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Author : Walker Downer Hines
Publisher : New Haven : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book War History of American Railroads written by Walker Downer Hines and published by New Haven : Yale University Press. This book was released on 1928 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Isaiah Leo Sharfman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 586 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The American Railroad Problem written by Isaiah Leo Sharfman and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Isaiah Leo Sharfman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781331728085
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (28 download)
Download or read book The American Railroad Problem written by Isaiah Leo Sharfman and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-18 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The American Railroad Problem: A Study in War and Reconstruction The object of this book is to provide for the intelligent citizen - including the large inarticulate public, as well as the student, the publicist, the legislator, the business man, the shipper, and the railroad security holder, executive, and employee - an analysis of the American railroad problem as it presents itself to-day. Of all the great current social and economic questions, it is doubtful whether any domestic problem is as significant or far-reaching, from the standpoint of the general welfare, as the problem of the railroads. Not only is every citizen vitally concerned in its satisfactory adjustment, but the degree of success which crowns the joint efforts of private enterprise and government activity in its solution will constitute the most convincing test of the efficacy of our democratic institutions in meeting the dominant tasks of this generation. At every point, therefore, the essential issues must be conceived in terms of their public bearing, and each measure designed to adjust conflicting claims must be assessed with reference to the common good. A great complexity of interests is involved. Even when reduced to most general categories, they comprehend those of the users of the transportation service, of the owners of the railroad properties, and of the employees engaged in the performance of transportation tasks. While each of these interests must be adequately safeguarded, the public stake in the proper functioning of the transportation industry transcends them all. "Justice," once wrote Dean Roscoe Pound, "is the ideal compromise between the activities of each and the activities of all in a crowded world." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Mike Schafer
Publisher : Motorbooks International
ISBN 13 : 076031649X
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (63 download)
Download or read book Classic American Railroads written by Mike Schafer and published by Motorbooks International. This book was released on 2003-09 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book picks up where the previous two Classic American titles left off, focusing on the golden age of American railroading from 1945 to the early 1970s. It extends to the present day where applicable, providing a colorful look at locomotives, passenger and freight operations, development, and, in some cases, demise. Full color.
Author : W. D. Hines
Publisher : Jerome s Ozer Pub
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (124 download)
Download or read book War History of American Railroads written by W. D. Hines and published by Jerome s Ozer Pub. This book was released on 1974-06-01 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Le Henaff
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781331162926
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (629 download)
Download or read book The French Railroads and the War written by Le Henaff and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-11 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The French Railroads and the War: Third Part, American Transportation If it be true that we learn from experience and profit by our mistakes, it should be worth our while to review past, events and to draw from them lessons for future guidance. The activities of some of our Army services in France during the Great War have been ably set forth by those who took a leading part in directing them and shaping their policies, but others have lacked unofficial historians willing to compile the necessary records and publish the reports. Among the latter is the Transportation Corps, which was responsible for the movement of our troops and supplies, from their arrival in France before November 11 1918, until their embarkation at the French ports after the signing of the armistice. The French, however, are more methodical than are we, and reports compiled by officers previously trained for, and during the war in charge of, various services are now being published. Among them, on a recent visit to Paris, it was my good fortune to find the one which deals with the French railroads during the war. The preface to this work was written by General Gassouin, who was the French Director General of Military Transportation during most of the year 1918, and to whose helpful cooperation much of the successful accomplishment of our Transportation Corps was due. The body of the report was prepared by Colonel Le Henaff and Captain Bornecque. The former, a regular Army officer who had been assigned to the study of military transportation for many years before the war, was the French representative on the Inter-Allied Transportation Committee, organized to coordinate the French, British, Italian, Belgian and American land transportation efforts, and was thus in constant touch with our problems of force and equipment as well as with our organization and methods. The latter, a university professor previous to the war, was in charge of the Army Postal Service and was probably more conversant with the location of our forces than any other officer in either the French or American Army. Both are, therefore, qualified to act as our critics. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Thomas Weber
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786254395
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (862 download)
Download or read book The Northern Railroads In The Civil War, 1861-1865 written by Thomas Weber and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-06 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Time has been very good to Thomas Weber’s Northern Railroads in the Civil War, 1861-1865. First published by Columbia University Press in 1952, it has been out of print since the 1970s, but never out of demand. It has emerged as the premier account of the impact of the railroads on the American Civil War and vice versa. Not only did the railroads materially help the north to victory through movement of troops and materiel, but the war materially changed the way railroads were built, run, financed, and organized in the crucial years following the war.”-Print ed. “...eminently worthy of study by those interested in either railroads or the Civil War.” - Robert Selph Henry, New York Times Book Review “Thomas Weber’s study of northern railroads during the Civil War remains the obvious treatment of an important topic. His analysis rests on solid research and leaves no doubt that the North’s excellent use of railroads contributed significantly to Union victory.”—Gary W. Gallagher “Thomas Weber’s... analysis rests on solid research and leaves no doubt that the North’s excellent use of railroads contributed significantly to Union victory.”—Gary W. Gallagher
Author : Stewart H. Holbrook
Publisher : New York : Crown Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Story of American Railroads written by Stewart H. Holbrook and published by New York : Crown Publishers. This book was released on 1947 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The birth and development of our national railroad system, the men who built it in spite of weather, politicians, desert, and rivals; the ingenuity and inventiveness used to improve constantly devices and techniques in railroading.
