Train talk : an illustrated guide to lights, hand signals, whistles, and other languages of railroading /
An introduction to the language of railroading, in which words, colored lights, flags, semaphore arms, coded whistles, hand signals, flares, and explosive alarms are used to guide trains and announce their arrivals and departures.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Pantheon Books,
[1983]
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: | An introduction to the language of railroading, in which words, colored lights, flags, semaphore arms, coded whistles, hand signals, flares, and explosive alarms are used to guide trains and announce their arrivals and departures. |
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| Physical Description: | 85 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: | 039485750X 0394957504 (lib. bdg.) |