North American Railroads Today

London: Brian Trodd Publishing House Limited, 1990. Hard Back. Near Fine/Very Good. 10" X 12. 133 Pages Indexed. Printed in Spain and Typeset in England. Dust jacket price $19.95 is sunclipped. A graphic account of the resurgence of one of america's greatest industries. Brilliant illustrations, most in color. Describes lhow lthe new mega-railroads are exploiting modern technology to build for themselves a bigger and more essential role than ever in a nation demands, more than ever, energy efficient, low cost transportation. It is an exciting story of new breakthroughs in piggy-backing highway trucks over the long hauls, of vital new serivces to industries liike coal and grain transport, and of wider and wider application of computers and micro-processors to riase the control of train operation to new levels of precision. Contents: The New Face of US Railroading, The aGe of the US Mega-Railroad, The Unit Freight Train to Integral Freight Train, The Piggyback Boom, The Computer Age in Traffic Control and Freight Car Sorting, The Rising Efficiency fo the American Diesel Locomotive, Amtrak Pulls Through, The Railroads of Canada, Outlook Brightens for Canadia's Via Rail, and The Rapid Transit Railway Boom. Large heavy book that may incur additional shipping charges to some locations.