Author: Rail-to-trails ConservancyRail-to-trails Conserva
Publisher: Wilderness Press
Keywords: michigan, ohio, wisconsin, indiana, illinois, trails, midwest, lakes, rail
Number of Pages: 400
Published: 2009-05-15
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 0899974678
ISBN-13: 9780899974675

In this edition in the popular series, the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy presents the best of the Great Lakes rail-trails, home to the most rail-trails in the country. With 113 rural, suburban, and urban trails threading through nearly 2300 miles, Rail-Trails Midwest: Great Lakes covers Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Many rail-trails are paved and run through the most popular parts of town, such as the 61-mile Illinois Prairie Path, which links Chicago-area suburbs. Others take you back in time for a look at regional history, like Ohio’s 11-mile Holmes County Trail. The

Author: Tracy Salcedo-Chourre
Publisher: Falcon
Keywords: rail, trails, series, state, california, throughout
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2008-10-14
List price: $15.95
ISBN-10: 0762746777
ISBN-13: 9780762746774

Comprehensive directory to the state’s most popular rail trails. Each trail will receive a full trail profile, descriptive narrative, detailed information, and more.

Author: Thomas Cook Timetables Team
Publisher: Thomas Cook Publishing
Keywords: rail, maps, map, europe
Number of Pages: 2
Published: 2009-03-03
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 1848480490
ISBN-13: 9781848480490

These color-coded maps feature over 6,000 cities and towns, high speed lines, scenic routes and principal passenger and rail ferries.  Features include:· Passengers railways of Europe from the Atlantic to Moscow· Over 6000 cities and towns· High-speed lines colour coded· Scenic routes highlighted· Channel Tunnel and other major tunnels· Principal passenger and rail ferries· Main mountain ranges and rivers, tourist areas, holiday beaches, international airports· Europe 1 : 4 million scale· Scandinavia at 1 : 6 million · Central Europe enlarged to 1 : 1.5 million· Compiled and update

Authors:John Wilson, Beverley Norris, Theresa Clarke, Ann Mil
Publisher: Ashgate Pub Co
Keywords: rail, road, transport, factors, human, systems, people
Number of Pages: 450
Published: 2007-08-01
List price: $165.00
ISBN-10: 0754671844
ISBN-13: 9780754671848

Following on from 2005’s Rail Human Factors: Supporting the Integrated Railway, this book brings together an even broader range of academics and practitioners from around the world to share their expertise and experience on rail human factors. The content is both comprehensive and cutting-edge, featuring more than 55 chapters addressing the following topics such as: passengers and public; driver performance and workload; driving and cognition; train cab and interfaces: simulation and design; routes, signage, signals and drivability; signalling and control of the railway; planning for the

Author: Natalie Bartley
Publisher: Falcon
Keywords: rail, trails, ride, series, idaho, washington, pacific, northwest, oregon
Number of Pages: 368
Published: 2009-01-13
List price: $15.95
ISBN-10: 0762746076
ISBN-13: 9780762746071

Best Rail Trails Pacific Northwest is the complete guide to walking, jogging, biking, and cross-country skiing  more than sixty of the best rail trails in one of the most beautiful and geographically varied reaches of America.

Author: W. F. Rae
Publisher: BCR (Bibliographical Center for Research)
Keywords: rail, westward
Number of Pages: 408
Published: 2009-03-31
List price: $33.75
ISBN-10: 110373346X
ISBN-13: 9781103733460

The History of the American West Collection is a unique project that provides opportunities for researchers and new readers to easily access and explore works which have previously only been available on library shelves. The Collection brings to life pre-1923 titles focusing on a wide range of topics and experiences in US Western history. From the initial westward migration, to exploration and development of the American West to daily life in the West and intimate pictures of the people who inhabited it, this collection offers American West enthusiasts a new glimpse at some forgotten treasu

Author: John Pitt
Publisher: Bradt Travel Guide
Keywords: rail, usa
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2008-10-01
List price: $23.99
ISBN-10: 1841622559
ISBN-13: 9781841622552

Fully updated to take into account route and timetable changes, this is the only book available specifically designed for US train travel. Rugged charm sets the train apart from more mundane means of transport and its ecological soundness is again in fashion. Pampered by helpful attendants, you can travel from coast to coast, explore the Rocky Mountains and ride directly alongside two oceans. Less expensive than flying and more comfortable than the bus, the train keeps you relaxed and in touch with an ever-changing landscape as the world becomes a framed but moving picture.