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RAILROADING AROUND THE WORLD by S. KIP FARRINGTON, JR. Railroading Around the World is a book of strikingly beautiful pictures collected by the author while inspecting the operations of thirty-four railroads in twenty-two countries. The text explains the pictures and gives a vivid account of the conditions and problems met and solved bv railroad men everywhere. The many American devotees of the steam loco- motive, which is rapidly disappearing in this country, will have a chance to see some of these engines in action in other countries where they are still in service. The book also should appeal to people both here and abroad who are interested in this great industry, as well as to rail fans, model enthusiasts and rail- road men themselves. S. Kip Farrington, Jr., is perhaps not only better informed than any other writer, or any- other person, on American railroads, but he is also an authority on foreign railroads. He has riddenevery conceivable kind ofcar, train and engine, from dynamometer cars to trains run especially for him. In the countries Mr. Farrington visited, he remained constantly in touch with theoperational, trafficandfinancial organization of the various rail lines, a prac- tice he follows as a matter of course with American railroads. The author's books on American railroads are standard works on present-dayrailroad operationsandare widely read by railroaders everywhere. These hard- to-please men praise the books for their cor- rect, factual information, attention to detail and superb illustrations. This present book is no exception. It contains over one hundred pages of photographs, as well as charts, graphs and rule books. The pictures will also delight photographers, world travelers and skiers, for there are many magnificent views of trains plowing through the snows of the Alps, of Scandinavia and Alaska. Mr. Farrington compiled this book because he felt it would serve railroad men here and (Continued on back flap) Around the World Railroading Books by S. Kip Farrington, Jr. FISHfNG THE PACIFIC: Offshore and On FISHING THE ATLANTIC: Offshore and On PACIFIC GAME FISHING SPORT FISHING BOATS A BOOK OF FISHES ATLANTIC GAME FISHING THE DUCKS CAME BACK SHIPS OF THE U. S. MERCHANT MARINE INTERESTING BIRDS OF OUR COUNTRY GIANTS OF THE RAILS RAILROADING FROM THE HEAD END RAILROADING FROM THE REAR END RAILROADS AT WAR RAILROADS OF TODAY RAILROADING THE MODERN WAY RAILROADING AROUND THE WORLD Juven/7e Frontispiece. Central Railway of Peru #6 BILL, THE BROADBILL SWORDFISH descending grade in the high Andes of Peru. *^r '. v- v- *«#. ! >£- COPYRIGHT. 1955, BY S. KIP FARRIXGTOX, JR. All rights reserved. This hook, or parts thereof, must not be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publishers. Published simultaneously in the Dominion of Canada by Longmans, Green 6- Company, Toronto. Library of Congress Catalog Card Xumber: 55-6138 This edition published by arrangement with Coward McCann, Inc. To ROLAND HARRIMAN E. businessman, sportsman and railroader, who performs a fine job for the railroad industry as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Union Pacific Railroad. Foreword ON Thursday, May 18, 1950, I made a speech to the New York Railroad Club entitled "Railroading Around the World." I announced to this sizable group of good railroaders that evening that the name of this speech would be the title of a book I would undertake to write. Now some five years later, which isn't too long a time for such an undertaking, the book has appeared, and I trust it will be well received—at least for its pictures if for no other reason. My principal aim in writing this book was to put before the eyes of the North American railroad men and those interested in U. S. and Canadian operations the job that is being done by railroaders in other parts of the world. The men that I have met, from officials to switchtenders, are all good railroaders who are doing the best possible job with what they have at their disposal, which is all one can ask of anybody. It is this thought that I try to convey in this volume. The United States and Canada are omitted for obvious reasons. I have written six books on the U. S. railroads and two more are scheduled to be written. The Canadian operations are so similar to the U. S. operations that I did not feel Canada had a place in this book, which already contains more pictures than any other railroad book ever done. Among the pictures are many fine ones, which my books always seem for- tunate enough to have. I am particularly indebted to W. W. Stewart, the great railroad photographer, of Auckland, New Zealand, for his pictures which I have used in the New Zealand section; to all of the foreign railroads, officials and railroaders, who showed me over their systems and gave me such great welcome and fine hospitality; to Olive B. Flannery, whose incessant work got the manuscript out in its usual rush; to Dave Edwards of East Hampton, Long Island, who provided the end-paper illus- trations and took the pictures of the tablets and staffs, as well as the passes, in the book; and last, but not least, to my new Dictaphone Timemaster, without which there would have been no book. This is the eighth book I have done on this machine, and the new model is even better than its predecessors. A book that should be in the hands of all who are interested in railways, both around the world and in the United States, is World Railway;, published at 25 Gilbert Street, London, England, and distributed by Rand McNally in the United States. This volume has been published twice and contains many pictures of mo- tive power and cars, as well as maps and statistics that all enthusiasts would enjoy. The book is a companion to Jane's Fighting Ships and All the World's Aircraft, and its accuracy has been brought home to me in comparing its statis- tics with those given me by the foreign railroads. The Railway Age magazine is read by railroad men throughout the world and there are few, if any, offices in which I have failed to see a weekly copy. The Eng- lish Railway Gazette is also much in demand outside of North America. I have tried to keep this book in U.S. pounds and miles as much as possible but there are times when the weights and measures of the countries involved had to be used. I am therefore listing the following metric system figures: 1 kilometer 0.62137 miles 1 metric ton 2,204.6 pounds or 1,000 kilograms 1 ton-kilometer 1 metric ton transported over a dis- tance of 1 kilometer—the metric counterpart of the ton-mile 1 meter 39.37 inches or 3.28 feet S. Kip Farrington, Jr. Finning Out East Hampton, Long Island, New York, U.S.A.
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