Romance of Modern Locomotion
Author: first_name: Archibald
last_name: Williams
Language: English
Year: 1904

In the following pages we shall peep into the history of typical companies in Great Britain, the United States, and elsewhere; consider the various forms of traction, signals, and other mechanical appliances connected with the working of a railway; notice the effects of railway communication on a country for its peaceful development, or its conquest in war; and make the tour of a typical locomotive factory.  These and other matters have been treated as simply as may be, but with sufficient fulln