Download or read book Modernizing a Trunk Line written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-28 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Modernizing a Trunk Line: A Story of the Permanent Improvements on the Lackawanna Railroad Since 1899 The track was in fair condition, but the line was equipped, in many places, with bridges too light for heavy motive power, and in such shape that it was usually necessary to replace substructure as well as superstructure. The water supply was badly located and inadequate; roundhouses, passing sidings and terminal yards were too small to serve a road worked with modern equipment; in short, there was need Of general renovation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.