Excerpt from The Story of the Atlantic Coast Line, 1830-1930 The pioneer tradition persists. In recent years new rail roads that have stirred the imagination and called to mind the exploits and hardships of the early railroad builders have been constructed into sections as yet undeveloped. But there is other, less spectacular, work that is of even greater importance. Present day transportation demands double track, automatic block signals and train-control, heavy rail, substantial ballast, permanent structures, ade quate terminal facilities, ample modern equipment, and men who are transportation experts; and the Atlantic Coast Line hasbeen a pioneer in providing them. To this progressiveness, that has been a distinguishing characteristic of the Atlantic Coast Line, there has been added the doctrine of sound and conservative business prae tice, and well considered judgment. The result is to be found in a railroad system that furnishes transportation of the highest type to an empire that is still in the making. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.