Jeff Wilson:The Model Railroader's Guide to Industries Along the Tracks 4 : Model Railroader Books
- Prima edizione 2012, ISBN: 9780890247716
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Addison-Wesley Professional. Very Good. 7 x 1.5 x 9 inches. Paperback. 2010. 708 pages. <br>This encyclopedic book is not only a definitive Ra ils reference, but an indispensable gu… Altro …
Addison-Wesley Professional. Very Good. 7 x 1.5 x 9 inches. Paperback. 2010. 708 pages. <br>This encyclopedic book is not only a definitive Ra ils reference, but an indispensable guide to Software-as-a-Servic e coding techniques for serious craftspersons. I keep a copy in t he lab, a copy at home, and a copy on each of my three e-book rea ders, and it's on the short list of essential resources for my un dergraduate software engineering course.---Armando Fox, adjunct a ssociate professor, University of California, Berkeley Everyone interested in Rails, at some point, has to follow The Rails Way.- --Fabio Cevasco, senior technical writer, Siemens AG, and blogger at H3RALD I can positively say that it's the single best Ra ils book ever published to date. By a long shot.---Antonio Cangia no, software engineer and technical evangelist at IBM This book is a great crash course in Ruby on Rails! It doesn't just documen t the features of Rails, it filters everything through the lens o f an experienced Rails developer---so you come our a pro on the o ther side.---Dirk Elmendorf, co-founder of Rackspace, and Rails d eveloper since 2005 The key to The Rails Way is in the title. It literally covers the way to do almost everything with Rails. Wri ting a truly exhaustive reference to the most popular Web applica tion framework used by thousands of developers is no mean feat. A thankful community of developers that has struggled to rely on s cant documentation will embrace The Rails Way with open arms. A t our de force!---Peter Cooper, editor, Ruby Inside In the past ye ar, dozens of Rails books have been rushed to publication. A hand ful are good. Most regurgitate rudimentary information easily fou nd on the Web. Only this book provides both the broad and deep te chnicalities of Rails. Nascent and expert developers. I recommend you follow The Rails Way.---Martin Streicher, chief technology o fficer, McLarchy Interactive; former editor-in-chief of Linux Mag azine Hal Fulton's The Ruby Way has always been by my side as a reference while programming Ruby. Many times I had wished there w as a book that had the same depth and attention to detail, only f ocused on the Rails framework. That book is now here and hasn't l eft my desk for the past month.---Nate Klaiber, Ruby programmer As noted in my contribution to the Afterword: What is the Rails W ay (To You)?, I knew soon after becoming involved with Rails that I had found something great. Now, with Obie's book, I have been able to step into Ruby on Rails development coming from .NET and be productive right away. The applications I have created I belie ve to be a much better quality due to the techniques I learned us ing Obie's knowledge.---Robert Baziner, InfoQ, .NET and Ruby community editor, and founding member of the Hartford, CT, Ruby B rigade Extremely well written; it's a resource that every Rails programmer should have. Yes, it's that good.---Reuven Lerner, Lin ux Journal columnist Editorial Reviews Review Praise for the Pr evious Edition This encyclopedic book is not only a definitive R ails reference, but an indispensable guide to Software-as-a-Servi ce coding techniques for serious craftspersons. I keep a copy in the lab, a copy at home, and a copy on each of my three e-book re aders, and it's on the short list of essential resources for my u ndergraduate software engineering course. --Armando Fox, adjunct associate professor, University of California, Berkeley Everyon e interested in Rails, at some point, has to follow The Rails Way . --Fabio Cevasco, senior technical writer, Siemens AG, and blog ger at H3RALD I can positively say that it's the single best Rails book ever published to date. By a long shot. --Antonio Ca ngiano, software engineer and technical evangelist at IBM This b ook is a great crash course in Ruby on Rails! It doesn't just doc ument the features of Rails, it filters everything through the le ns of an experienced Rails developer--so you come our a pro on th e other side. --Dirk Elmendorf, co-founder of Rackspace, and Rai ls developer since 2005 The key to The Rails Way is in the title . It literally covers the way to do almost everything with