Railroad
Engineering
Transportation
problems are perhaps
the most vital in the
whole engineering
profession. The ro-
mance in the discov-
ery of one railroad
device-the air brake
-is vividly described
in Leupp's recent life of George West-
inghouse. "The battle of the brakes"
is a chapter as thrilling as fiction.
The Modern Railroad, by Hunger-
ford, tells in detail about the problems
of railroad operation. It is well illus-
trated and very readable.
The whole subject of railroading-
company formation, valuation, con-
struction, bridges, sidings, yards, loco-
motives, betterment surveys-is con-
sidered in Raymond's Elements of
Railroad Engineering. The upkeep
of a railroad's physical equipment is
described with many illustrations
and charts in Sellew's Railway
Maintenance, written especially for
students.

Specialized books of value are Sin-
clair's Locomotive Engine Running
and Management; Prior's Operation
of Trains, Station Work and Teleg-
raphy; and The Trackman's Helper,
by Dana and Trimble.
The United States railway system is
the most extensive and highly organized
in the world. Competent men will al-
ways be needed in its engineering and
administrative branches.
Ask for these books and for others
on any line of work that interests you
at YOUR PUBLIC LIBRARY. Li-
brary service is free everywhere.

American Library Association
Library War Service
Vocation List No. 7-L

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