TRANSACTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL ENGINEERING CONGRESS, 1915; RAILWAY ENGINEERING. SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, SEPTEMBER 20-25, 1915

San Francisco: Press of the Neal Publishing Company, 1916. Hardcover. Item #46281

Presents twenty-four papers by various authors on numerous aspects of railways in the U.S. and other countries. Topics include railroading in Italy, India, China, North and South America, Russia, Netherland East Indies, locating a new line, construction methods, tunnels, bridges, track and roadbed, signals and interlocking, terminals, recent locomotive development, electric motive power, etc. 634 pages with numerous tables, charts, diagrams, photographs, quite a few of which are foldouts. Bound in brown quarter leather over pebbled cloth boards. Marbled endpapers. Owner's stamp on the title page. A very good plus copy.

Price: $250.00