Rival Rails: The Race to Build America's Greatest Transcontinental Railroad: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Rival Rails: The Race to Build America's Greatest Transcontinental Railroad audiobook runs 15 hours unabridged, narrated by Norman Dietz (about 10 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 30 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 15 hours, it runs longer than 82% of the 5,887 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Norman Dietz
Norman Dietz narrates 137 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,621 hours in all.
About as long, on the The Americas shelf
594 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
- The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
- In Cold Blood
- Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History
- Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
Rival Rails: The Race to Build America's Greatest Transcontinental Railroad is an audiobook by Walter R. Borneman: a 15-hour unabridged recording, read by Norman Dietz, released September 22, 2010, on the The Americas and Computers & Technology shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15 hrs
- Narrated by
- Norman Dietz
- Released
- September 22, 2010
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- The Americas, Computers & Technology
- ISBN
- 9781400187683
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Rival Rails: The Race to Build America's Greatest Transcontinental Railroad audiobook?
Rival Rails: The Race to Build America's Greatest Transcontinental Railroad runs 15 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10 hours.
Is the Rival Rails: The Race to Build America's Greatest Transcontinental Railroad audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Rival Rails: The Race to Build America's Greatest Transcontinental Railroad?
Rival Rails: The Race to Build America's Greatest Transcontinental Railroad is narrated by Norman Dietz.
Is Rival Rails: The Race to Build America's Greatest Transcontinental Railroad worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10 hours, saving 5 hours.