Rails. Writing a truly exhaustive reference to the most popular Web app lication framework used by thousands of developers is no mean fea t. A thankful community of developers that has struggled to rely on scant documentation will embrace The Rails Way with open arms. A tour de force! --Peter Cooper, editor, Ruby Inside In the pa st year, dozens of Rails books have been rushed to publication. A handful are good. Most regurgitate rudimentary information easil y found on the Web. Only this book provides both the broad and de ep technicalities of Rails. Nascent and expert developers, I reco mmend you follow The Rails Way. --Martin Streicher, chief techno logy officer, McLatchy Interactive; former editor-in-chief of Lin ux Magazine Hal Fulton's The RubyWay has always been by my side as a reference while programming Ruby. Many times I had wished th ere was a book that had the same depth and attention to detail, o nly focused on the Rails framework. That book is now here and has n't left my desk for the past month. --Nate Klaiber, Ruby progra mmer As noted in my contribution to the Afterword: What Is the R ails Way (To You)?, I knew soon after becoming involved with Rail s that I had found something great. Now, with Obie's book, I have been able to step into Ruby on Rails development coming from .NE T and be productive right away. The applications I have created I believe to be a much better quality due to the techniques I lear ned using Obie's knowledge. --Robert Bazinet, InfoQ, .NET an d Ruby community editor, and founding member of the Hartford, CT, Ruby Brigade Extremely well written; it's a resource that every Rails programmer should have. Yes, it's that good. --Reuven Ler ner, Linux Journal columnist About the Author Obie Fernandez ha s been hacking computers since he got his first Commodore VIC-20 in the eighties, and found himself in the right place and time as a programmer on some of the first Java enterprise projects of th e mid-nineties. Obie has been evangelizing Ruby on Rails online v ia blog posts and publications since early 2005. He has traveled around the world relentlessly promoting Rails at large industry c onferences. As CEO and Founder of Hashrocket, Obie specializes in orchestrating the creation of large-scale, web-based application s, both for startups and mission-critical enterprise projects. He still gets his hands dirty with code on at least a weekly basis and posts regularly on various topics to his popular technology b log. About the Author Obie Fernandez has been hacking computers since he got his first Commodore VIC-20 in the eighties, and foun d himself in the right place and time as a programmer on some of the first Java enterprise projects of the mid-nineties. Obie has been evangelizing Ruby on Rails online via blog posts and publica tions since early 2005. He has traveled around the world relentle ssly promoting Rails at large industry conferences. As CEO and Fo under of Hashrocket, Obie specializes in orchestrating the creati on of large-scale, web-based applications, both for startups and mission-critical enterprise projects. He still gets his hands dir ty with code on at least a weekly basis and posts regularly on va rious topics to his popular technology blog. ., Addison-Wesley Professional, 2010, 3, O'Reilly Media, Incorporated, 2008. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed., O'Reilly Media, Incorporated, 2008, 3, Hersham: Ian Allan Limited, 2007. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 11th Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 123 pages, 540g. Pictorial laminted boards FINE with previous owners name and date to top corner of front paste-down. FINE. Illustrated with coloured maps.., Ian Allan Limited, 2007, 5, B.T. Batsford, 1980. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 7.5" x 10. H/B 120 pages, condition is very good. When steam locomotion was finally dispensed with by British Rail as 'outmoded and uneconomic', it was left to private groups and individuals to fight to preserve an integral part of our industrial heritage. Such preservation of working steam has proved successful beyond expectation and is due solely to the dedication and professionalism of these bodies. Steam centres, preserved lines and railways draw each year an increasing number of enthusiastic and informed visitors. In the early days of the railway networks each company was privately owned and each set about the task of building locomotives best suited to its needs and budgets. A particular aim of this book has been to present examples