Uncle Sam's Locomotives The USRA and the Nation's Railroads

Name: Uncle Sam's Locomotives The USRA and the Nation's Railroads
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ISBN: 9780253340863

ISBN-10: 0253340861

ISBN-13: 9780253340863

Edition: 2002

Authors: Eugene L. Huddleston

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The United States Railroad Administration was created in World War I to operate the railroads on their intensified wartime footing. As a result, the USRA changed the face of railroads forever, and left America with twelve now-classic locomotive designs. This superbly illustrated book presents a study of the 30-year impact of the USRA on steam locomotives.When the U.S. entered World War I, the railroads proved unable tocope with the resulting large increase in traffic, and after 8 monthsPresident Wilson established the U.S. Railroad Administration to operatethe railroads until the war ended. One of the USRA's first acts was torationalise the railroad supply industry by standardising rolling…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 8/28/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 232
Size: 8.75" wide x 11.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 2.596
Language: English

Eugene L. Huddleston is emeritus professor of American thought and language at Michigan State University. His works in railroad history include C& O Power: Steam and Diesel Locomotives of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, 1900--1965 (with Philip Shuster and Alvin Staufer).