Atlas of the World's Railways.pdf

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the
world
today
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only
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have
opened
up
and
in
general
and
intercontinental
trans-
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services
on
a
scale
never
before
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trade
routes
imagined.
Today
more
than
seventy
percent
of
is
the
world's
freight
carried
by
rail.
Atlas
of
the
World's
Railways
covers
the
entire
spectrum
of
rail
travel
today.
It
is
arranged
in
alphabetical
order
by
country
by
continent.
Accompanied
by
maps
obtained
from
the
carto-
graphers,
George
Philip
&
Son
Limited,
London
and
enriched
by
more
than
600
photo-
graphs,
Brian
Hollingsworth
and
his
colleagues
escort
the
reader
through
the
countries
of
the
world,
along
narrow-gauge,
metre-gauge
and
standard-
gauge
tracks,
over
bridges
and
via-
ducts,
through
tunnels,
across
deserts
and
the
sides
up
of
mountains.
The
history
and
modern
of
workings
urban
rapid
transit
systems,
national
and
international
railroad
systems
are
described
in
vivid
detail
complete
with
relevant
statistics:
gauges,
lengths
and
heights
of
bridges
and
tunnels,
passengers
and
freight
carried,
rolling
stock,
locomotive
so
on.
power,
percentage
table
electrified
and
A
detailed
of
contents
precedes
each
section;
countries
which
appear
more
than
one
continent
or
are
known
by
more
than
one
name
are
fully
cross-
in
referenced.
A
the
detailed
and
complete
index
Atlas
concludes
book.
is
Railways
not
only
source
book
but
of
the
World's
an
accurate
and
up-to-date
pleasure
to
read,
a
truly
is
a
popular
reference
work.
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