William D Middleton

Yet There Isn't a Train I Wouldn't Take

Railway Journeys

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Produktbeschreibung

In Asia he traveled through the Toros Mountains of Turkey on the famous Istanbul-Baghdad Toros Express, experienced modern high-speed railroading in the cab of Japan's Bullet Train, and rode to Asia's highest mountain east of the Himalayas on the little trains of Taiwan's Ali Shan Forestry Railway.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. April 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 285mm x 224mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 1107g
• ISBN-13: 9780253336996
• ISBN-10: 0253336996
• Artikelnr.: 22402463

Autorenporträt

William D. Middleton was a 1950 civil engineering graduate from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a professional engineer. He retired from the U.S. Navy's Civil Engineer Corps as a commander in 1979, and then served until 1993 on the general faculty and as the chief facilities officer at the University of Virginia. His published work includes nearly 500 articles for magazines and newspapers in Europe, the United States, and Asia and 15 books, among them Landmarks on the Iron Road and South Shore: The Last Interurban, both published by Indiana University Press.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Chapter 1
Journeys in North and Central America Chapter 2
European Journeys Chapter 3
Asian Journeys