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Marshall Monroe Kirkman (1842—1921) was an American authority on railways, born in Illinois. He entered the service of the Chicago and North Western Railway in 1856 and rose to the position of vice-president in 1889. He wrote extensively on the subject of railways. He wrote The Science of Railways (1894), which was later revised and republished in 17 volumes, and 3 portfolios (1909, et. seq.). The titles of the various volumes are:
  • Locomotive, Engine Failures, and Motive Power Department
  • Engineer's and Fireman's Handbook
  • Air Brake: Its Construction and Working
  • Shops and Shop Practice (two volumes)
  • Cars: Their Construction, Handling, and Supervision
  • Organization of Railways, and Financing
  • Passenger Train Traffic and Accounts
  • Freight Traffic
  • Building and Repairing Railways
  • Operating Trains
  • Electricity Applied to Railways
  • Locomotive Appliances
  • Collection of Revenue
  • General Accounts and Cash
  • Safeguarding Railway Expenditures
  • Railway Rates and Government Ownership
  • Locomotive Portfolio
  • Car Portfolio
  • Air Brake Portfolio
M. M. Kirkman also wrote:
  • The Romance of Gilbert Holmes (1900)
  • Iskander (1903)
  • The Alexandrian Novels (three volumes, 1909)
  • History of Alexander the Great (1913)

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Total Books: 141
The Romance Of Alexander And Roxana Being One Of The Alexandrian Romances
2010 - The Romance of Alexander and Roxana Being One of the Alexandrian Romances [1909] (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781160019958
ISBN-10: 1160019959
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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The Science of Railways Volume 9
2010 - The Science of Railways Volume 9 (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781143284946
ISBN-10: 1143284941
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The Science of Railways Engineers' and Firemen's Handbook 1913
The Science of Railways
2010 - The Science of Railways [Volume 7] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780217103947
ISBN-10: 0217103944
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Passenger Train Traffic and Accounts  Forming One of the Series of Volumes Comprised in the Revised and Enlarged Edition of the Science of Railways
The Science of Railways Volume 5
2010 - The Science of Railways Volume 5 (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781143865725
ISBN-10: 1143865723
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The Science of Railways Building and Repairing Railways 1907
2010 - The Science of Railways Building and Repairing Railways 1907 (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781143419942
ISBN-10: 1143419944
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The Eustace Diamonds By Anthony Trollope Volume 1
2010 - The Eustace Diamonds By Anthony Trollope Volume 1 (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781143420986
ISBN-10: 1143420985
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The Science of Railways Passenger Train Traffic and Accounts 1907
2010 - The Science of Railways Passenger Train Traffic and Accounts 1907 (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781143458873
ISBN-10: 1143458877
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The Science of Railways Volume 1
2010 - The Science of Railways Volume 1 (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781142013394
ISBN-10: 1142013391
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The Science of Railways Collection of Revenue and Other Fiscal Matters 1907
2010 - The Science of Railways Collection of Revenue and Other Fiscal Matters 1907 (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781142020071
ISBN-10: 114202007X
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Railway Train and Station Service Describing the Organization and Manner of Operating Trains and the Duties of Train and Station Officials
Locomotive Appliances Supplement to The Science of Railways
2010 - Locomotive Appliances Supplement to the Science of Railways (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781142127725
ISBN-10: 1142127729
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The Science of Railways Volume 2
2010 - The Science of Railways Volume 2 (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781142266035
ISBN-10: 1142266036
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The Science of Railways Volume 4
2010 - The Science of Railways Volume 4 (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781142310479
ISBN-10: 1142310477
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The Romance of Gilbert Holmes An Historical Novel
2010 - The Romance of Gilbert Holmes an Historical Novel (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781142500559
ISBN-10: 1142500551
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The Science of Railways Organization in Railways 1907
2010 - The Science of Railways Organization in Railways 1907 (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781142564551
ISBN-10: 114256455X
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The Science of Railways Railway Rates and Government Ownership 1907
2010 - The Science of Railways Railway Rates and Government Ownership 1907 (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781142571405
ISBN-10: 1142571408
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The Science of Railways Volume 3
2010 - The Science of Railways Volume 3 (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781142608347
ISBN-10: 1142608344
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The Science of Railways The Locomotive 1913
2010 - The Science of Railways the Locomotive 1913 (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781142047597
ISBN-10: 1142047598
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