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Abandoned Railroads of Delmarva

Author : Douglas Poore
Publisher : America Through Time
ISBN 13 : 9781634992855
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (928 download)

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Download or read book Abandoned Railroads of Delmarva written by Douglas Poore and published by America Through Time. This book was released on 2021-01-25 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For over 100 years, the railroads of America were the king of transportation. But more than that, they were truly what drove the Industrial Revolution, and along with that, the growth of the country. Railroads made communities from nothing, grew sleepy crossroad towns into major hubs of commerce, and opened areas of Delmarva to goods they once could only read about in magazines and newspapers. By the 1960s, all of this had changed. Passenger service had fallen off to the point that most railroads had ended this once vital travel method. Trucks now hauled the goods that once filled the boxcars of the railroad. Many old rail lines closed. The rails and stations were abandoned to the state governments. Most were just left in place to rust and rot away. This book resurrects those abandoned rails and railroad companies. Photos of the stations, once the center of their town's growth, are preserved in these pages. Memories of the companies that crisscrossed Delmarva are brought back to life.

Right-of-way

Author : Waldo Nielsen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Right-of-way written by Waldo Nielsen and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Railroads of Delmarva

Author : Douglas Poore
Publisher : America Through Time
ISBN 13 : 9781634992183
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (921 download)

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Download or read book Railroads of Delmarva written by Douglas Poore and published by America Through Time. This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Starting with one of the oldest railroad lines in the United States, the Delmarva Peninsula holds a unique place in the history of railroading in the country. Prior to the advent of the "iron horse," the area had seen little growth in population and was struggling to get goods to market, as well as supplies brought into the area. The three states that make up the area--all of Delaware and the eastern shores of Maryland and Virginia--were known to have some of the best fields and orchards, a bountiful seafood harvest, and some of the richest woodlands in America. The area flourished with the introduction of the railroad. While passenger service was certainly a part of the railroad's plans, make no mistake, it was these riches that made the area swell with people while small towns became flush with income. Some of the most profitable divisions of the railroad industry were based on the Delmarva Peninsula.

Railroad Stations of Delmarva Through Time

Author : Douglas Poore
Publisher : America Through Time
ISBN 13 : 9781634993722
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (937 download)

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Download or read book Railroad Stations of Delmarva Through Time written by Douglas Poore and published by America Through Time. This book was released on 2021-11-22 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Gone But Not Forgotten

Author : James S. Hannum
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780967904320
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Gone But Not Forgotten written by James S. Hannum and published by . This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Indiana's Abandoned Railroads: Abandoned railroads of Bedford

Author : Elmer Griffith Sulzer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 70 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Indiana's Abandoned Railroads: Abandoned railroads of Bedford written by Elmer Griffith Sulzer and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Abandoned Railroads of Wisconsin

Author : Paul S. Nadler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (212 download)

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Download or read book The Abandoned Railroads of Wisconsin written by Paul S. Nadler and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Abandoned Railroads of Wisconsin

Author : Paul Stephen Nadler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book The Abandoned Railroads of Wisconsin written by Paul Stephen Nadler and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Lost Delaware

Author : Rachel Kipp
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1540260046
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Lost Delaware written by Rachel Kipp and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2024-03-04 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Former Delaware journalists Rachel Kipp and Dan Shortridge document the past, present, and sometimes the future of Delaware's landmarks and legends. Originally part of Pennsylvania and called "the three lower counties on the Delaware," the First State's present has been shaped by both colonial culture and modern industry. Many landmarks of its past, including the Greenbaum Cannery, the Rosedale Beach Hotel, the Nanticoke Queen restaurant, the Ross Point School and the Kahunaville nightclub now live solely in memory. The tales of airplanes and auto plants, breweries and bridges, cows and churches provide insight into the state's many communities, including its Black heritage. Read about fallen hospitals, long-ago lighthouses, crumbling mansions, demolished prisons and theaters that no longer hold shows.

The Ann Arbor Railroad

Author : James S. Hannum
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 46 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Ann Arbor Railroad written by James S. Hannum and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "History of the line from Ann Arbor, Michigan, to South Lyon Michigan. Three guanters of the book is maps includes driving tour."

Lost Railroads of New England

Author : Ronald Dale Karr
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780942147117
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (471 download)

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Download or read book Lost Railroads of New England written by Ronald Dale Karr and published by . This book was released on 2010-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 3rd edition of a railroad classic, Lost Railroads of New England comprises a summary of the rise and fall of New England's railroads and a fully annotated directory of all abandoned segments of every common carrier railroad in New England, updated through January 1, 2010. This edition features all new maps showing rail trails as well as abandonments, with detailed city maps for areas of dense railroad activity; new sections on rail trails and lines that have been reinstated; many more photographs of trails and rail artifacts on abandoned lines; and many directory entries rewritten for better clarity and expanded with new information.

