Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Motive Powers and Mechanisms -- 2 Getting Traction, 1884 to 1888 -- 3 Assessing Richmond -- 4 Restless and Rising -- 5 Fighting for Control -- 6 Elusive Control -- 7 Mainline Electrification -- Afterword -- Notes -- Index.

Intro -- FUEL PRICES: RHYME OR REASON? -- FUEL PRICES: RHYME OR REASON? -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- GASOLINE AND OIL PRICES -- SUMMARY -- GASOLINE AND OIL PRICE INCREASES -- FACTORS AFFECTING OIL PRICES -- WORLD DEMAND -- FINANCIAL SPECULATION -- VALUE OF THE DOLLAR -- NATIONAL SUBSIDIES -- OIL...

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