American Narrow Gauge Railroads
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| Rating | : | 4.81 (616 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0804723699 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 600 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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Good reading for narrow gauge railroad fans As a narrow gauge railroad fan I found the information in this book highly interesting.. "Mandatory reading - a complete reference" according to A Customer. Author George Hilton is a national authority numerous categories of transportation history. An economist by training, Hilton blends his love of rail and steam with an intelligent analysis of the economic and political realities of the rise and fall of popular railr. "History of American Narrow Guage Railroads" according to John D.. This is an excellent work on the theory behind the building of narrow guage railroads across the United States and their altimate demize. Very extensive research has gone into the writing this book, and it is the most fascinating book I have read on this subject. A
of Wyoming Lib., LaramieCopyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. railroads in the 1870s and 1880s was based on economic error. Cors, Univ. Part 1 sur veys the economics and technology of the movement as a whole, and Part 2 offers individual histories of 350 companies. Highly recommended for informed lay persons and specialists.-Paul B. The expected capital savings were not realized in prac tice and the cost of reloading freight at junctions with the standard gauge net work was excessive. By 1900 most of the lines had either been converted to stan dard gauge or abandoned. From Library Journal Th
This is the first comprehensive, extensively illustrated account of the growth and decline of American narrow gauge railroading, a singular and still not fully understood episode in the history of American transportation.