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Giants of the Rails by S Kip Farrington Jr Accurate drawings in full color HC
Giants of the Rails by S Kip Farrington Jr 1944 Accurate drawings in full color and descriptions of modern locomotives of every type on the major railroads of the US. Together with details of train, hand, flag, lamp, whistle and automatic signals. Cross sections of the countrys greatest engines. Illustrations by Glen Thomas. Hard Cover.
Having, since the age of four, always been interested in railroads, their motive power, signals, train dispatching, yard facilities, maintenance of way and everything else that is included in their magnificent all-round operation, it has always been in the back of my mind to try to write a book that would not only thrill the youngsters but would be of interest to all ages of both sexes. I wanted it to be the type of book that I would have liked to read many times during my life and also one that would answer many of the questions that have been put to me.
With the able assistance of Glen Thomas, one of this country's leading illustrators who specializes in railroad and transportation work, I am hopeful that we have accomplished in a small way a book that will prove helpful to the American public.
I have the rare good fortune to number friends among the officials of almost all of the Class 1 American railroads and therefore, have been given permission to ride locomotives and freight trains, besides having the opportunity of spending much time in railroad offices and on their property looking over their operations at first hand.
On page 23 and 24, the reader will find abstracts taken from a leading railroad's book of rules - a volume that none of the public ever sees - and these pages should prove informative and help to solve some of the perplexed looks I have seen on many travelers riding the American railroads, both in war and peace time. These two pages I also trust will be enjoyed by the members of our armed forces as they move from one railroad to another in the various states of the Union.
It seems appropriate to me and I am particularly pleased that this book should make its appearance when the American railroads are performing the greatest job in the history of transportation and have so ably proved themselves the first line of the nation's defenses. The great improvements that they added to their properties in peacetime depression years have certainly paid dividends to the people of the United States in contributing to the war effort of this world conflagration.
NYC, PRR, Goldball & Rocky Mountain Rocket CRI&P, GN, C&O, D&RGW, AT&SF, B&A, SP, RF&P, UP, Milwaukee, N&W. APPROX 28 pages.
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