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Freight Cars Rolling by Lawrence Sagle Dust jacket 1960 Simmons Boardman
Freight Cars Rolling by Lawrence Sagle Dust jacket 1960 Simmons Boardman
Freight Cars Rolling by Lawrence Sagle Dust jacket 1960 Simmons Boardman
Freight Cars Rolling by Lawrence Sagle Dust jacket 1960 Simmons Boardman
Freight Cars Rolling by Lawrence Sagle Dust jacket 1960 Simmons Boardman
Freight Cars Rolling by Lawrence Sagle Dust jacket 1960 Simmons Boardman
Freight Cars Rolling by Lawrence Sagle Dust jacket 1960 Simmons Boardman
Freight Cars Rolling by Lawrence Sagle Dust jacket 1960 Simmons Boardman
Freight Cars Rolling by Lawrence Sagle Dust jacket 1960 Simmons Boardman
Freight Cars Rolling by Lawrence Sagle Dust jacket 1960 Simmons Boardman

Freight Cars Rolling by Lawrence Sagle Dust jacket 1960 Simmons Boardman


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Freight Cars Rolling by Lawrence Sagle Dust jacket 1960 Simmons Boardman
 
Freight Cars Rolling by Lawrence Sagle
Hard cover with Dust jacket   (has damage)
Copyright 1960 Simmons Boardman
CONTENTS
Chapter 1. Freight Car Classification - Identification of Types - Markings, Slogans, Colors. Chapter 2. Making a Freight Shipment - Computing Freight Charges - Railroad Scales - What the Freight Cars Carry. Chapter 3. Freight Car Records and Accounting - The Car Service Department - How the Cars are Routed - Per Diem, Mileage Charge, Demurrage - Car Inspection and Repair. Chapter 4. The Work of the Freight Agent - The Freight Forwarding Company - Pickup and Delivery Service. Chapter 5. Shipping Fruits and Vegetables - Beef from the Prairies - Handling Live Stock - The Banana Train - Watermelons from Dixie - Coal, Ore and Steel. Chapter 6. The Freight Train and its Crew - The Train Conductor and Train Orders - "Peddlers" and Fast Freights - Ruling Grade and Tonnage Restrictions - Classification Yards, Break-Bulk Stations - 1,236,650,000 Tons of Freight!
Here is the fascinating story of the railroad freight car, carrier of the vast and growing output of American industry. This exciting new book tells how freight cars are classified and identified, discusses each type, and indicates the commodities they carry.
A vast amount of interesting and informative detail is given in the section on reporting cars "off line," the "foreign car," the work of the car service department, routing, mileage, car repair, and car inspection- The manner in which freight shipments are made, the work of the freight agent, the function of the freight house, and the business of the freight forwarding company are also explained.
A separate section is devoted to operating problems, and covers the work of the train conductor, schedules, train orders, the function of the classification yard and the break-bulk station, moving fast freights over the rails, and similar subjects which give the reader an inside view of this aspect of American transportation.
Actual plans of the major types of freight cars, reproduced from the authoritative Car Builders' Cyclopedia, will be of special interest to model railroad hobbyists.
Here is the complete one-volume account of the freight car-what it is, what it carries, how it operates, the little-known details of record keeping, and the outlook for the future. Scores of photographs specially selected for this book illustrate the text matter.

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