The Railroad That Never Was : Vanderbilt, Morgan, and the South Pennsylvania Railroad.

Herbert H. Harwood, Jr., tells the story of one of the most infamous railroad construction projects of the late 19th century. This 200-mile line through Pennsylvania's most challenging mountain terrain was intended to form the heart of a new trunk line from the East Coast to Pittsburgh and the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Harwood, Jr., Herbert H.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, 2010.
Temas:
South Pennsylvania Railroad.
South Pennsylvania Railroad
Railroads > Design and construction.
Chemins de fer > Conception et construction.
TRANSPORTATION > Railroads > History.
Railroads > Design and construction
Civil & Environmental Engineering.
Engineering & Applied Sciences.
Transportation Engineering.
Business & Economics.
Labor & Workers' Economics.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; Sources & 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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