The American Railway: Its Construction, Development, Management, and Appliances
The American Railway, published by Scribner's in 1889 with more than two hundred illustrations, gathers articles by leading engineers, managers and economists of the day, including Thomas Curtis Clarke, Arthur T. Hadley, Charles Francis Adams and Horace Porter, with an introduction by Thomas M. Cooley, chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission. It explains how a railway was surveyed and built, describes great feats of engineering, American locomotives and cars, the management of a line, safety, the mail service, the railway's business relations, labor and the prevention of strikes and the daily life of railroad workers, and ends with statistics on mileage and traffic. It is a vivid portrait of the railroad at the height of its power. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first chapter is free.
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