Rights of Trains

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Summary: Trains, safe operations of
Review: This is a study of the proper methods of moving trains from place to place safley and efficiently. It was meant as a learning guide for people interested in employment with American Railroads. Using examples from several railroads it provide a basis from which to learn the principle of train operations. Railroad had developed over the years specific terms and procedures to safely move trains. New employees must learn these and make them second nature to ensure their own,other employees and the general public. This book was not the end all for train safety, but was a starting point to make the employee a better educated and therefore safer employee. Written before the use of radio for train movement, it tell of a system that have for the most part been surpassed by technology. It still gives the student of history a chance to understand a little of the way trains were operated during the high points of American railroad company

Rating:
Summary: Trains, safe operations of
Review: This is a study of the proper methods of moving trains from place to place safley and efficiently. It was meant as a learning guide for people interested in employment with American Railroads. Using examples from several railroads it provide a basis from which to learn the principle of train operations. Railroad had developed over the years specific terms and procedures to safely move trains. New employees must learn these and make them second nature to ensure their own,other employees and the general public. This book was not the end all for train safety, but was a starting point to make the employee a better educated and therefore safer employee. Written before the use of radio for train movement, it tell of a system that have for the most part been surpassed by technology. It still gives the student of history a chance to understand a little of the way trains were operated during the high points of American railroad company