of as many different kinds of working locomotives as possible, irrespective of their operating gauge and without too much deference to the exact meaning of the word 'preserved'. Thus we are shown pictures as wide ranging in scope as the Vale of Rheidol Railway, the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway and the locomotives King Haakon 7, the Flying Scotsman and Greene King. The omission or indeed inclusion of locomotives and lines is therefore not intended to be indicative of their relative importance or popularity! Both authors are railway enthusiasts and freelance photographers and their skill and dedication to their subject is reflected in the quantity and scope of this fine tribute to the remaining steam locomotives in the British mainland. The jacket illustrations are back Blackmore Vale on its way to Horsted Keynes from Sheffield Park, September 1978. and from USA tank No. 72 on the Worth Valley Railway, hauling a works train from Keighley. August 1979 John H. Cooper-Smith)., B.T. Batsford, 1980, 3, Hersham: Ian Allan Ltd, 2012. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 96 pages, 670g. Pictorial laminated Boards FINE. Illustrated in colour throughout. This book chronicles Go-Ahead's involvement in the bus industry from 1987 onwards and also includes its entry into the rail industry in the 1990s.., Ian Allan Ltd, 2012, 5, London: Light Rail Transit Association, 1980. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 192 pages. 430g. Pictorial laminated Boards a little rubbed to edges, Near FINE. Illustrated with over 120 b/w photographs, line drawings and route maps to end-papers. the story of the three company-operated electric tramways that served the industrial and mining towns to the south of Leeds.., Light Rail Transit Association, 1980, 4, London: Little, Brown, 2004 Book. Very Good. Brown Cloth Boards. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Account of a competition between locomotives staged by the Liverpool & Manchester Railway Company in 1829. 379pp with index, illustrated with black and white reproductions. Dark green lettering to spine, brown endpapers. Minimal bumping to base of spjne and slight sunning to edges, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ has slight surface marking and edgewear, with small nick at top of spine, otherwise very good.., Little, Brown, 2004, 3, Ian Allan, Shepperton, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/not applicable. Usual 'landscape' album format in glossy laminated boards. Profusely illustrated in colour throughout. Presentable, tight and sound copy. 80 pages. Size: 4to. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Railways; ISBN: 0711022305. ISBN/EAN: 9780711022300. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 0021705. . 9780711022300, Ian Allan, 1994, 3, London: The Institute of Petroleum, 1955 pp viii 185 plus xii pages of pictorial adverts at the back illustrating road tankers, refineries and rail tank wagons etc. With illustrations and diagrams in the text. Red cloth. Ex H.M. Board of Customs & Excise Library with lightly embossed stamp on front endpaper and half title page and stamped number at top of front endpaper, half-tile and title page only. Otherwise a bright clean copy., The Institute of Petroleum, 1955, 3, Academic Journal Offprint from: - Journal of the Railway and Canal Historical Society, Volume 30, Part 9, No. 152, Neovember 1992. 10pp, 1 figs, Printed Card Cover, VGC, 0, MONTHLY MAGAZINE, ?RAILWAY WORLD APRIL 1980? SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Date of Publication: 1980* Publisher: Ian Allan.* ISBN: 0033-9032* Binding and cover condition: Colour photo-illustrated glossy thick paper covers. No creases to spine, hinge or covers. Minimal shelf wear to edges. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY, Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations or inscriptions, very slight age, seems very little used. FINE* Illustrations: Colour & b/w photos within text throughout.* Pages: 53 pp. text. classified and advertisements at rear.* Product Description :- One in the ?Ian Allan? stable of transport magazines. Sections are:- Main Lines; Hatfield - a once busy junction; ?Castle? No 5051; Port Road post-mortem; Industrial steam in England; Motive power policy under the Modernisation Plan; New books; Letters; Preservation scene; Rail Report; Traffic report; Enthusiast?s Month;* This is a FINE copy with absolutely minimal shelf wear.*, Ian Allan Ltd, 1980-04-01, 5, Chester: Cheshire Libraries, 1986. