Steel Trains: The Epic of the Railroads

x, 374 pp. Illustrated. CONTENTS: Preface; Beginnings: The Iron Horse is Born - Starting America's Steel Trails - Early Troubles and How They Were Conquered - That New Wonder: The Passenger Train - Conquering the Middle West; The Railroad Grows Up: What Is a Railroad? - The Steel Trail Grows Up - Meet the Modern Iron Horse! - Keeping the Steel Trail in Trim - Creating Modern Passenger Service - What Your Ticket Buys - Controlling Trains on Their Runs; Fighting It Out: "Railroad Kings" of the East- Tussling with Nature and Finance Too: Building the Transcontinentals - Hauling the Tonnage: The Steel Trail at Work for Commerce and Industry - Footing the Freight Bill: America's Rate Structure; What Next?: Glimpsing the Future - Index.