The Modern Railroad (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1911. Excerpt: ... INDEX Acworth, the English economist, 330, 331-Adams, Alvin, 371, 372. Adams, Maude, 293, 294. Adams Express Company, 371-373-Adams & Company, 372. Ade, George, 303. Advertising, railroad, 276; bill for newspaper, 288; open terri-tory, 356. Agricultural schools maintained by the railroads, 360, 361, 363. Air-brake, 42, 125, 134, 249, 250. Albany, bridge at, 14. Albany & Syracuse Railroad, 371. Algomah Central, 417. Algomah, ferry, 415. Alleghany Portage Railroad, 11, 12, 48, 149. Allen, Horatio, 5, 6, 7, 8, 119. Altoona shops of Pennsylvania Railroad, 12, 61, 154, 394, 395-398. American bridge-builders do work of world, 74. American Express Company, 372, 373-American Locomotive Company, 126, 127. "American Notes," Dickens, quoted, 11. Anchor Line, the, see Erie & Western Transportation Com-pany. Ann Arbor railway, 416. Arabian, locomotive, 120. Armstrong, Col. G. B., 377. Ashtabula, Ohio, bridge disaster, 61. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, 2, 32, 126, 127, 358, 386, 429. Atlantic City, 367, 368. Atlantic City Railroad, 127. Atlantic Coast Line, 127. Atlantic type of locomotive, 127. Baggage, handling of, 93; duties of baggagemen, 251, 252; use of baggage-car, 322, 323. Baldwin, Matthias, 122, 123. Baltimore, railroad connections of, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19; tun-nels in, 49; stations in, 96, 436. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, 2, 9, 15-23, 41. 49. 58-60, 64, 65, 77. 96, 120, 126, 132, 139, 144, 376, 377, 394. 421. 427. 436. Baltimore & Potomac R. R., 20. Bangs, Col. George S., 377, 378. "Bends," cause and treatment of, 68, 70. Bergen Tunnel, 318. Bessemer, Sir Henry, 61. Best Friend of Charleston, loco-motive, 8, 120. Big Muddy River, Illinois Cen-tral's bridge over, 78. Big Four, 27, 418. Binghampton, N. Y., 81. Black Diamond Express (Lehigh Valley ...