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Stockcross & Bagnor Station - Stations of the Great Western Railway    by Charles Darvelle
Price: $0.99 USD. 2780 words. Language: English. Published by Bretwalda Books  on March 21, 2012. Nonfiction » History » European.

A dedicated history of one of this rural station on the Great Western Railway. Stockcross and Bagnor Station no more. This once bustling rural branch line station closed in the 1960s. Steam engines once chuffed up the long gradient from Newbury, stopped at Stockcross and Bagnor and then pushed on to Lambourn at the end of the line.
East Garston - Stations of the Great Western Railway GWR    by Charles Darvelle
Price: $0.99 USD. 2950 words. Language: English. Published by Bretwalda Books  on March 25, 2012. Nonfiction » History » European.

An enjoyable history of one of the long vanished branch line stations on the Great Western Railway. East Garston is no more. The site remains, but there is little to show where this once bustling village railway station and its level crossing once stood. East Garston handled a wide variety of agricultural freight, as well as passengers and parcels.
Boxford Station - Stations of the Great Western Railway GWR    by Charles Darvelle
Price: $0.99 USD. 3400 words. Language: English. Published by Bretwalda Books  on March 21, 2012. Nonfiction » History » European.

A dedicated history of a once busy rural station on a branch line of the Great Western Railway. Boxford was for many years a bustling little rural station on the branch line from Newbury to Lambourn. It is closed now, but some of the older residents can still remember the trains rattling through the station.
Grit, Grief And Gold: A True Narrative Of An Alaska Pathfinder    by ANDY BARNETT
Price: $0.99 USD. 56370 words. Language: English. Published on December 22, 2012. Nonfiction » History » American.

Grit, Grief and Gold is an eyewitness account of M.J. Heney's railroad building in Alaska. Whiting was chief surgeon during construction of the White Pass & Yukon Route and Copper River & Northwestern Railway, as well as a good friend of "The Irish Prince of Alaska." This epub includes the original text and photos, an appendix that expands Whiting's account and additional photographs.
Newbury West Fields Halt - Stations of the Great Western Railway    by Charles Darvelle
Price: $0.99 USD. 3530 words. Language: English. Published by Bretwalda Books  on March 20, 2012. Nonfiction » Transportation » Railroads / History.

A dedicated history of one of the more neglected stations on the Great Western Railway. Newbury West Fields Halt is no more. There is little left on the ground to show where this railway station once stood. Yet it was once a bustling commuter station serving residents of housing estates near Newbury, Berkshire.
Welford Park - Stations of the Great Western Railway GWR    by Charles Darvelle
Price: $0.99 USD. 2970 words. Language: English. Published by Bretwalda Books  on March 25, 2012. Nonfiction » History » European.

A well researched history of one of closed branch line stations on the Great Western Railway. Welford Park Station is no more. This was once the busiest of all the stations on the Lambourn Valley Line serving as it did the huge RAF base nearby as well as the village of Welford. But
Lambourn - Stations of the Great Western Railway    by Charles Darvelle
Price: $0.99 USD. 3710 words. Language: English. Published by Bretwalda Books  on March 24, 2012. Nonfiction » History » Europe / Austria & Hungary.

A fascinating history of one of the long vanished stations on the Great Western Railway. Lambourn Station is no more. There is nothing left on the ground to show that this was once the thriving terminus of an independent railway line, later taken over by the Great Western Railway.
Great Shefford - Stations of the Great Western Railway GWR    by Charles Darvelle
Price: $0.99 USD. 3080 words. Language: English. Published by Bretwalda Books  on March 25, 2012. Nonfiction » History » European.

An engaging history of one of the lost branch line stations on the Great Western Railway. Great Shefford Station is no more. Although it was once a bustling village station with a thriving trade in timber felled in nearby woods, there is little left on the ground to show where this railway station once stood.
Rocket Boy - Eyewitness to the Early Railways    by James W Bancroft
Price: $2.99 USD. 8700 words. Language: English. Published on September 10, 2012. Nonfiction » Transportation » Railroads / History.

This is the eyewitness account of Edward Entwistle, who drove the famous steam locomotive 'Rocket' during the opening of the world's first passenger railway, and his long life in England and the United States. It is one of the most inportant documents concerning the early years of transport ever produced.
Railroad Employees In Wake County North Carolina    by Robert Grey Reynolds, Jr
Price: $2.99 USD. 7420 words. Language: English. Published on January 17, 2013. Nonfiction » Biography » Biographical anthologies.

My eBook profiles employees of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, Raleigh and Augusta Air Line Railroad, and Southern Railway. Each of these railroad companies kept offices in Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina by the late 19th century. Individual workers include train executives, conductors, moulders, firemen, engineers, clerks, and laborers. The text was compiled from city directories, 1880-1917.