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Let's operate a railroad; being a textbook on operational aspects of railroading and of the men who perform the fascinating job. With a measure of railroadiana inserted.

Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Rupp Collection TF550 .R6 1957
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Roxbury, L. E.
Contributor:
Rupp Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Railroad trains.
Railroads--Management.
Railroads.
Physical Description:
x, 352 p. illus. 23 cm.
Place of Publication:
Warwick, Va., High-Iron Publishers [1957]
Contents:
Rail yards and terminals
Yard switching
The yaed force
Yard safety
Calling the crews
Road operations
The railroad engineer
The road crew
Main-line movement
Out on the high iron
Train dispatching
Dispatching principles
Dispatching-office staff
Superiority of trains
The dispatcher's wire
Train orders.
Notes:
Includes index.
OCLC:
3714439

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