Revised and enlarged ed. of the science of railways
By: by Marshall M. Kirkman ; the whole profusely embellished and illustrated by engravings, prepared expressly for this work, descriptive of railway carriage and its appliances.
Publisher: The World railway publishing co.
Published: 1800
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 12
Subjects: Transportation -- History.; Railroads.
Other titles: Science of railways.
Table of contents: title: v.1. Railway equipment; title: v.2. Railway organization; title: v.3. Financing, constructing and maintaining; title: v.4. Train service; title: v.5. Passenger, baggage, express, and mail service; title: v.6. Freight business and affairs; title: v.7. Disbursements of railways; title: v.8. Economic theory of rates. Private vs. government control of railroads; title: v.9. Fiscal affairs. Collection of revenue; title: v.10. General fiscal and other affairs; title: v.11. Origin and evolution of transportation; title: v.12. General index.