The Work of the Railway Carman (Reprint)

In 1921, t were still 806,000 freight cars in service which were of primarily wooden construction. The carman thus needed a working knowledge of both wood and steel car construction and repair, and so the book covers this interesting transition period between the wood and the steel car. The book also provides a unique insight into the working conditions of the day, and detailed explanations of the various jobs provide frank descriptions of the innt dangers the carman could expect to face .