From the historic moment in September 1830 when the first train ran between Liverpool and Manchester, to the high speed trains bulleting across Asia and Europe, The Iron Road: An Illustrated History of the Railroad looks at how railroads have changed the world.
The Early Years of American Steam
Map: Western European Railroads
India: Dalhousie’s Colonial Imperative
The Navvies: Digging, Drinking, and Fighting
The Panama Railroad: A Deadly Rush for Gold
Map: North American Transcontinentals
Monopolies and Railroad Barons
Map: The Trans-Siberian Railway
The Most Spectacular Railroads in the World
Henry Flagler and the Overseas Railroad
Cape to Cairo: the Railroad that Never Was
The People Who Ran the Railroads
Indian Hill Railroads: Climbing Out of the Heat
The Golden Age of the Railroads
The Field Railroads of World War I
Going Diesel: from the Fliegende Hamburgerto the Future
Diesel Power Meets Electricity
World War II: Atrocities on the Line
Switzerland: the Best of the Best
Going Faster: Bullet Trains and High-speed Lines