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Book Synopsis Traveling the Pennsylvania Railroad by : William Herman Rau
Download or read book Traveling the Pennsylvania Railroad written by William Herman Rau and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2002-03-26 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume reproduces almost 100 remarkably detailed and texturally rich photographs. Essays by noted historians John Stilgoe, Mary Panzer, and Kenneth Finkel place Rau and his work in the context of the history of American advertising and landscape photography.
Book Synopsis Pleasure Travel for the Summer of 1873 Via North Pennsylvania Rail Road Embracing Routes Leading Through Grand and Picturesque Scenery to the Principal Points of Interest and Resort in the North and North-eastern Sections of the United States ... by : North Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Download or read book Pleasure Travel for the Summer of 1873 Via North Pennsylvania Rail Road Embracing Routes Leading Through Grand and Picturesque Scenery to the Principal Points of Interest and Resort in the North and North-eastern Sections of the United States ... written by North Pennsylvania Railroad Company and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Guide to Pennsylvania's Tourist Railroads by : Bill Simpson
Download or read book Guide to Pennsylvania's Tourist Railroads written by Bill Simpson and published by Pelican Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Rail buffs planning a trip to the state won't want to miss this." --Midwest Book Review "Pennsylvanian Bill Simpson shares his love and knowledge of trains in this guide." --Bloomsbury Review In the first half of the twentieth century, the Pennsylvania Railroad became as large and powerful as any rail line in the world. The breakup of this important railway gave birth to the expansive variety of tourist railroads that exist today. The updated second edition of Guide to Pennsylvania's Tourist Railroads takes train and travel enthusiasts deep into the heart of the Keystone State's many flourishing railroad lines and includes operation schedules and fares. This comprehensive guide offers many traveling options, including lists of recreational possibilities and exciting nearby destinations. Climb aboard and visit many of Pennsylvania's historic sites, including the world's steepest incline, the world's first Amish settlement, and the tranquil Allegheny National Forest. The guide divides Pennsylvania into four geographical regions, allowing the reader easy access to important travel information. Suggested rail stops include some of America's finest and most interesting cities, including Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and Altoona. Tourists may wish to visit some of Pennsylvania's railroad museums, including the Rockhill Trolley Museum and the National Toy Train Museum. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Bill Simpson has lived in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, for most of his life. In addition to being a devout train enthusiast, Simpson also enjoys running marathons and bicycling through his home state. An avid traveler, he is the author of Guide to the Amish Country: 3rd Edition, also published by Pelican.
Book Synopsis Pennsylvania Tours to the Golden Gate and Mexico by Superbly-appointed Trains by : Pennsylvania Railroad
Download or read book Pennsylvania Tours to the Golden Gate and Mexico by Superbly-appointed Trains written by Pennsylvania Railroad and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Guide for the Pennsylvania Railroad, with an Extensive Map by : Pennsylvania Railroad
Download or read book Guide for the Pennsylvania Railroad, with an Extensive Map written by Pennsylvania Railroad and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed narrative of what one would encounter while riding its length, beginning in Philadelphia and ending at Pittsburgh. Included are descriptions of all towns passed through, the stations and their method of operation, and points of local interest and sightseeing value. The volume was designed to be used by PRR passengers.
Book Synopsis The Pennsylvania Railroad, Volume 1 by : Albert J. Churella
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.
Book Synopsis The Pennsylvania Railroad by : Edwin P. Alexander
Download or read book The Pennsylvania Railroad written by Edwin P. Alexander and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is the story of America's greatest transportation system told principally in pictures. Some 330 reproductions show rare prints and photographs of early locomotives, equipment and bridges, old posters, broadsides and tickets, as well as later developments.
Book Synopsis Pennsylvania Main Line Railroad Stations by : Jim Sundman
Download or read book Pennsylvania Main Line Railroad Stations written by Jim Sundman and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2016-08-24 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1857, the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) took over Pennsylvania’s Main Line of Public Works, a state-owned railroad and canal system built in the 1830s. Costly to build and maintain, and never attracting the traffic needed to sustain it, the state was eager to let it go. Keeping the rail portion and combining it with its own lines, the PRR ultimately developed a well-built and well-run rail line from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh all while keeping the “main line” moniker. The eastern section between Philadelphia and Harrisburg was especially successful, particularly after the railroad built new communities along the line that were at first summer destinations and later year-round homes for daily commuters. Other towns and cities along the main line had a strong industrial or agricultural base needing rail access, and many of these communities had attractive train stations. Images of America: Pennsylvania Main Line Railroad Stations: Philadelphia to Harrisburg documents many of these passenger stations through vintage photographs and other images. Most are gone, but fortunately some still stand and are in use today.
