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Railroads of The Hour By S Kip Farrington Jr Dust Jacket 1958
Railroads of The Hour By S Kip Farrington Jr
Hard Cover with Dust Jacket (has some damage)
Copyright 1958 COMPLIMENTS of the Lackawanna Railroad
333 Pages
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION by Richard M. Nixon
FOREWORDxv
THE AMERICAN RAILROAD TIE1
II THE BANGOR AND AROOSTOOK6
The Main Line of Maine
III THE LACKAWANNA STREAMLINER10
The Finest Daylight Train Between New York and Buffalo-Through Most Superb Scenery
IV "THE SOUTHERN SERVES THE SOUTH" 15 Industrial Growth, Monument to the Road's Progressiveness
v THE SANTA FE23
The New Line to Dallas and the Modern Texas Chief
VI UNION SWITCH & SIGNAL31
CTC and New Cab Signals
VII UNION PACIFIC36
More Than a Railroad-Vacation Resorts, Ore Move, Farm Scholarships, Trailer-on-Flat-car Freight
VIII CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN44
A New Look and Fine New Railroad, Probably This Country's Outstanding Rehabilitation Job
Ix NORTHERN PACIFIC48
New North Coast Limited-A Scenic Route Through the Northwest, Over a Superlative Roadbed
x THE SAINT LOUIS SOUTHWESTERN OR
COTTON BELT53
Crack Fast Freight Service, Piggyback, and CTC
IX
xi LEHIGH & HUDSON
One of the Greatest of the Little-A Most Important Route
xi' THE CHESAPEAKE & OHIO
It Gets Better and Better--Fast Freights, Car Ferries, Coal, and Perishables
XIII THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC
Its Track Is One of the Best-Here's How It Maintains It
xiv PIGGYBACK ON THE LACKAWANNA
This Road Was One of the Leaders in This Important Development
xv THE SOUTHERN'S FINE PASSENGER SERVICE
It Gives the People of Dixieland New Trains, New Facilities, New Cars
xvi SANTA FE'S NEW EL CAPITAN
High Level, Luxury Coach Train Built by Budd
xvii SOUTHERN PACIFIC'S FREIGHT MOVES 1,
Fast and Diversified-Piggyback Lumber and Perishables
xviii RADIO ON THE BANGOR AND AROOSTOOK
Maine's Leading Carrier Up to Date for Its Shippers and Customers
xix KING COAL ON THE C&O
The Road Overlooks Nothing in Its Desire to Serve This Important Industry
xx NORTHERN PACIFIC'S NEW PASCO YARD
xxi BEAUTIFUL NEW DOME COACHES,
LOUNGES, AND DOMED DINERS ON THE UNION PACIFIC
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xxii TIMKEN ROLLER BEARINGS FOR FREIGHT CARS
More Are Being Installed, and All Railroads Must Go Roller Freight
xxm SANTA FE'S SAN FRANCISCO CHIEF Fine New Train Has Proved So Popular-Ultrasonic Car
xxiv THE LACKAWANNA
A Modern Railroad Must Have Buildings, Shops,
and Facilities-New Service Roads
xxv CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN'S
OELWEIN CENTRALIZATION Manifest Freight Trains
xxvi UNION PACIFIC
New CTC, North Platte Yards, Electronic Yardmas-
ter, Radio, Laramie Icing Facilities
xxvii COTTON BELT
Trinity Industrial District at Dallas-Tyler Industrial
Foundation
xxvm SANTA FE
Piggyback and Ribbon Rail
xxix SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM
Fast Freight, L.C.L., New Yards, Freight Cars, Car
Repair
xxx THE BUDD COMPANY
This Great Car Builder's Innovations Have Meant
Much to Many Passenger-carrying Railroads
=c1 BANGOR AND AROOSTOOK
Maine Potato Mover-This Road Works for the
Grower-Searsport, Its Ocean Gateway
xxxii THE SERVO HOTBOX DETECTORS
A New and Important Device for Railroad Operation
Xi
XXXII' VELAU FUR C&O'S GREAT RUSSELL YARD
Chessie the C60 Cat Can Now Sleep Even Sounder Going Over a New Hump the Road Has Installed
xxxiv NORTHERN PACIFIC RADIO
How They Operate Over the Main Street of the
Northwest
xxxv SOUTHERN PACIFIC'S TERMINALS Houston Yard
xxxvi THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY'S DIESELS Availability and Mileage, Radio Communications, Training Schools
X3CXVII LACKAWANNA
Fast Freight BH-4, and Radio
xxxviii SOUTHERN PACIFIC
Fine Shops, and Two-Level Commuter Cars
xxxix NORTHERN PACIFIC
Diesel Pools and Manifest Freight Schedules
XL CHESAPEAKE & OHIO
Diesels-The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs
XLI UNION PACIFIC
New Cheyenne Stockyard
3CLII GREAT WESTERN'S ICING FACILITIES Fabulous Installation at Oelwein Takes Care of System's Perishables-Industrial Development
XLIII SANTA FE
New Freight House and Retarder Yard at Corwith,
Chicago
XLIV LACKAWANNA FIGHTS A FLOOD,
WINS, AND PAYS FOR IT
So Have Many Other Railroads Overcome Catastrophes at Their Own Expense
INDEX
RAILROADS OF THE HOUR is a completely streamlined hook about a streamlined industry which is operating right up to the hour. As its name implies, this book offers accurate descriptions of what has occurred in modern United States railroad practices in the last five years. Boasting 161 crack photographs all taken since 1954, it is strictly modern and shows what the railroads are constantly doing to save the public and the shippers money and how they have modernized themselves despite the harassments of government and state built and maintained highways, subsidized airlines and waterways.
Six new railroads not in Mr. Farrington's previous railroad hooks are treated fully: the Bangor & Aroostook; the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western; the Lehigh & Hudson; the St. Louis & Southwestern (Cotton Belt); the Chicago Great Western; and the Northern Pacific. Other roads covered are the Chesapeake & Ohio, the Santa Fe, the Southern, the Southern Pacific, and Union Pacific.
Both new freight and passenger trains, operating practices, new CTC installations, the latest in retarder yards, radio, piggy-back and specialized services, fast freight schedules provided by eleven modern Class 1 railroads are completely covered. There are chapters on Timken roller bearings, the new Union Switch & Signal Company's Velac for retarders in classification yards, the Budd Company and its great products, and the new Servo hotbox detectors.
The author takes up the most important part of a railroad's business-freight. But descriptions are also given of the new ultramodern passenger trains such as the Lackawanna's Phoebe Snow; the Northern Pacific's North Coast Limited; the Southern's Crescent and Royal Palm; the Santa Fe's San Francisco Chief, El Capitan, and Texas Chief; and the Union Pacific's City of Los Angeles with its new dome diners and lounge cars.
New Yards described are: the Chesapeake & Ohio's at Russell, Kentucky; the Santa Fe's Corwith at Chicago; the Northern Pacific's Pasco at Pasco, Washington; the Union Pacific's North Platte; the Southern Pacific's Houston and Roseville; and the Southern's Norris.
For the first time, the author has covered a great deal about the railroads' attracting new industry along their properties, and there is a complete chapter on the Trinity Industrial District in Dallas, Texas.
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