ARGENTINE RAILWAYS, by Sylvester Damus.
  2nd expanded edition.
  Staff technical papers, directors’ reports, and engineering and business news represent the
  bulk of the sources consulted. That sets this book apart from previous literature on the subject
  and presents it in a new light:
  • Until 1960, the productivity growth of Argentine railways
        was superior by far to that of the economy as a whole;
  • foreign technical improvements were adopted quickly;
  • operating deficits could have been eliminated by rate adjustments alone;
  • a land grant and profit guarantees were impediments to the progress of
        the Central Argentine railway during the first twenty years of its existence;
  • procurement of railway materials from the United Kingdom was competitive;
  • land-owning railway directors did not abuse their inside knowledge;
  • and the Mitre Law disappointed the companies.
ISBN 978-0-9811096-1-9. Hard cover, 8½ x 11; x+182 pages.
Price: US$ 49.00 + postage.
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  WHO WAS WHO IN ARGENTINE RAILWAYS

  by Sylvester Damus.

  Over 800 biographies of directors, engineering consultants,
  auditors, accountants, general managers, mechanical, electrical
  and civil engineers, station masters, engine drivers, etc.
  with 11 maps and 464 illustrations, mostly portraits, including
  36 signature specimens.
ISBN 978-1-55483-912-4. Hard cover, 8½ x 11; xvi+640 pages; weight: 2 kilogrammes.
Price: US$ 89.00 + postage.
The earlier edition was reviewed.
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