Bestsellers
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How Railways Transformed the World
- By: Patrick N. Allitt, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Patrick N. Allitt
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall50
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Performance37
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Story37
In the 24 richly illustrated lectures of How Railways Transformed the World, you’ll experience the amazing world and impact of railways, from the early 19th century to today’s futuristic trains, including extensive material on the pleasure and appeal of rail travel today.
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Patrick is the Best!
- By Rachel on 05-30-24
By: Patrick N. Allitt, and others
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Nothing Like It In The World
- The Men Who Built The Transcontinental Railroad 1863 - 1869
- By: Stephen E. Ambrose
- Narrated by: Jeffrey DeMunn
- Length: 15 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,166
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Performance846
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Story846
In this New York Times bestseller, Stephen Ambrose brings to life the story of the building of the transcontinental railroad, from the men who financed it to the engineers and surveyors who risked their lives to the workers who signed on for the dangerous job. Nothing Like It in the World gives...
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A tragic waste
- By Joshua Tretakoff on 04-11-03
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Last Train to Paradise
- Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad that Crossed an Ocean
- By: Les Standiford
- Narrated by: Del Roy
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall605
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Performance486
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Story487
The fast-paced and gripping true account of the extraordinary construction and spectacular demise of the Key West Railroad—one of the greatest engineering feats ever undertaken, destroyed in one fell swoop by the strongest storm ever to hit U.S. shores. In 1904, the brilliant and driven...
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A Pleasant Surprise
- By Roy on 04-05-09
By: Les Standiford
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Iron Empires
- Robber Barons, Railroads, and the Making of Modern America
- By: Michael Hiltzik
- Narrated by: Nick Tecoksy
- Length: 14 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall36
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Performance32
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Story32
In 1869, when the final spike was driven into the Transcontinental Railroad, few were prepared for its seismic aftershocks. Once a hodgepodge of short, squabbling lines, America’s railways soon exploded into a titanic industry helmed by a pageant of speculators, crooks, and visionaries. The...
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History doesn't get any better
- By Philo on 02-06-21
By: Michael Hiltzik
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Around the World in 80 Trains
- A 45,000-Mile Adventure
- By: Monisha Rajesh
- Narrated by: Monisha Rajesh
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall125
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Performance111
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Story110
Bloomsbury presents Around the World in 80 Trains written and read by Monisha Rajesh. WINNER OF THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELLER AWARD FOR BEST TRAVEL BOOK SHORTLISTED FOR THE STANFORD DOLMAN TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 'Monisha Rajesh has chosen one of the best ways of seeing the world...
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Surprisingly negative
- By Monica Leo on 08-13-21
By: Monisha Rajesh
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Italian Ways
- On and Off the Rails from Milan to Palermo
- By: Tim Parks
- Narrated by: Ben Bartolone
- Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall91
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Performance82
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Story82
The best-selling author of Italian Neighbors returns with a wry and revealing portrait of Italian life - by riding its trains.
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Get a narrator who can pronounce Italian!!
- By Susan on 05-18-20
By: Tim Parks
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How Railways Transformed the World
- By: Patrick N. Allitt, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Patrick N. Allitt
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall50
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Performance37
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Story37
In the 24 richly illustrated lectures of How Railways Transformed the World, you’ll experience the amazing world and impact of railways, from the early 19th century to today’s futuristic trains, including extensive material on the pleasure and appeal of rail travel today.
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Patrick is the Best!
- By Rachel on 05-30-24
By: Patrick N. Allitt, and others
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Nothing Like It In The World
- The Men Who Built The Transcontinental Railroad 1863 - 1869
- By: Stephen E. Ambrose
- Narrated by: Jeffrey DeMunn
- Length: 15 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,166
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Performance846
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Story846
In this New York Times bestseller, Stephen Ambrose brings to life the story of the building of the transcontinental railroad, from the men who financed it to the engineers and surveyors who risked their lives to the workers who signed on for the dangerous job. Nothing Like It in the World gives...
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A tragic waste
- By Joshua Tretakoff on 04-11-03
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Last Train to Paradise
- Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad that Crossed an Ocean
- By: Les Standiford
- Narrated by: Del Roy
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall605
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Performance486
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Story487
The fast-paced and gripping true account of the extraordinary construction and spectacular demise of the Key West Railroad—one of the greatest engineering feats ever undertaken, destroyed in one fell swoop by the strongest storm ever to hit U.S. shores. In 1904, the brilliant and driven...