Author : Maury Klein
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 9780813129150
Total Pages : 606 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (291 download)
Download or read book History of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad written by Maury Klein and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 1972 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Arthur W. Thompson
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780332137414
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (374 download)
Download or read book What the Railroads of the United States Are Doing to Help Win the War written by Arthur W. Thompson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-28 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from What the Railroads of the United States Are Doing to Help Win the War: An Address The President of the United States, as well as executives of the railroads, has a right to depend upon the men of the rank and file of the railroads to give that support which is to be expected at this time, and every man's mind should now be occupied by a single thought until the end of the war and that is, win the war. (applause) Much depends upon the railroad men of this country as to how soon the war is ended, and much of the future of the railroads after the war depends on what the railroad men are able to do during this crisis. What a wonderful opportunity to bring about great service to our country, great efficiency to the railway transportation machine, and great credit to the men who operate the railroads. If we are successful the standing of the railroads and their officers will be an enviable one, one that we have all sought. To accomplish during the past few years, and one that is most difficult to accomplish. For years the railroads have been criticised, and in many cases rightly so, for what they have or have not done, and during the past few years much has been accomplished in creating a better understanding with the public, better service to the public, better results for the owners of the properties, and this is now the supreme moment to indicate what actually can be accomplished by the managers of the railroads. I had the good fortune to accompany Marshal J offre and the French War Mission on their trip from Washington to Chicago. During the entire trip this great soldier studied the railroad maps continuously, asking many questions of detail in regard to the operation of the rail roads of America, their capacity, etc. He studied the location of our steel manufactories, and particularly the location of munition plants. The density of munition plants and manufacturing in the Pittsburgh district seemed to interest him most, and he constantly thought of how the railroads and the industrial plants of this country could best serve in this war. He told me (through Colonel Cosby, of the United States Army, our interpreter) that the battle of the Marne was won'by the railroads. Without the railroads it would never have been possible to bring up supplies and support such an army with the necessary munitions, impedimenta, etc. In other words, as he expressed it, the railroads won the battle of the Marne, which was the turning point in the first stages of the war, and the winning of which battle undoubtedly saved France and gave England and the United States time to prepare for the part they are taking in this great catastrophe. That was the statement made by The Hero of the Marne, one of the greatest soldiers of the present day. (applause) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Geoffrey H. Doughty
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253060656
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)
Download or read book Amtrak, America's Railroad written by Geoffrey H. Doughty and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the story of Amtrak, America's Railroad, 50 years in the making. In 1971, in an effort to rescue essential freight railroads, the US government founded Amtrak. In the post–World War II era, aviation and highway development had become the focus of government policy in America. As rail passenger services declined in number and in quality, they were simultaneously driving many railroads toward bankruptcy. Amtrak was intended to be the solution. In Amtrak, America's Railroad: Transportation's Orphan and Its Struggle for Survival, Geoffrey H. Doughty, Jeffrey T. Darbee, and Eugene E. Harmon explore the fascinating history of this popular institution and tell a tale of a company hindered by its flawed origin and uneven quality of leadership, subjected to political gamesmanship and favoritism, and mired in a perpetual philosophical debate about whether it is a business or a public service. Featuring interviews with former Amtrak presidents, the authors examine the current problems and issues facing Amtrak and their proposed solutions. Created in the absence of a comprehensive national transportation policy, Amtrak manages to survive despite inherent flaws due to the public's persistent loyalty. Amtrak, America's Railroad is essential reading for those who hope to see another fifty years of America's railroad passenger service, whether they be patrons, commuters, legislators, regulators, and anyone interested in railroads and transportation history.
Author : John E. Clark, Jr.
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 0807152668
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (71 download)
Download or read book Railroads in the Civil War written by John E. Clark, Jr. and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2004-10-01 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the time of the Civil War, the railroads had advanced to allow the movement of large numbers of troops even though railways had not yet matured into a truly integrated transportation system. Gaps between lines, incompatible track gauges, and other vexing impediments remained in both the North and South. As John E. Clark explains in this compelling study, the skill with which Union and Confederate war leaders met those problems and utilized the rail system to its fullest potential was an essential ingredient for ultimate victory.
Author : Stewart H. Holbrook
Publisher : Random House Value Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780517001004
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (1 download)
Download or read book The Story of American Railroads written by Stewart H. Holbrook and published by Random House Value Publishing. This book was released on 1981 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of the men who built the American railroad system.
Author : Frank Haigh Dixon
Publisher : Wentworth Press
ISBN 13 : 9780526022472
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (224 download)
Download or read book War Administration of the Railways in the United States and Great Britain written by Frank Haigh Dixon and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2019-02-27 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : William James Cunningham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781436766036
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (66 download)
Download or read book American Railroads: Government Control and Reconstruction Policies (1922) written by William James Cunningham and published by . This book was released on 2008-06-01 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Author : Carl Raymond Gray Jr.
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781258502447
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (24 download)
Download or read book Railroading in Eighteen Countries written by Carl Raymond Gray Jr. and published by . This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert R. Hodges Jr.
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1846038898
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (46 download)
Download or read book American Civil War Railroad Tactics written by Robert R. Hodges Jr. and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-08-20 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American Civil War was the world's first full-blown 'railroad war'. The well-developed network in the North was of great importance in serving the Union armies' logistic needs over long distances, and the sparser resources of the South were proportionately even more important. Both sides invested great efforts in raiding and wrecking enemy railroads and defending and repairing their own, and battles often revolved around strategic rail junctions. Robert Hodges reveals the thrilling chases and pitched battles that made the railroad so dangerous and resulted in a surprisingly high casualty rate. He describes the equipment and tactics used by both sides and the vital supporting elements – maintenance works, telegraph lines, fuel and water supplies, as well as garrisoned blockhouses to protect key points. Full-colour illustrations bring the fast-paced action to life in this fascinating read; a must-have volume for rail and Civil War enthusiasts.
