Railroad Freight Transportation

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D. Appleton, 1922 - 771 páginas
 

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Freight House and Track Layout Pennsylvania Railroad
40
175
43
Shunting Yards
46
Sabot Frien Brake Skid
48
Yard Accessories
50
210
52
Rearrangement of Tracks Conway
56
PART II
65
Car Repair Shops Tracks and Floating Gangs
66
Freight Cars
67
Engine Rating for One Per Cent Grade Speed Eight
70
SECTION
73
Original Cost Cost of Repairs and Number of Pieces
77
Provision of Cars
84
Shops of Delaware and Hudson Co Colonie N
87
Engine House
90
Barracks 72 Back Shop
92
Locomotives
93
C
99
73
100
Price Curves Cost of Locomotives
107
Stokers
109
The Crew of the Train Fireman
110
Future Possibilities
111
Service Power 77 Compound Locomotives
112
Articulated Locomotives
113
Wreck Train
114
Snow Plows
115
Track Inspection
116
Dynamometer Car 82 83 Special Cars 84 Speedometers
118
Narrow Gauge Railroad
119
Comparison of Steam and Electrical Working
120
Generally Accepted Features of Railway Organization
139
Statistics
141
Tablet to Commemorate First Telegraphic Train
162
PAGE
171
Intercompany Arrangements and Standard Practices
177
Extracorporate Relations
183
117
192
Railway and Locomotive Engineering
198
128
206
Water
212
Coal
213
Steam
214
125
215
Changing Conditions and Practices
218
Requirements and Education
219
The Work of the Crew of the Train
220
67
221
Depreciation
222
Early Conditions1828 1839 1850 1863
224
Freight Forwarded Book
229
Station Balance Sheet
232
General Accounts and Miscellaneous Matters
241
Classification of Expense Accounts
244
Arbitrary Restrictions of Service Designed to Make
252
Demurrage
257
Distribution of the Time of a Freight Car Movement
264
76
268
Recapitulation Class I RoadsEastern Southern
275
Car Surpluses or Shortages in United States and
281
The Demands of the Traffic and the Provisions
286
Sailing Day Plan
374
170
381
Car Service Rules
393
Increase Possible in Tons One Mile 19061919 Making
396
Code of M C B Rules
403
Development of Steam Transport
419
Effectiveness of Electric Engine as Compared With Steam Engine
423
177
427
179
434
91
447
The Engine
448
Advance of 1902
450
Fuel Consumption
456
PART III
458
Assistant Engines
469
Engine Failures
479
Road Work
486
Standard Time
493
Standard Code of Train Rules and Telegraph Orders
499
Block System and Interlocking Signals
511
Planes
518
General Rules Governing Employees Operating Depart
527
Station Agent
533
The SixteenHour Law PAGE
539
582
582
Standard of Living 231 Wage Movements on B O N Y C et al of 1910
583
ORGANIZATION FIELD AND STAFF
586
Effect of the Award of May 14 1910
588
Organization
590
Engineers Arbitration Eastern Territory 1912
596
237
599
ern Territory 19131915
600
Concerted Movements
604
The Adamson
609
Conduct of Negotiations
616
Mediation 241 Employment Relations 242 Wage Differential 243 588 589 596 597 600 604 609 616 617
617
The General Manager
618
Relative Wages 621 245 The United States Railroad Administration
621
The United States Railroad Labor Board 621
622
Working Conditions
624
PieceWork
629
Seniority 250 The Basic Day 630
630
Overtime
632
Levels of Human Intelligence
643
The Personnel
651
94
655
Training and Instruction
660
Suggestions for Uniform Discipline
667
Railroad Provident Institutions
673
267
682
Open Shop
697
272
709
The Grammar of Industry
723
The Look Ahead
732
INDEX
737
General Superintendent
750
Superintendent Car Service 96 Superintendent of Personnel 97 Superintendent of Safety 98 Police Service
757
Trainmaster 131 142
759
147
763
157
765
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