OUR RAILROADS
TO-MORROW

OUR RAILROADS
TO-MORROW

BY
EDWARD HUNGERFORD

NEW YORK
THE CENTURY CO.
1922

Copyright, 1922, by
The Century Co.
Copyright, 1920, 1921, 1922, by
Curtis Publishing Co.
PRINTED IN U. S. A.


CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
[I]In Introduction[3]
[II]The United States Railroad Administration[25]
[III]The United States Railroad Administration (continued)[47]
[IV]The Return of Private Operation[65]
[V]The Present-Day Situation[79]
[VI]The Man Factor of the Problem[91]
[VII]Solving the Railroads’ Human Problem[115]
[VIII]The Possibilities of Electrification[135]
[IX]More About Electric Motive-power[159]
[X]A Case for the Steam Locomotive[172]
[XI]The Gasoline-Motor Unit and its Possibilities[191]
[XII]Speeding up the Freight Terminals[213]
[XIII]The Twilight of Competition[238]
[XIV]The Regional Railroad Overseas[272]
[XV]The Regional Railroad at Home[293]
[XVI]The United States Railroad[317]