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Train: Riding the Rails That Created the Modern World---from the Trans-Siberian to the Southwest Chief by Tom Zoellner

Train: Riding the Rails That Created the Modern World---from the Trans-Siberian to the Southwest Chief: Audiobook

by Tom Zoellner · narrated by Grover Gardner · unabridged · 2014

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Train: Riding the Rails That Created the Modern World---from the Trans-Siberian to the Southwest Chief audiobook runs 12.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Grover Gardner (about 8.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.2listening hrs
Computers & Technologystore shelf
2014released
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1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days
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What our data says

  • At 12.2 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 3,827 Computers & Technology audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Grover Gardner

Grover Gardner narrates 576 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 6,276 hours in all.

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About as long, on the Computers & Technology shelf

300 Computers & Technology audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

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

Train: Riding the Rails That Created the Modern World---from the Trans-Siberian to the Southwest Chief is an audiobook by Tom Zoellner: a 12.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Grover Gardner, released January 30, 2014, on the Computers & Technology and Travel Tips shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.2 hrs
Narrated by
Grover Gardner
Released
January 30, 2014
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Computers & Technology, Travel Tips
ISBN
9781452686721

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Train: Riding the Rails That Created the Modern World---from the Trans-Siberian to the Southwest Chief audiobook?

Train: Riding the Rails That Created the Modern World---from the Trans-Siberian to the Southwest Chief runs 12.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.1 hours.

Is the Train: Riding the Rails That Created the Modern World---from the Trans-Siberian to the Southwest Chief audiobook free?

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Who narrates Train: Riding the Rails That Created the Modern World---from the Trans-Siberian to the Southwest Chief?

Train: Riding the Rails That Created the Modern World---from the Trans-Siberian to the Southwest Chief is narrated by Grover Gardner.

Is Train: Riding the Rails That Created the Modern World---from the Trans-Siberian to the Southwest Chief worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.1 hours, saving 4.1 hours.