The Railroad Problem

The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Railroad Problem, by Edward Hungerford

Courtesy of the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway.
An interesting illustration of rail-power development. Notice the evolution of the crude steam engine of 1848 into the giant locomotive of 1913, which in turn is overshadowed by the later arrival—electricity.
Courtesy of the C. M. & St. P. Railway.
Steam, the giant power, which, by welding our states together with bands of steel, has been a mighty factor in the unifying of the nation.
The Railroad Problem
By Edward Hungerford Author of “The Modern Railroad,” etc.
Illustrated
Chicago A. C. McClurg & Co. 1917
Copyright A. C. McClurg & Co. 1917
Published April, 1917