Real History is what was written by the people at time, the people who lived it. Here was have the first-hand lessons of a Railroad Manager to his son, a young professional in the field. The days of the railroad as king may be gone, but this book contains an invaluable look at the industry at the time, along with lessons in management, leadership, and the social issues of the day. To the railway officials and employees of America: Their intelligence is an inspiration; their steadfastness, a psalm .A Word of Congratulation Helping the Train Dispatchers Handling a Yard Distant Signals on Chief Clerks Safety of Trains in Yards Standardizing Administration The New Trainmaster and Civil Service Education of Several Kinds Correspondence and Telegrams The Bayonet Precedes the Gospel Preventing Wrecks Before They Happen The Self-Made Man Who Worships His Maker The Friend-Mile as a Unit of Measure The Management that Breeds from Its Own Herd More on Civil Service The Supply Train What the Big Engine Has Cost Be a Superintendent-Not a Nurse The Rack of the Comparative Statement Handling the Pay-Roll Military Organization Wrecks and Block Signals Unionism The Round-Up Postscript By Frank H. Spearman
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