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STREET RAILWAYS - THEIR CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

A Practical Handbook for Street Railway Men

- November 2005
by C.B. Fairchild
ISBN 978-1-874422-55-6
Book 29.5cm 23.5cm Hardback 486 Pages 400+ B&W Illustrations
Publisher: Adam Gordon
Series: Adam Gordon Reprint
Availability: IN STOCK but Out of print so no more available when our stock is exhausted

Price: £40.00

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This volume is a facsimile copy of the very scarce original, an American publication of 1892. The sub-title, A Practical Handbook For Street Railway Men, is the volume's best description.

Contents:

  • Preface
  • Chapter 1 - Electric Traction
  • Chapter 2 - Cable Traction
  • Chapter 3 - Horse Traction
  • Chapter 4 - Steam, Air and Gas Motors
  • Chapter 5 - Inclined Planes
  • Chapter 6 - Rack Rail Inclines
  • Chapter 7 - Elevated Roads
  • Chapter 8 - Car Building
  • Chapter 9 - Track Construction
  • Chapter 10 - Discipline Rules
  • Chapter 11 - Charter-Franchises-Stocks and Bonds
  • Chapter 12 - Bookkeeping and the Classification of Street Railway Accounts
  • Chapter 13 - Leading Types of Cars Illustrated
  • Chapter 14 - Auxiliary Appliances, Illustrated
  • Appendices

 

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Other Titles in this Series:

CABLE SYSTEM OF TRAMWAY TRACTION
ELECTRIC RAILWAY DICTIONARY
ELECTRIC TRAMWAY TRACTION
FELTHAM CAR
HISTORY OF THE STEAM TRAM
LIFE OF RICHARD TREVITHICK
OMNIBUSES & CABS
OVERHAUL OF TRAMCARS
TRAMWAY REVIEW - Vol.S 1 AND 2
TRAMWAYS - THEIR CONSTRUCTION AND WORKING
TRAMWAYS AND ELECTRIC RAILWAYS IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY

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