The iron road : (Record no. 4473)

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008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION
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010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 2012286302
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency YDXCP
Language of cataloging eng
Description conventions rda
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Modifying agency DLC
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-- OCLCF
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781465419538
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 1465419535
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER
System control number (OCoLC)880980204
050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number TF15
Item number .W65 2014
082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 385.09
Edition information 23
092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC)
Classification number 385.09
Item number W865i
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Wolmar, Christian,
Relator term author.
245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The iron road :
Remainder of title an illustrated history of the railroad /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Christian Wolmar.
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement First American edition.
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture London :
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer DK Publishing,
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice 2014.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 400 pages :
Other physical details illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ;
Dimensions 24 cm
336 ## - CONTENT TYPE
Content type term text
Content type code txt
Source rdacontent
337 ## - MEDIA TYPE
Media type term unmediated
Media type code n
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338 ## - CARRIER TYPE
Carrier type term volume
Carrier type code nc
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520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. From the early steam trains to the high-speed bullet trains of today, 'The Iron Road' tells the hidden stories of railway history - the inspired engineering, blood, sweat and tears that went into the construction of the railways. Uncover the compelling tales of bold vision, invention and error, and social change behind the history of trains and railways, with famous railways such as the Transsiberian fully explored.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references (pages 392-393) and index.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note The first tracks. From wagonways to railroads ; The father of railroads ; Powering the engine ; The first American railroads ; The early years of American steam ; Europe takes to the rails ; Map : western European railroads ; Railroad mania ; Wheels and trucks ; The American Civil War ; Signals in the steam age ; Heroic failures ; India : Dalhousie's colonial imperative ; Map : early Indian railroads ; The navvies : digging, drinking, and fighting ; The track structure ; Cuban sugar railroads -- The spread of the railroads. Crossing the Alps ; Climbing mountains ; The Panama Railroad : a deadly rush for gold ; Crossing America ; Map : North American transcontinentals ; Going underground ; Death on the rails ; Stopping the train ; The railroad experience ; Turnouts and sidings; Temples of steam ; Railroad signal telegraphy ; Monopolies and railroad barons ; Building bridges ; The Pullman phenomenon -- Railroads come of age. The Trans-Siberian Railway ; Map : the Trans-Siberian Railway ; The Orient Express ; The most spectacular railroads in the world ; Going uphill ; Henry Flagler and the Overseas Railroad ; Hauling freight ; Cape to Cairo : the railroad that never was ; Map : Cape to Cairo ; Electricity lightens the load ; Going electric ; The people who ran the railroads ; The wrong side of the tracks ; Indian hill railroads : climbing out of the heat -- War and uncertainty. The golden age of the railroads; The field railroads of World War I ; American luxury ; Wartime railroad disasters ; The Hejaz Railway ; Streamliners ; Australia's gauge bungle ; High-speed steam trains ; Going diesel : from the Fliegende Hamburger to the future ; Diesel power meets electricity ; World War II : atrocities on the line -- The Iron Road today. Brezhnev's folly ; Railroads lost and found ; Vive le Channel Tunnel ; Building tunnels ; Switzerland : the best of the best ; Going faster : bullet trains and high-speed lines ; China, the new pioneer ; The railroad renaissance ; Maglev trains.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Railroads
General subdivision History.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Railroad travel
General subdivision History.
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Railroad travel.
Source of heading or term fast
Authority record control number or standard number (OCoLC)fst01088689
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Railroads.
Source of heading or term fast
Authority record control number or standard number (OCoLC)fst01088711
655 #7 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM
Genre/form data or focus term History.
Source of term fast
Authority record control number or standard number (OCoLC)fst01411628
856 42 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Materials specified Contributor biographical information
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856 42 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Materials specified Publisher description
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949 ## - LOCAL PROCESSING INFORMATION (OCLC)
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999 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBERS (KOHA)
-- DEWEY
-- 51994001702887
-- 3/6/2018
-- 6/29/2023
-- 3
-- CIRCSTACKS
-- LRC
-- 1
-- $30.00
-- Y
-- Y
-- BOOK
-- 12/3/2014
-- PRINT
Holdings
Withdrawn status Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Home library Current library Shelving location Date acquired Cost, normal purchase price Total checkouts Full call number Barcode Copy number Koha item type
    Dewey Decimal Classification     Odessa College Odessa College Stacks 12/03/2014 30.00   385.09 W865I 51994001702887 1 Books