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All About Railroading by William C. Vantuono Soft cover
All About Railroading by William C. Vantuono soft cover
All About Railroading
William C. Vantuono
Soft cover
100 Pages
Copyright 2000 first edition first printing
Contents
Foreword By Lowell S. "Jake" Jacobson 5
Introduction 7
Two important words: Safety First 10
How railroads operate 12
Freight locomotives: The power that moves freight trains 20
Freight cars: Bigger, stronger, lighter 30
Engineering: How railroads build and maintain
track, bridges, and structures40
Communications & signaling: Lights, wiresaction! 46
North America's railroad network 52
Amtrak: All aboard, America! 54
High speed rail: Flying on the ground 60
Rail transit: A better way to move people By William W Millar 66
Commuter rail: Take the express train to work 68
Rapid transit moves millions 76
Light rail: Not your grandparents' trolley cars 80
Steam locomotives: Railroading's glorious past lives on 84
How trains are designed By Cesar Vergara 87
Glossary of railroading terms you should know91
Want to learn more? A railroading resource directory97
Acknowledgments 99
About the author100
FIND OUT WHAT RAILROADING
TODAY IS REALLY ALL ABOUT!
Take a journey on North America's fascinating railroad system
Discover how railroads pack the power of 6,000 horses
into a single diesel locomotive.
See how many thousands of tons a mile-long coal train can carry.
Ride Amtrak's high speed train at 150 miles per hour.
Replace ties and weld rail with a track maintenance crew.
Ride in the cab of a push-pull commuter train.
Step on board a low-floor light rail vehicle.
Dispatch a freight train across hundreds of miles of railroad.
Navigate New York City's complex subway network.
Meet some of the people who make the railroad industry the thriving, vital part of North America's transportation network it is today.
You can do all this and a lot more with All About Railroading, a young adult's guide to today's railroad industry.
All About Railroading is by William C. Vantuono, editor of Railway Age, the railroad industry's leading trade magazine. With over 200 color illustrations, and contributions from North American railroad officials and equipment suppliers, All About Railroading is the book for young adults and beyond who want to discover what railroading today is really all about.
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