Description of the nineteenth century railway mania in Europe and America and biographies of six entrepreneurs. In Britain, Thomas Brassey and George Hudson; in the US, James Hill, Edward Harriman, Jay Gould and Jim Fisk.
Pioneers of Electric Railroading - Their Story in Words and Pictures
Variations Available: 2
Subtitle:
Headlights Volumes 51 & 52
Summary:
Study of the first electric traction and tramways and their developers at the end of the nineteenth century. Coverage is world-wide, illustrated with photographs and diagrams.