Railroad issue ...
The people listed here were all pioneers in the development of various forms of rail transport. Subcategories This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total.
Ian Allan Publishing was an English publisher, established in 1942, which specialised in transport books. [1] It was founded by Ian Allan.. In 1942, Ian Allan, then working in the public relations department for the Southern Railway at Waterloo station, decided he could deal with many of the requests he received about rolling stock by collecting the information into a book. [2]