English Railroad Methods

Prout, H. G.

Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, NY, 1894

About this Item

17pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated with 9 photographs, and 5 text drawings, smudges noted occasionally at margins, salvaged from a damaged issue of Scribner's Magazine, Volume XVI, No. 5, November, 1894. The quantity of railroad service supplied to the people of Great Britain, its cost and financial returns, the organization of the system, and the men who control and work it. Photographs include a Highway Crossing of the Great Northern Railway, a Country Station on the Midland Railway, the Compound Engine used on the London and North Western, an Oil - burning Engine on the Great Eastern Railway, Iron Bridge of the Great Northern Railway on the Derbyshire Extensions, Stone Bridge of the Great Western Railway near Plymouth, Wooden Bridge for passengers to Cross the Tracks, an Engine on the Caledonian Railway, and the Bridge of the Great Northern Railway over Mansfield Turnpike at Daybrook. Housed in protective mylar report cover with spine sleeve. This is the actual extract, not a photocopy for $45, $70, and $70. Scarce.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: English Railroad Methods
• Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, NY
• Publication Date: 1894
• Language: English
• Binding: Soft cover
• Illustrator: Frost, A. B.
• Condition: Good