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THE MODERN RAILROAD




[Illustration: READY FOR THE DAY'S RUN]




  THE MODERN RAILROAD


  BY EDWARD HUNGERFORD
  AUTHOR OF "LITTLE CORKY," "THE MAN WHO STOLE A
  RAILROAD," ETC.


  WITH MANY ILLUSTRATIONS
  FROM PHOTOGRAPHS


  CHICAGO
  A. C. McCLURG & CO.
  1911




  COPYRIGHT
  A. C. McCLURG & CO.
  1911

  Published November, 1911
  Entered at Stationers' Hall, London, England


  PRESS OF THE VAIL COMPANY
  COSHOCTON, U. S. A.




  TO MY FATHER
  IN RECOGNITION OF HIS
  INTEREST AND APPRECIATION
  THIS BOOK
  IS DEDICATED




PREFACE


To bring to the great lay mind some slight idea of the intricacy and the
involved detail of railroad operation is the purpose of this book. Of the
intricacies and involved details of railroad finance and railroad
politics; of the quarrels between the railroads, the organizations of
their employees, the governmental commissions, or the shippers, it says
little or nothing. These difficult and pertinent questions have been and
still are being competently discussed by other writers.

The author wishes to acknowledge the courtesy of the editors and
publishers of _Harper's Monthly_, _Harper's Weekly_, _The Saturday Evening
Post_, and _Outing_ in permitting the introduction into this work of
portions or entire articles which he has written for them in the past. He
would also feel