Trains and Technology: The American Railroad in the Nineteenth Century. Volume 3: Track and Structures

Cover: Trains and Technology: The American Railroad in the Nineteenth Century. Volume 3: Track and Structures
Author
Anthony J. Bianculli

Hardback
March 2003 • ISBN 978-1611492200 • $91.00


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This series of four lavishly illustrated volumes provides a thorough grounding in the maturation of the American railroad through an exposition of railroad technology in an age of unprecedented technological expansion. Volume 3Track and Structures covers the technologies involved in locating and building the railroad and all its aspects of rail development. The structures portion of this volume investigates stations and structures needed to service the equipment and conduct operations. Illustrations.

About the Author
Anthony J. Bianculli is a mechanical engineer with extensive and varied experience in a Fortune 500 company.