Kellogg's Fun With Trains 1948 Approx 32 pages Prepared by the Editors of Trains

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Kelloggs Fun With Trains

Approx 32 pages

Prepared by the Editors of Trains and Model Railroader magazines

The American railroad plant is really a vast factory, engineered to deliver the mass transportation that is the pulse of our nation. It is a flexible machine that can haul millions of tons of soft coal from West Virginia and Kentucky mines down to tidewater, and yet can carry passengers from Chicago to Seattle in 45 hours in unequaled comfort en route. The same heavy rails and rock ballast that take the terrible strain of heavy freight trains also provide the smooth right of way for streamliners skimming along at 90 miles an hour.

Essentially, the railroad is built upon certain standards like the universal gauge of 4 feet 8% inches, the flanged wheel upon the steel rail, and couplers and air brake equipment that remain identical from New England to southern Arizona and deepest Georgia.

The actual movement of traffic requires an almost limitless variety of equipment, however. While it is possible for one steam locomotive to move a 5000-ton train across Kansas, for instance, assaulting the Rockies may mean as many as three and four heavy engines for the same train. A single-track line with block signals will handle normal traffic in one region while the entrance to a large metropolis may require four or six main lines with traffic controlled by a complex system of electrically operated crossovers, switches and signals.

And that is modern railroading, an industry geared to move anything from Pullman passengers to mountains of iron ore, in any weather, sleet or heat, to any corner of the nation and to most of Canada, Mexico and even Central America. Trains are moving all the time, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, year in and year out.

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