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The American Freight Train
Author:
Jim Boyd
Publisher:
MBI Publishing Company
Published:
2001
ISBN:
0-7603-0833-0
Pages:
156
Type:
hardbound
About 50/50 text and photos covering the topic of what makes up a U.S. freight train, both in the steam days and up until the year 2000.
Chapter
Page
Title / Description
6
Foreword
7
Introduction
1
9
Tramways to Railroads
2
21
Competition and Cooperation
3
33
What Makes a Freight Locomotive
4
51
How a Freight Yard Works
5
65
King Coal
6
85
Iron and Steel
7
95
Boxcar Business
8
113
Food on the Move
9
129
Petrochemicals for Plasticville, U.S.A.
10
139
Out of the Woods
11
147
Cabooses: End of an Era
156
Index