Railway engineering and maintenance cyclopedia
Subtitle: an authoritative manual of engineering, maintenance and signaling
By: including definitions, descriptions, illustrations and methods of use of the materials, equipment and devices employed in the construction and maintenance of tracks, bridges, buildings, water service, signals and other fixed railway properties and facilities
Edition: 4th ed.--1939. Editor, Elmer T. Howson; managing editor, C. Miles Burpee, assisted by Philip George Lang, jr., Arthur L. Sparks, C. R. Knowles, P. M. Gault. Compiled and edited in co-operation with the American railway engineering association and the Signal section, Association of American railroads.
Publisher: Simmons-Boardman publishing corporation
Published: 1939
Place of publication: Chicago, Ill; New York [etc.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1008
Subjects: Railroads; Maintenance and repair; Equipment and supplies; Dictionaries
Notes: "Railway publications": p. 994-998.