The romance of modern locomotion : containing interesting descriptions (in non-technical language) of the rise and development of the railroad systems in all parts of the world /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Williams, Archibald
Corporate Author: Rupp Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : London : Lippincott ; C. Arthur Pearson, 1904
Philadelphia, London, Lippincott; C. Arthur Pearson, 1904
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260 |a Philadelphia,  |b Lippincott;  |a London,  |b C. Arthur Pearson,  |c 1904 
300 |a 367 p  |b plates  |c 20 cm. 
300 |a 367 p. :  |b plates ;  |c 20 cm 
500 |a Has advertisement for 2 other publications on the page opposite the t.p 
500 |a "Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co. Edinburgh & London" on end page 
505 0 |a How the Midland Railway came into being -- The Great Western Railway; or, the struggle of the Gauges -- The Building of the Canadian Pacific Railway -- What the Canadian Pacific Railway has done for Canada -- The first of the transcontinentals -- The highroad to Orange Land -- A few more facts about the U.S.A. railroads -- The railway as conqueror -- Mountain Railways -- Fighting the snow -- How life is protected: 1. in the signal box -- How life is protected: 2. brakes -- Accidents and the breakdown train -- Indian railways -- The railway surveyor and engineer -- The development of the locomotive -- The cradle of a locomotive -- What the expresses can do -- The railway in war -- The electric railway -- The railway mania -- The Grain elevator -- Adventures on the line -- Ocean Ferries 
530 |a Also available in digital form through the Internet Archive 
563 |a Athenaeum copy: Bound in red cloth with gilt lettering and various depictions of locomotives, mountain passes, bridges and trees. There are 4 panels in color, one of which is on the spine. The back cover is plain 
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