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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 625.240973
EAN num: 9780760306123
ISBN number: 0760306125
Label: MBI
Manufacturer: MBI
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 96
Printing Date: September 26, 1999
Publishing house: MBI
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In the world of railway enthusiasts and modelers, freight carriers are every bit as technically involved and evocative as engines and cabooses. This full-colour gallery features and describes a trainload of 'rolling stock' - boxcars, flatcars, hoppers, gondolas, tank cars, auto-rack transports and others - representing a variety of railways in action around the US.
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Good general review of the history of freight equipment used by railroads as well as an overview of current rolling stock. This is a good introductory book for those interested in rail history.
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Is it a gondola that carries coal, isn't it? I've heard them called "hoppers" too. But that's only for grain, isn't it? Answers: (1) rarely; (2) hoppers (open-top) are not gondolas, and most coal is carried in them. (3) Hoppers (covered) carry more than just grain.
This is a wonderful book of pictures that will prove interesting to the beginner and fun for the aficianado. FREIGHT TRAIN CARS covers its subject very well, in essence a "field guide" to American freight cars including those that are fairly rare (coil car) and those that are growing obsolecent (boxcars). The pictures are old enough to show some marvelous B&W detail, but new enough to show the newer shipping modes like shipping "cubes" (which are boxes but not perfectly cubical, and most world trade depends on them, stacked on ships and railcars as high as possible).
This may not have been the intention back in the early Nineties when this book was very first produced, but FREIGHT TRAIN CARS is also a riot of colorful "fallen flags" (Railfan talk for rail companies that have gone out of business or merged into a "megasystem").
Highly recommended. There are other books, but for the money and IMHO, this is the one to go for, especially if you can get a good clean used copy inexpensively. Signed, Al Smalling, proud to be called "Railfan."
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The book was good overall of the freight car produced but not of any that were produced for DOD, Navy or Marines.
Nice book for the person who likes to see the history of products produced over a time period.
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This book is a simple one that seeks to do no more than to introduce readers to the common varieties of freight cars found on the railways and it does a commendable job of doing that. After briefly discussing the origins of freight trains themselves, we are taken on a tour of the different types of cars. The development of each is examined and then their usage through the 19th and 20th centuries in the US is given. These are not in depth treatments but they are very adequate for an introduction.
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This book, although relatively small, is filled with a large amount of info. It is an easy read and when I finihed it I was disappointed it was not longer.
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