I have a book like that too! Except it's more about actual cars and less about transportation. It's called "The Encyclopedia of American Cars" http://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-American-Editors-Consumer-Guide/dp/1412713544

It's a great book, I highly suggest that you buy it, in fact I think you would appriciate it even more than I do! It has listings and photos of all American cars from 1933-2006, with tons of info, production figures, original prices, and even the history and polictics having to do with specific makes and models. A must have for any car lover.

Sadly, there are no Japanese cars in the book, which is very sad for me as Toyotas and Hondas are the love of my life I guess they are not considered "American" enough (even though the top 5 best selling cars in the US are Japanese, and each one of them is designed and built on US soil by Americans)