When the Railroad Leaves Town

Author : Joseph P. Schwieterman
Publisher : Truman State Univ Press
ISBN 13 : 9781931112147
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book When the Railroad Leaves Town written by Joseph P. Schwieterman and published by Truman State Univ Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of the American West is an epic tale richly accompanied by railroads. From the Illinois prairie to the shores of Oahu, many legendary rail lines are now just dusty trails bereft of their former significance. These abandoned routes show the profound changes that affect the way we travel and conduct business. Through the use of maps, photographs, and a fast-moving narrative, Schwieterman illustrates the circumstances surrounding the rise and fall of rail service in fifty-eight communities distinguished for their notable railroad histories.

Down Along the Old Bel-Del

Author : Warren Francis Lee
Publisher : Bel Del Enterprises Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780961689308
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (893 download)

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Download or read book Down Along the Old Bel-Del written by Warren Francis Lee and published by Bel Del Enterprises Limited. This book was released on 1987 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Discovering the Ghost Railroads of Central Nevada

Author : James N. Price
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780965290883
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (98 download)

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Download or read book Discovering the Ghost Railroads of Central Nevada written by James N. Price and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-01 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this book is to provide a quick reference guide to those who would like to track some of the "ghost railroads" in Central Nevada - namely the Tonopah & Goldfield, Las Vegas & Tonopah, and Bullfrog Goldfield Railroads. This book features these railroads lines as well as the towns of Tonopah, Goldfield, Beatty, and Rhyolite, NV

Tracking Ghost Railroads in Colorado

Author : Robert M. Ormes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Tracking Ghost Railroads in Colorado written by Robert M. Ormes and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Ghost Railroads of Tennessee

Author : Elmer Griffith Sulzer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ghost Railroads of Tennessee written by Elmer Griffith Sulzer and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professor Sulzer introduces us to both the mighty and the humble lines that once traversed this important railroad state. Here we meet Tennessee's own Nashville & Chattanooga (later called the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis) and the Tennessee Central. We also come across the Dummy Line, the Jerkwater, and the Tweetsie. We follow the story as 4,078 miles of rail in 1920 dwindles to 2,969 by 1975. But this is not a mere compilation of dry statistics on track closings and running schedules. It is a book full of the life and vigor of Tennessee's economic arteries. Although Tennessee's mining and logging resources were depleted and the rail lines abandoned, the isolated towns and villages find their voice in Professor Sulzer's storytelling.

The Pennsylvania Railroad, Volume 1

Author : Albert J. Churella
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812207629
Total Pages : 970 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book The Pennsylvania Railroad, Volume 1 written by Albert J. Churella and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2012-10-29 with total page 970 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Do not think of the Pennsylvania Railroad as a business enterprise," Forbes magazine informed its readers in May 1936. "Think of it as a nation." At the end of the nineteenth century, the Pennsylvania Railroad was the largest privately owned business corporation in the world. In 1914, the PRR employed more than two hundred thousand people—more than double the number of soldiers in the United States Army. As the self-proclaimed "Standard Railroad of the World," this colossal corporate body underwrote American industrial expansion and shaped the economic, political, and social environment of the United States. In turn, the PRR was fundamentally shaped by the American landscape, adapting to geography as well as shifts in competitive economics and public policy. Albert J. Churella's masterful account, certain to become the authoritative history of the Pennsylvania Railroad, illuminates broad themes in American history, from the development of managerial practices and labor relations to the relationship between business and government to advances in technology and transportation. Churella situates exhaustive archival research on the Pennsylvania Railroad within the social, economic, and technological changes of nineteenth- and twentieth-century America, chronicling the epic history of the PRR intertwined with that of a developing nation. This first volume opens with the development of the Main Line of Public Works, devised by Pennsylvanians in the 1820s to compete with the Erie Canal. Though a public rather than a private enterprise, the Main Line foreshadowed the establishment of the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1846. Over the next decades, as the nation weathered the Civil War, industrial expansion, and labor unrest, the PRR expanded despite competition with rival railroads and disputes with such figures as Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller. The dawn of the twentieth century brought a measure of stability to the railroad industry, enabling the creation of such architectural monuments as Pennsylvania Station in New York City. The volume closes at the threshold of American involvement in World War I, as the strategies that PRR executives had perfected in previous decades proved less effective at guiding the company through increasingly tumultuous economic and political waters.