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

Informationen zum Autor Herbert H. Harwood, Jr., spent 30 years in various management positions at the Chesapeake & Ohio and the Baltimore & Ohio as well as their successor, CSX Transportation. He is author of The New York, Westchester & Boston Railway (IUP, 2008). 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; Indiana University Press (IPS)
• Subjects: Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Rail vehicles; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; TRANSPORTATION / Railroads / History, Transportation