Presents a history of the New York City subway system, detailing its origins, construction, maintenance, and major events such as the Malbone Street Wreck of 1918.
Paintings by Pierre Auguste Renoir, Winslow Homer, Diego Rivera, and many others are used to trace the history of transportation from horses and sailing ships to trains, planes, and automobiles.
Describes different modes of transportation on the ground, in the air, and in the sea and explains the scientific laws that affect them and allow them to work.
An encyclopedia covering different methods of transportation and key events, people, and social, economic, and political issues in the history of transportation.
Collects strange, interesting, and record-breaking trivia on vehicles, including a coin-covered Mini Cooper, racers on beer kegs, and a monster truck made of balloons.
Traces the history of stagecoaching in the United States from the early crude wagons to the coaches of the Overland Mail emphasizing the role of stage lines in the opening of the West.
