Viewing Norfolk Southern Railway covers the history of this railroad, beginning with the South Carolina Canal & Rail Road Company, which in 1830 operated the first regularly scheduled passenger train in the United States. Among the many railroads that became part of Norfolk Southern was the Pennsylvania Railroad, whose completion of the Horseshoe ......
Now in Paperback. Following the success of his bestselling book, the Passion for Holden, Joel Wakely takes a personal look at the golden age of Australian car manufacturing and particularly the passion for the muscle cars that arose in the 1950s and reached its height in the 1970s.
In this fully illustrated personal look at the culture of hot rods and customised vehicles in Australia are dozens of fascinating stories about these incredible cars and the passionate craftspeople, amateur and professional, who build them. Includes unique and never before seen photos and contributions from dozens of hot rod and custom enthusiasts.
To mark the manufacture of the very last Australian Holdens in 2017, Joel Wakely gathered together dozens of fascinating personal stories about many of the models Holden produced since 1948. Joel tells the whole story of Holden, recounting highlights of 69 years of manufacturing all-Australian vehicles and the final closure of Holden in 2020.
How One California Dealership Fueled the Rise of Ferrari in America
When Ferrari of Los Gatos opened, few people could afford an expensive sports car. In 1973, the average annual income was $12,686, and a new home cost about $48,000. Motorists in California could only buy gas on odd or even-numbered days based on the last digit of their license plate, due to the global oil crisis. Times were tough, and people ......
TheCaravan & Motorhome Book was originally published in 200. It had 11 updated editions. It was totally rewritten in 2016. Surprisingly little unbiased information is available about buying, building, converting or using camper trailers, caravans and motor homes. This book, by engineer/writer Collyn Rivers, is an ......
This third edition (2018) Camper Trailer Book details every aspect of camper trailers and their use. It describes in plain English approaches that will work, not just that may work. Camper trailers offer the freedom and pleasures of camping without the discomfort. A well-made one can be towed almost anywhere its towing vehicle can traverse. The ......
A history of steamboats and railroads in the United States prior to the Civil War. In the first half of the nineteenth century, transportation in the United States underwent an extraordinary transformation. Steamboats and railroads turned long-distance travel from an arduous undertaking into a regularized commodity: travel became something that ......
Autonomous Vehicles and the Ethics of Technological Change
As the development of autonomous vehicles proceeds full-speed ahead, it is often said that this new, disruptive form of transportation will change everything. Such a claim has drawn both philosophical and public attention to what could be called ethical emergencies: imaginary situations ranging from life-or-death trolley-problem conundrums to ......
