An edition of This fascinating railroad business
(1942)
This fascinating railroad business
3d ed., rev.
by Robert Selph Henry
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From its beginning in the north of England in 1825, the railroad has developed into the greatest labor-saving machine ever devised by man -- although it is more accurately described not as a labor-saving machine but as one for the creation of jobs, the raising of wages, the cutting of costs, the creation of comforts and the supplying of satisfactions undreamed of before. - Introduction.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
The road of rails
The evolution of track
Laying out the line
Beneath the rails
Rails of steel
The behavior of track
Above valley, stream, and road
Under mountain and river
Structures along the way
Carriers of the word
Guardians of the way
The first hundred years of steam
Steam : second century
Oil, "gas," "juice," and turbines
Train cars
Houses on wheels
Keeping them running
Terminals and trains
Service of supply
The growth of the service
Selling the service
"The company"
The company's business
Railroad men
The iron war horse
The business of railroading
An "anatomy" of American railroads
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