Title: Steel trails; the epic of the railroads
Authors: Stevers, Martin D.
Publisher: Minton, Balch & company
Year: 1933
Subjects: Railroads United States History
Contents: The iron horse is born -- Starting America's steel trails -- Early troubles and how they were conquered -- That new wonder: the passenger train -- Conquering the Middle West -- What is a railroad? -- The steel trail grows up -- Meet the modern iron horse! -- Keeping the steel trail in trim -- Creating modern passenger service -- What your ticket buys -- Controlling trains on their rusn -- "Railroad Kings" of the East -- Tussling with nature and finance too: Building the transcontinentals -- Hauling the tonnage: the steel trail at work for commerce and industry -- Footing the freight bill: America's rate structure -- Glimpsing the future.