The freight department of the modern railroad requires a veritable army of clerks 176 The farmer who sued the railroad for permanent injuries-- as the detectives with their cameras found him 177 Oil-burning locomotive on the Southern Pacific system 190 The steel passenger coach such as has become standard upon the American railroad 190 Electric car, generating its own power by a gasoline engine 190 Both locomotive and train--gasoline motor car designed for branch line service 190 The biggest locomotive in the world: built by the Santa Fe Railroad at its Topeka shops 191 The conductor is a high type of railroad employee 208 The engineer--oil-can in hand--is forever fussing at his machine 208 Railroad responsibility does not end even with the track walker 209 The fireman has a hard job and a steady one 209 How the real timetable of the division looks--the one used in headquarters 222 The electro-pneumatic signal-box in the control tower of a modern terminal 228 The responsible men who stand at the switch-tower of a modern terminal: a large tower of the "manual" type 228 "When winter comes upon the lines the superintendent will have full use for every one of his wits" 229 Watchful signals guarding the main line of a busy railroad 229 "When the train comes to a water station the fireman gets out and fills the tank" 248 A freight-crew and its "hack" 248 A view through the span of a modern truss bridge gives an idea of its strength and solidity 249 The New York Central is adopting the new form of "Upper quadrant" signal 249 The wrecking train ready to start out from the yard 262 "Two of these great cranes can grab a wounded Mogul locomotive and put her out of the way" 262 "The shop-men form no mean brigade in this industrial army of America" 263 "Winter days when the wind-blown snow forms mountains upon the tracks" 272