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A Pleasant Surprise
- By Roy on 04-05-09
By: Les Standiford
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Iron Empires
- Robber Barons, Railroads, and the Making of Modern America
- By: Michael Hiltzik
- Narrated by: Nick Tecoksy
- Length: 14 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall36
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Performance32
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Story32
In 1869, when the final spike was driven into the Transcontinental Railroad, few were prepared for its seismic aftershocks. Once a hodgepodge of short, squabbling lines, America’s railways soon exploded into a titanic industry helmed by a pageant of speculators, crooks, and visionaries. The...
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History doesn't get any better
- By Philo on 02-06-21
By: Michael Hiltzik
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Around the World in 80 Trains
- A 45,000-Mile Adventure
- By: Monisha Rajesh
- Narrated by: Monisha Rajesh
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall125
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Performance111
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Story110
Bloomsbury presents Around the World in 80 Trains written and read by Monisha Rajesh. WINNER OF THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELLER AWARD FOR BEST TRAVEL BOOK SHORTLISTED FOR THE STANFORD DOLMAN TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 'Monisha Rajesh has chosen one of the best ways of seeing the world...
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Surprisingly negative
- By Monica Leo on 08-13-21
By: Monisha Rajesh
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Italian Ways
- On and Off the Rails from Milan to Palermo
- By: Tim Parks
- Narrated by: Ben Bartolone
- Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall91
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Performance82
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Story82
The best-selling author of Italian Neighbors returns with a wry and revealing portrait of Italian life - by riding its trains.
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Get a narrator who can pronounce Italian!!
- By Susan on 05-18-20
By: Tim Parks
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Dominion
- The Railway and the Rise of Canada
- By: Stephen Bown
- Narrated by: Wayne Ward
- Length: 12 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall17
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Performance15
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Story15
A thrilling new account of the engineering triumph that created a nation In The Company, his bestselling work of revisionist history, Stephen R. Bown told the dramatic, adventurous and bloody tale of Canada's origins in the fur trade. With Dominion he continues the nation's creation story with...
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Tiresome rave!
- By Richard on 09-21-24
By: Stephen Bown
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The Great Railroad Revolution
- The History of Trains in America
- By: Christian Wolmar
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 17 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall28
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Performance24
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Story24
America was made by the railroads. The opening of the Baltimore & Ohio line—the first American railroad—in the 1830s sparked a national revolution in the way that people lived thanks to the speed and convenience of train travel. Built through heroic effort, the American railroad network was...
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Excellent Overview
- By Amazon Customer on 04-06-25
By: Christian Wolmar
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The White Cascade
- The Great Northern Railway Disaster and America's Deadliest Avalanche
- By: Gary Krist
- Narrated by: Robert Fass
- Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall158
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Performance142
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Story142
From renowned writer and travel journalist Gary Krist comes the never-before-told story of one of the worst rail disasters in US history in which two trains full of people, trapped high in the Cascade Mountains, are hit by a devastating avalanche. In February 1910, a monstrous blizzard centered...
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A detailed, yet very readable account.
- By Rindt on 02-20-18
By: Gary Krist
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New York's Secret Subway
- The Underground Genius of Alfred Beach and the Origins of Mass Transit
- By: Matthew Algeo
- Narrated by: Rudy Sanda
- Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance1
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Story1
In the nineteenth century, Manhattan's streets were so choked with pedestrians, horses, vehicles, and vendors that a trip from City Hall to Central Park could take hours. Alfred Beach had the perfect solution: build a giant pneumatic tube underneath Broadway from the Battery to Harlem. Air...
By: Matthew Algeo
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Paris to the Past
- Traveling Through French History by Train
- By: Ina Caro
- Narrated by: Christa Lewis
- Length: 14 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall89
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Performance80
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Story80
In one of the most inventive travel books in years, Ina Caro invites listeners on 25 one-day train trips that depart from Paris and transport us back through 700 years of French history....
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Day Trip From Paris?... Look No Further!
