The American Railroad Freight Car: From the Wood-Car Era to the Coming of Steel - Softcover

White Jr., John H.

 
9780801852367: The American Railroad Freight Car: From the Wood-Car Era to the Coming of Steel
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0801852366 ISBN 13: 9780801852367
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995

Synopsis

• From the former Curator of Transportation at the Smithsonian Institution • Illustrated with 530 photographs, drawings, and engravings • Includes plans, diagrams, and detailed specifications for model-builders • 665 oversized pages in a handsomely jacketed hardcover or specially priced paperback editionIn this sequel to his best-selling American Railroad Passenger Car, John White forever changes the freight car's lowly image. Including hundreds of historical photographs and detailed blueprints, The American Railroad Freight Car establishes the sophistication and expertise that marked the development of freight cars in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Along with an overview of freight transportation's historical importance, White offers detailed accounts of technological developments and examines lesser known aspects of everyday freight service such as yard management, train operations, and the origins of the interchange system.

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About the Author

John H. White, Jr., formerly Curator of Transportation at the Smithsonian Institution, has written eight books and more than one hundred articles on American railroad technology.

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Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date
1995
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0801852366
ISBN 13 
9780801852367
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
656

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