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, traces of handling and no bumping to corners. 100pp. A photographic study on the way of life in the 19th and early 20th century of the industrial and rural communities served by the North Staffordshire Railway, known as 'the Knotty'.. Soft Cover. Very Good (+). 11.75 x 8.25 inches., Cheshire Libraries, 1986, 3, (Printer code: 12-12-32). 12 pages, blank signoff certificate for recipient at front. 6x4", printed wrapper. Staples bit rusty, G., 0, Indiana University Press. Good. 6.14 x 0.8 x 9.21 inches. Paperback. 2008. 360 pages. Cover worn<br>A saga about one of the oldest and most romantic enterprises in the land?America's railroads?The Men Who Loved Trains introduces some of the most dynamic businessmen in A merica. Here are the chieftains who have run the railroads, inclu ding those who set about grabbing power and big salaries for them selves, and others who truly loved the industry. As a journalist and associate editor of Fortune magazine who covered the demise of Penn Central and the creation of Conrail, Rush Loving often ha d a front row seat to the foibles and follies of this group of me n. He uncovers intrigue, greed, lust for power, boardroom battles , and takeover wars and turns them into a page-turning story for readers. Included is the story of how the chairman of CSX Corpor ation, who later became George W. Bush's Treasury secretary, was inept as a manager but managed to make millions for himself while his company drifted in chaos. Men such as he were shy of scruple s, yet there were also those who loved trains and railroading, an d who played key roles in reshaping transportation in the northea stern United States. This book will delight not only the rail fan , but anyone interested in American business and history. Editor ial Reviews Review The Men Who Loved Trains is a riveting morali ty story of intrigues, boardroom battles, corporate takeovers, an d secret cabals aiming for control of a large part of America's t ransport system. A rare behind-the-scenes story of an epic battle over power and personal gain.?Marshall Loeb, columnist for Dow J ones's MoneyWatch and former editor of Fortune and Money magazine s The men who loved trains deserve a writer who loves them as we ll. This excellent book is a perfect match of subject and author. ?Carol Loomis, Fortune This absorbing book takes you on an enter taining ride through the train wars of the last 30 years. It is f illed with intrigue and backbiting in the executive suites and wi th stories of how the railroaders got away with unbelievable wast e?until it all caught up with them.?William Neikirk, Chicago Trib une This fascinating volume by Rush Loving details the painful r e-shaping process that the railroads in the northeast underwent o ver the past four decades.?David J. Mrozek, Michigan Railfan, Nov ember - December 2008 About the Author Rush Loving Jr. has writt en for Fortune, served as assistant director of the Office of Man agement and Budget under President Jimmy Carter, and worked as a consultant specializing in transportation economics, issues befor e Congress, and corporate communication problems. He lives in Bal timore, Maryland. ., Indiana University Press, 2008, 2.5, Waite Agricultural Research Institute, University of Adelaide, 1991. Softcover. FINE!. AUSTRALIANA BIOGRAPHYPeter Waite was a South Australian pastoralist, businessman, company director and public benefactor. Waite's philanthropic endeavors provided significant benefit to the University of Adelaide and to local public schools, and generations of students have benefited from his largesse.Peter Waite (1834-1922), pastoralist and benefactor, was born on 9 May 1834 at Pitcairn near Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, son of James Waite, farmer, and his wife Elizabeth, née Stocks. Left fatherless, Waite trained and worked as an ironmonger in Edinburgh and Aberdeen. On 8 June 1859 he arrived in Melbourne in the British Trident and went to his brother James's station, Pandappa, near Terowie, South Australia. In 1862 with (Sir) Thomas Elder Waite bought the adjoining Paratoo run, and he took over Pandappa's lease when his brother died in 1863. On 21 November 1864 Waite married his first cousin Matilda Methuen (d.1922) at Woodville; they had eight children.Drought beset the north in 1864-66 but from 1869 Elder, Waite and N. E. Phillipson accumulated sheep and cattle runs from Beltana to the Queensland border, though after 1880 resumptions caused some loss of profits. In 1883 Waite became