Author: JANSEN, G.H.,
Title: Verzonken spoor. Gesprekken met oud-werknemers van de spoorwegen. Introd. by L.F. Ploeger. [Eerste druk/first edn.].
Description: Amsterdam-Utrecht, Meulenhoff/N.V. Nederlandse Spoorwegen, 1989. Orig. cloth, title in gilt on spine, dustjacket. (xiii), 199pp. Text-ills, 1 double-page plate, footnotes, epilogue, table of contents. A collection of interviews with 14 former employees of various ranks and files, of dutch national railroad company, supplying interesting personal information on a variety of experiences and subjects, history, socio-economic structure, labour conditions, training, career-planning, organization, &c., covering the period of steam traction up till electrification of the whole network. Very fine copy, WITH dustjacket.

Keywords: dutch railroad company history recollections heritage interview employees labour conditions social history spoorwegen policy economy