- By Simone on 11-19-13
By: Ina Caro
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Ghosts of Gold Mountain
- The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad
- By: Gordon H. Chang
- Narrated by: David Shih
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall135
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Performance120
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Story120
A groundbreaking, breathtaking history of the Chinese workers who built the Transcontinental Railroad, helping to forge modern America only to disappear into the shadows of history until now. From across the sea, they came by the thousands, escaping war and poverty in southern China to seek...
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Very inspiring, educational, and enlightening!
- By Amazon Customer on 06-25-19
By: Gordon H. Chang
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The Edge of Anarchy
- The Railroad Barons, the Gilded Age, and the Greatest Labor Uprising in America
- By: Jack Kelly
- Narrated by: Traber Burns
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall106
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Performance92
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Story92
The dramatic story of the explosive 1894 clash of industry, labor, and government that shook the nation and marked a turning point for America. The Edge of Anarchy offers a vivid account of the greatest uprising of working people in American history....
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Wow! every workingman should read.
- By Calemos on 01-18-20
By: Jack Kelly
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The Peking Express
- The Bandits Who Stole a Train, Stunned the West, and Broke the Republic of China
- By: James M Zimmerman
- Narrated by: David Shih
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall19
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Performance16
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Story16
The thrilling true story of train-robbing revolutionaries and passengers who got more than they paid for in this Murder on the Orient Express–style adventure, set in China’s republican era. In 1923 Shanghai, native and foreign travelers alike are enthralled by the establishment of a new...
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Might be better to read physically than listen to
- By Peggy Mason on 04-16-23
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Fire & Steam
- A New History of the Railways in Britain
- By: Christian Wolmar
- Narrated by: Christian Wolmar
- Length: 12 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall27
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Performance19
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Story19
Fire & Steam celebrates the vision of the ambitious Victorian pioneers who developed this revolutionary transport system and the navvies who cut through the land to enable a country-wide railway to emerge....
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A story of how technology impacts society.
- By Brian Cohen on 09-05-08
By: Christian Wolmar
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Railway Adventure
- By: L. T. C. Rolt
- Narrated by: Malk Williams
- Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4
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Performance3
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Story3
L.T.C. Rolt was one of a small group of amateur railwaymen who made their dream of running their own railway come true....
By: L. T. C. Rolt
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Last Train to Paradise
- Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad that Crossed an Ocean
- By: Les Standiford
- Narrated by: Richmond Hoxie
- Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
- Abridged
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Overall27
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Performance26
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Story25
The fast-paced and gripping true account of the extraordinary construction and spectacular demise of the Key West Railroad—one of the greatest engineering feats ever undertaken, destroyed in one fell swoop by the strongest storm ever to hit U.S. shores. In 1904, the brilliant and driven...
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Love real history of fascinating people
- By Debbie on 02-11-23
By: Les Standiford
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Nothing Like it In The World
- The Men Who Built The Transcontinental Railroad 1863 - 1869
- By: Stephen E. Ambrose
- Narrated by: Jeffrey DeMunn
- Length: 7 hrs and 6 mins
- Abridged
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Overall82
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Performance71
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Story69
In this New York Times bestseller, Stephen Ambrose brings to life the story of the building of the transcontinental railroad, from the men who financed it to the engineers and surveyors who risked their lives to the workers who signed on for the dangerous job. Nothing Like It in the World gives...
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Fascinating account...with a caveat
- By KK on 08-20-19
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Riding the Iron Rooster
- By Train Through China
- By: Paul Theroux
- Narrated by: Charlie Anson
- Length: 19 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall9
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Performance8
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Story8
Paul Theroux, the author of the train travel classics The Great Railway Bazaar and The Old Patagonian Express, takes to the rails once again in this account of his epic journey through China. He hops aboard as part of a tour group in London and sets out for China's border. He then spends a year...
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VERY GOOD
- By JK on 06-22-25
By: Paul Theroux
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How the Railways Will Fix the Future
- Rediscovering the Essential Brilliance of the Iron Road
- By: Gareth Dennis
- Narrated by: Gareth Dennis
- Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3
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Performance3
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Story3
Railway engineer and transport policy specialist Gareth Dennis shows why the railways are key to the fight for a better world for us all.
By: Gareth Dennis
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Don't Flush in the Station and Other Railroad Stories
- By: Charles Geletzke Jr.