chairman of Elder's Wool & Produce Co. Ltd, a subsidiary of Elder Smith & Co.; in 1888 they were amalgamated and he became chairman of directors of Elder Smith & Co. Ltd, displaying remarkable ingenuity and initiative. After Elder's death in 1897 his interests and those of Waite and Phillipson were merged in the Beltana Pastoral Co. Ltd; Waite was its managing director, and also of the Mutooroo Pastoral Co. Ltd, in 1898-1911. He had directorships in the Commercial Union Assurance Co. Ltd, the British Broken Hill Co. Ltd, and the S.A. Woollen Co. Ltd. He held Momba station in New South Wales.Waite gave leads to pastoralists with his improvement and management of semi-arid salt bush country. By poisoning vermin, fencing paddocks and providing permanent water he achieved larger sheep numbers; he emphasized breeding, flexible stock movement and the rotation of paddocks. A member of a railway extension committee, in 1874 he had pressed for a northern rail link with Adelaide. He advocated large leases of long tenure and close personal supervision, and he gave useful evidence to the 1897-98 pastoral lands commission. An exacting, energetic employer, Waite lived at Paratoo until he bought Urrbrae, near Adelaide, in 1874. He was a member and vice-president of the Pastoralists' Association of South Australia and West Darling and the Federated Employers' Council of South Australia. In 1875 he was chairman of the Stockbreeders' Association.In the 1870s Waite was a patron of the arts and later became a benefactor to the pastoral and agricultural industry, donating Urrbrae Estate to the University of Adelaide in 1913, subject to life tenancy for himself and his wife; half was to be for agricultural studies and the rest for a park. A further 114-acre (46 ha) site nearby was given to the South Australian government for an agricultural high school. In 1915 Claremont and part of Netherby, also near Urrbrae, were bought and given to the university, followed in 1918 by 5880 shares in Elder Smith & Co. Ltd to enable the land to be used as intended. The total value of his gifts to the university was estimated at £100,000; in 1923 the Waite Agricultural Research Institute was established.56 p. : ill., ports ; 21 cm. Bibliography: p. 56. #250822 First Edition.Waite, Peter, 1834-1922.  |  Agriculturists -- South Australia -- Biography.Waite Agricultural Research Institute Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA. Softcover FINE!, Waite Agricultural Research Institute, University of Adelaide, 1991, 0, Osprey, 1979. 1st edition.. Hardback. Cloth, dj, F/VG. 224pp, b/w illustrations, index, spine sunned, otherwise a fine copy in a fine dustjacket. Study of the entrepreneurs who in the USA & in Britain became powerful and fabulously wealthy from the exploitations & develompment of rail networks., Osprey, 1979, 0, UsedVeryGood. Fast Shipping - Safe and Secure 7 days a week!, 0, The Industrial Railway Society., 1969. 39pp, photographs, drawings, map.. Paperback. Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., The Industrial Railway Society., 1969, 3, NY: The Century Company, 1912. Book. Good. Soft cover. 8vo. 7pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated with a portrait, very minor damp-staining noted at bottom fore corners, salvaged from a damaged issue of Century Magazine, Volume LXXXIII, No. 4, February, 1912. The subject, 1822 - 1913, is known as the father of the modern steel industry. He was superintendent of the Cambria Iron Works in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, where he invented a method of manufacturing iron rails for railroads. Fritz went to Bethlehem in 1860 as chief superintendent of Bethlehem Iron Company, founded to produce rails for Asa Packer's company, and established itself as the nation's premier supplier of rails. At the age of 87 he designed, supervised the construction, and selected the equipment for Fritz Laboratory, now a National Historic Engineering Landmark, and left funds for its upkeep in his will. Housed in protective mylar report cover.., The Century Company, 1912, 2.5, 2010 green softcover in like new condition; slight wear to covers, no marks inside. US media mail for shipping. For foreign shipping use Biblio Export Center. Fourth in a series, Industries Along the Tracks 4 features specific industries that were served by rail. Modeling tips and track plans are included to help modelers incorporate the featured industries into their layouts. Historical photos make this appeal to railfans., Kalmbach Publishing Company, 2010, 5<