Book Synopsis The Hand-book of the Pennsylvania Lines by : Logan Grant McPherson
Download or read book The Hand-book of the Pennsylvania Lines written by Logan Grant McPherson and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Pennsylvania Railroad's Broadway Limited by : Joe Welsh
Download or read book Pennsylvania Railroad's Broadway Limited written by Joe Welsh and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Centennial Exhibition and the Pennsylvania Railroad, 1776-1876 by : Pennsylvania Railroad
Download or read book The Centennial Exhibition and the Pennsylvania Railroad, 1776-1876 written by Pennsylvania Railroad and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Northwestern Pennsylvania Railroads by : Kenneth C. Springirth
Download or read book Northwestern Pennsylvania Railroads written by Kenneth C. Springirth and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Erie's rail link to Philadelphia was achieved in 1864 with the completion of the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad, which later became part of the Pennsylvania Railroad. By 1869, railroad lines from Buffalo through Erie to Chicago were consolidated into the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, which later became part of the New York Central Railroad. Completed in 500 days, the parallel New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad, commonly known as the "Nickel Plate Road," was a 513-mile, well-designed railroad that emphasized excellent service. South of the lakeshore, the wide-gauge Erie Railroad enhanced east to west connections. Through vintage photographs, Northwestern Pennsylvania Railroads brings to life the history of the railroads that have served the region.
Book Synopsis Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania by : Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania
Download or read book Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania written by Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guidebook to the museum in Strasburg, Pennsylvania, covering the history of the state's railroad industry, with a tour of the 100,000-square-foot exhibit hall, which displays dozens of historic locomotives and rolling stock significant to Pennsylvania's railroad heritage. A complete checklist of the museum's collection of rolling stock is included.
Book Synopsis The Pennsylvania Railroad in Indiana by : William J. Watt
Download or read book The Pennsylvania Railroad in Indiana written by William J. Watt and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Photographs, advertising and promotional materials, and detailed maps resurrect its speedy passenger trains and heavy-tonnage freights, and show how it earned its slogan: "The Standard Railroad of the World.""--BOOK JACKET.
Book Synopsis The Pennsylvania Railroad by : Albert J. Churella
Download or read book The Pennsylvania Railroad written by Albert J. Churella and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2023-11-21 with total page 911 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By 1933, the Pennsylvania Railroad had been in existence for nearly ninety years. During this time, it had grown from a small line, struggling to build west from the state capital in Harrisburg, to the dominant transportation company in the United States. In Volume 2 of The Pennsylvania Railroad, Albert J. Churella continues his history of this giant of American transportation. At the beginning of the twentieth century, the Pennsylvania Railroad was the world's largest business corporation and the nation's most important railroad. By 1917, the Pennsylvania Railroad, like the nation itself, was confronting a very different world. The war that had consumed Europe since 1914 was about to engulf the United States. Amid unprecedented demand for transportation, the federal government undertook the management of the railroads, while new labor policies and new regulatory initiatives, coupled with a postwar recession, would challenge the company like never before. Only time would tell whether the years that followed would signal a new beginning for the Pennsylvania Railroad or the beginning of the end. The Pennsylvania Railroad: The Age of Limits, 1917-1933, represents an unparalleled look at the history, the personalities, and the technologies of this iconic American company in a period that marked the shift from building an empire to exploring the limits of their power.
Book Synopsis New Descriptive Handbook of the Pennsylvania Railroad, and Traveler's Guide to the Great West! by : George B [From Old Catalog] Ayres
Download or read book New Descriptive Handbook of the Pennsylvania Railroad, and Traveler's Guide to the Great West! written by George B [From Old Catalog] Ayres and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a descriptive guide to the Pennsylvania Railroad and travel to the Great West. It includes a brief history of the Pennsylvania Railroad and an overview of the various facilities and services offered by the company. It also provides a travelers' guide to the Great West with information on various cities and tourist attractions. This is a must-read for travelers and enthusiasts of railway history. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Book Synopsis Report of the Pennsylvania State Railroad Commission for the Year Ending ... by : Pennsylvania State Railroad Commission
Download or read book Report of the Pennsylvania State Railroad Commission for the Year Ending ... written by Pennsylvania State Railroad Commission and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