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 5 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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Story0
The fourth volume in a series of True Railroad Stories...most will leave you laughing, some will have you shivering in terror! All, will leave you ...
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The Race Underground
- Boston, New York, and the Incredible Rivalry That Built America's First Subway
- By: Doug Most
- Narrated by: John H. Mayer
- Length: 15 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall154
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Performance137
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Story136
In the late nineteenth century, as cities like Boston and New York grew larger, the streets became increasingly clogged with horse-drawn carts. When the great blizzard of 1888 brought New York City to a halt, a solution had to be found. Two brothers—Henry Melville Whitney of Boston and...
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Informative Cobbled Telling of an Important Story
- By Lynn on 05-21-14
By: Doug Most
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Midnight in Siberia
- A Train Journey into the Heart of Russia
- By: David Greene
- Narrated by: David Greene
- Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall175
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Performance162
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Story162
After two and a half years as NPR’s Moscow bureau chief, David Greene travels across the country - a 6,000 mile journey by rail, from Moscow to the Pacific port of Vladivostok - to speak with ordinary Russians about how their lives have changed in the post-Soviet years. Reaching beyond the...
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Long String of NPR Short Reports
- By Sara on 04-13-15
By: David Greene
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Slow Trains to Venice
- A Love Letter to Europe
- By: Tom Chesshyre
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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Performance0
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Story0
Escaping the rat race for a few happy weeks, Tom Chesshyre indulges in the freedom of the tracks....
By: Tom Chesshyre
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Steam Trains Today
- By: Andrew Martin
- Narrated by: Andrew Martin
- Length: 11 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance1
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Story1
After the Beeching cuts of the 1960s, many railways were 'rationalised' and gradually shut down. Rural communities were isolated without ready access to the main lines, and steam trains slowly gave way to diesel and electric traction....
By: Andrew Martin
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"Follow the Flag"
- A History of the Wabash Railroad Company (Railroads in America)
- By: H. Roger Grant
- Narrated by: Steve Twitchell
- Length: 15 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance1
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Story1
Follow the Flag offers the first authoritative history of the Wabash Railroad Company, which in its heyday reached the principal gateways of Chicago, Des Moines, Detroit, Kansas City, St. Louis, Boston and New York City.
By: H. Roger Grant
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Grand Central
- How a Train Station Transformed America
- By: Sam Roberts, Pete Hamill - introduction
- Narrated by: Sam Roberts
- Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall35
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Performance29
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Story28
A rich, illustrated - and entertaining -- history of the iconic Grand Central Terminal, from one of New York City's favorite writers, just in time to celebrate the train station's 100th fabulous anniversary. In the winter of 1913, Grand Central Station was officially opened and immediately...
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Nice Trivia but not much insight into history
- By Ira David Socol on 09-25-21
By: Sam Roberts, and others
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Amtrak, America's Railroad
- Transportation's Orphan and Its Struggle for Survival (Railroads Past and Present)
- By: Geoffrey H. Doughty, Jeffrey T. Darbee, Eugene E. Harmon
- Narrated by: Gary L Willprecht
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5
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Performance3
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Story3
Geoffrey H. Doughty, Jeffrey T. Darbee, and Eugene E. Harmon explore the fascinating history of this popular institution and tell a tale of a company hindered by its flawed origin and uneven quality of leadership....
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Detailed analysis regarding Amtrak executive leadership and political headwind
- By Mars4404 on 08-18-22
By: Geoffrey H. Doughty, and others
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Ticket to Ride
- Around the World on 49 Unusual Train Journeys
- By: Tom Chesshyre
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 11 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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Story0
Why do people love trains so much? Tom Chesshyre is on a mission to find the answer by experiencing the world through train travel....
By: Tom Chesshyre
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London Under
- The Secret History Beneath the Streets
- By: Peter Ackroyd
- Narrated by: Matthew Waterson
- Length: 3 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall22
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Performance19
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Story18
In this vividly descriptive short study, Peter Ackroyd tunnels down through the geological layers of London, meeting the creatures that dwell in darkness and excavating the lore and mythology beneath the surface. There is a Bronze Age trackway below the Isle of Dogs, Anglo-Saxon graves rest...
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A Brief but Interesting Meditation
- By Carl Salbacka on 08-25-25
By: Peter Ackroyd