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Railroads and Weather

From Fogs to Floods and Heat to Hurricanes, the Impacts of Weather and Climate on American Railroading

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  1. Stanley A. Changnon
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  • Covers the impacts of major storms of the last hundred years on the American railroad industry

  • With numerous illustrations

  • Comprehensive in scope

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Dealing with the Weather

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    Pages 1-7

  3. Weather Impacts: The Good and the Bad

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    Pages 9-25

  4. Examples of Weather Problems in Different Climatic Regions

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    Pages 27-63

  5. Effects of Various Weather Conditions

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    Pages 65-91

  6. Planning for and Responding to Weather

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    Pages 93-109

  7. The Evolving Relationship between Weather and Railroads

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    Pages 111-113

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 115-125
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About this book

MUCH OF MY WEATHER and climate research over the past 50 years has focused on how atmospheric conditions impact the environment, the ec- omy, and human activities/health. These studies have led to several scientific papers and two books, one about the great floods of 1993 and the other about El Niño, 1997/98. Coupled with this scientific career orientation was a li- long interest in railroads. This avocation led me to write six books and numerous articles about many facets of railroads. The coupling of these two central intellectual interests led to the preparation of this book. Prior to the 1980 deregulation of the industry, there were many more railroads in operation. This text focuses on weather impacts and railroad adjustments since the 1940s. It covers decades when the challenges of weather and climate were faced by a larger number of companies, and this is well emphasized in the wide variety of photographs, which show trains belonging to companies that have now been absorbed or otherwise relegated to the halls of history. Most of the photographs were taken by me and two of my sons, David and Marc. Several friends supplied other photographs. This book has been made possible by several persons and institutions.

About the author

Stanley A. Changnon is Professor of Geography and Emeritus Chief of Illinois State Water Survey at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He has written numerous books and articles about his lifetime hobby, railroads. His 39 railroad articles have appeared in Rail Classics, Midwest Rail, and Historic Illinois.

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