Principles of railroad transportation /
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| OCLC: | 3817837 |
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
D. Appleton,
1916.
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| Series: | Appleton's railway series.
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| Related Items: | Online version:
Principles of railroad transportation. |
| Format: | Monograph Note that CRL will digitize material from the collection when copyright allows. |
Table of Contents:
- Definition and scope of transportation
- pt.1 The American railroad system; Origin of the American railroad
- Growth of the American railroad net
- The mechanism of the railroad- Development of track and locomotive; the car, terminal and operation
- The present railroad system of the United States
- The railroad corporation and its charter
- Railroad capital
- Earnings, expenses and dividends
- pt.2 The railroad service; The freight service
- The passenger service
- The express service of the railroads
- The mail service
- The organization of the service
- The accounts and statistics of the railroad service
- pt.3 The railroads and the public; Interrailway relations- railroad competition and agreements to maintain rates, pools and traffic associations, the present situation
- Monopoly and competition in the railroad service
- Theory of rates and fares
- Rate making in practice
- Railroad charges in the United States and other countries
- pt.4 The railroads and the state; Regulation in the United Kingdom
- Germany
- Italy and France
- United States.