This fascinating railroad business
By: by Robert Selph Henry
Edition: 3d ed., rev.
Publisher: Bobbs-Merrill
Published: 1946
Place of publication: Indianapolis; New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 521
Copyright date: 1946
Subjects: Railroads.; Railroads -- United States.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The road of rails; title: The evolution of track; title: Laying out the line; title: Beneath the rails; title: Rails of steel; title: The behavior of track; title: Above valley, stream, and road; title: Under mountain and river; title: Structures along the way; title: Carriers of the word; title: Guardians of the way; title: The first hundred years of steam; title: Steam : second century; title: Oil, "gas," "juice," and turbines; title: Train cars; title: Houses on wheels; title: Keeping them running; title: Terminals and trains; title: Service of supply; title: The growth of the service; title: Selling the service; title: "The company"; title: The company's business; title: Railroad men; title: The iron war horse; title: The business of railroading; title: An "anatomy" of American railroads