The Electric Pullman : A History of the Niles Car & Manufacturing Company /

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Entering an already crowded and established industry, the Niles Car & Manufacturing Company in Ohio began business with surprising success, producing well over 1,000 electric and steam railway cars - cars so durable they rarely needed to be replaced. That durability essentially put the company o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brough, Lawrence A. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2013]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Niles Car & Manufacturing Company.
Railroad cars.
Electric railroads > Cars.
TRANSPORTATION > Railroads > History.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Corporate & Business History.
Chemins de fer > Wagons > États-Unis > Histoire.
Chemins de fer electriques > Wagons > États-Unis > Histoire.
Railroad cars > United States > History.
Electric railroads > Cars > United States > History.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The curtain rises
  • The catalog
  • The cars roll out
  • The slow decline
  • A look back
  • Observations
  • The survivors.

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