Before the widespread popularity of automobiles, buses, and trucks, freight and passenger trains bound the nation together. The Station Agent and the American Railroad Experience explores the role of local frontline workers that kept the country's vast rail network running. Virtually every community with a railroad connection had a depot and an agent. These men and occasionally women became the official representatives of their companies and were highly respected. They met the public when they sold tickets, planned travel itineraries, and reported freight and express shipments. Additionally, their first-hand knowledge of Morse code made them the most informed in town. But as times changed, so did the role of, and the need for, the station agent. Beautifully illustrated with dozens of vintage photographs, The Station Agent and the American Railroad Experience, brings back to life the day-to-day experience of the station agent and captures the evolution of railroad operations as technology advanced.

THIS BOOK TELLS THE STORY OF A MAN WITH GOOD INTENIONS FOR HIS LIFE BUT GOT INVOLVED WITH A LAWSUIT AGAINST NYCTA THAT HE HAD TO STOP WHATEVER HE WAS DOING AND GO TO WORK FOR THEM SINCE WINNING THE CASE THAT WAS THE REWARD. THEY TRIED TO TURN HIM INTO A ROBOT BUT THIS WAS MORE THEN JUST A JOB TO HIM THIS WAS A REWARD AND HE DID EVERYTHING THAT HE HAD TO DO TO SAFEGUARD HIS REWARD EVEN THOUGH THEY PUT HIM THROUGH HELL TIME AND TIME AGAIN HE NEVER GAVE UP, HELD ON FORE TWENTY FOUR YEARS AND EARNED HIS REWARD AND BELIEVE ME IT WASNT EASY.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 16th IFIP TC8 International Conference on Computer Information Systems and Industrial Management, CISIM 2017, held in Bialystok, Poland, in June 2017. The 60 regular papers presented together with 5 keynotes were carefully reviewed and Selected from 85 submissions. They are organized in the following topical sections: algorithms; biometrics and pattern recognition applications; data analysis and information retrieval; engineering of enterprise software products; industrial management and other applications; modelling and optimization; various aspects of computer security.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, PAAMS 2014, held in Salamanca, Spain, in June 2014. The 12 revised full papers and 14 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 52 submissions and are presented together with 19 demonstrations. The papers report on the application and validation of agent-based models, methods, and technologies in a number of key application areas, including: agent-oriented software engineering, conversations, motion coordination and unmanned aerial vehicles, web and service systems, robotics exploration, smart cities and infrastructures, and social systems.