Excerpt from The Railways and the Nation: Problems and PossibilitiesWhat to the student of railway economics is almost self-evident truth has yet, after seventy years of railway.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the w...
Excerpt from The Railways and the Nation: Problems and Possibilities
The spectacle of a splendidly equipped, partially utilised, and but moderately profitable means of transit like the British railway system, running through miles of fertile but empty country, and connecting congested cities and towns where people lack the means of healthy physical subsistence, is one among many examples of national waste which may be attributed to the lack o...