The railroad that never was Vanderbilt, Morgan, and the South Pennsylvania Railroad /

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Autore principale: Harwood, Herbert H.
Ente Autore: ebrary, Inc
Natura: Elettronico eBook
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2010.
Serie:Railroads past and present.
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Sommario:
  • The back story
  • Why?
  • Vanderbilt takes charge
  • The spoilers
  • The syndicate forms
  • A rugged route
  • Building a mountain railroad
  • The second front
  • Cooler heads and colder feet emerge
  • A summer cruise on the Hudson
  • Not quite dead
  • The end
  • Railroad to superhighway, more or less--
  • Epilogue : ghost hunting along the South Penn.