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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Motorbooks Intl
Publication date
October 1, 2003
Pages
160
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780760313602
ISBN-10
0760313601
Dimensions
0.75 by 8.50 by 10.75 in.
Weight
2.20 lbs.
Availability§
Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price
$36.95
§As reported by publisher
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Introduction to North American Railway Signaling | Firing the Steam Locomotive | Railroads Across North America | Guide to North American Steam Locomotives | North American Railyards | Freight Cars of the '40s and '50s | Classic Railroad Signals | North American Railroad Family Trees | Union Pacific Railroad
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
This complete and illustrated guide to railroad signaling in the U.S. simplifies and presents the utterly bewildering array of mechanisms, procedures, and rules that have evolved since the 1830s to promote safety, impose control, and disseminate information on America's railways. In addition to providing a brief history of North American signaling from the nineteenth century onward, Brian Solomon provides photos of equipment and explanations of not only how it works, but how it is used and what it all means. Solomon also explains how trains on the same route are given "precedence" or placed in pecking orders and how routes are broken down into digestible segments called "blocks" that help dictate the speed and manner in which a train is driven. The result is a fascinating look at the development of communication on the rails, from the days when slips of paper describing an engineer's track orders were held on a metal hook for him to grab on the fly, to today, when instructions are transmitted via computer. Major manufacturers of signaling equipment are represented.
Editions
Hardcover
The price comparison is for this edition
from Motorbooks Intl (October 1, 2003)
9780760313602 | details & prices | 160 pages | 8.50 × 10.75 × 0.75 in. | 2.20 lbs | List price $36.95
About: This complete and illustrated guide to railroad signaling in the U.
About: This complete and illustrated guide to railroad signaling in the U.
Paperback
1 edition from Voyageur Pr (February 15, 2010)
9780760338810 | details & prices | 159 pages | 8.50 × 11.00 × 0.50 in. | 1.60 lbs | List price $24.99
About: From the 1830s to today, the railroad industry has developed myriad complex mechanisms to help keep North Americaâs railroad rights-of-ways safe, efficient, and relatively accident-free.
About: From the 1830s to today, the railroad industry has developed myriad complex mechanisms to help keep North Americaâs railroad rights-of-ways safe, efficient, and relatively accident-free.
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