The American Railway
by Thomas Curtis Clarke
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About this eBook
- Author
- Clarke, Thomas Curtis, 1827-1901
- Title
- The American Railway: Its Construction, Development, Management, and Appliances
- Credits
- Produced by Chris Curnow, John Campbell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- HE: Social sciences: Transportation and communications
- Subject
- Railroads -- United States
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 54383
- Release Date
- March 18, 2017
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE AMERICAN RAILWAY — CONTENTS. — LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. — FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS. — ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT. — MAPS. — CHARTS. — INTRODUCTION.
- 2.THE BUILDING OF A RAILWAY. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — FOOTNOTES:
- 3.FEATS OF RAILWAY ENGINEERING. — FOOTNOTE:
- 4.AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVES AND CARS. — AMERICAN CARS. — FOOTNOTES:
- 5.RAILWAY MANAGEMENT. — FOOTNOTES:
- 6.SAFETY IN RAILROAD TRAVEL — FOOTNOTES:
- 7.RAILWAY PASSENGER TRAVEL. — FOOTNOTES:
- 8.THE FREIGHT-CAR SERVICE. — I. THE WANDERINGS OF A CAR. — II. THE CAR ACCOUNTANT'S OFFICE. — III. USE AND ABUSE OF CARS. — FOOTNOTE:
- 9.HOW TO FEED A RAILWAY.
- 10.THE RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE.
- 11.THE RAILWAY IN ITS BUSINESS RELATIONS. — FOOTNOTES:
- 12.THE PREVENTION OF RAILWAY STRIKES. [31] — FOOTNOTES:
- 13.THE EVERY-DAY LIFE OF RAILROAD MEN. — FOOTNOTES:
- 14.STATISTICAL RAILWAY STUDIES. [37] — RAILWAY MILEAGE OF THE UNITED STATES. — GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION OF RAILWAYS. — TRUNK LINES COMPARED. — FREIGHT TRAFFIC. — PASSENGER TRAFFIC. — GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS. — FOOTNOTES:
- 15.INDEX.
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