Railroad That Never Was - Vanderbilt, Morgan, and the South Pennsylvania Railroad

Informationen zum Autor Herbert H. Harwood, Jr. Klappentext Based on original letters, documents, diaries, and newspaper reports, The Railroad That Never Was uncovers the truth behind this mysterious railway. Zusammenfassung A battle of titans over the building of a railroad Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents Sources and Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Prelude: The Omnipotent Pennsylvania Railroad 2. The Back Story 3. Why? 4. Vanderbilt Takes Charge 5. The Spoilers 6. The Syndicate Forms 7. A Rugged Route 8. Building a Mountain Railroad 9. The Second Front 10. Cooler Heads and Colder Feet Emerge 11. A Summer Cruise on the Hudson 12. Not Quite Dead 13. The End 14. Railroad to Superhighway, More or Less . . . 15. Epilogue: Ghost Hunting along the South Penn Notes Bibliography Index

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• Authors: Herbert H Harwood, Herbert H. Harwood, Jr. Harwood, Jr. Herbert H. Harwood, Herbert H Harwood Jr, Herbert H. Harwood Jr, Harwood Jr Herbert H
• Assisted by: George M Smerk (Editor), George M. Smerk (Editor)
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.09.2010
• EAN: 9780253355485
• ISBN: 978-0-253-35548-5
• No. of pages: 184
• Series: Railroads Past and Present; Railroads Past and Present
• Subjects: Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Rail vehicles; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; TRANSPORTATION / Railroads / History, Transportation