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.

Download or read book Railroad Depots of Northwest Pennsylvania written by Dan West and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2020 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 1860 until the decline of the railroads nearly 100 years later, Pennsylvania led the nation in railroad miles. The zenith came in 1920, when the state boasted 11,500 miles of track. The northwest corner of the state was home to the Pennsylvania oil rush in the late 19th century, coal mines, timber forests, and stone quarries. The landscape was dotted with railroad depots every couple of miles. These depots were waypoints for business transactions, family reunions, outings to amusement parks, and soldiers leaving for or returning from service; they also became hangouts for pickpockets, targets for nighttime burglars, and sometimes storage sheds for explosives. Although Pennsylvania still has over 5,000 miles of track, only a few stations remain, and most of them have been repurposed as museums and businesses. This book captures the stories these stations told when rail was king in the early 20th century.

Download or read book Northwestern Pennsylvania Railway written by C. L. Siebert and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Railway Age and Northwestern Railroader written by and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Railway Age and Northwestern Railroad written by and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Railroads of the United States their History and Statistics comprising the progress and present condition of the various lines with their earnings and expenses and showing their wonderful power in developing the resources of the country written by Henry Martyn Flint and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Lackawanna Railroad in Northeastern Pennsylvania The written by David Crosby and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, better known as the Lackawanna Railroad, was organized in 1851 and thrived on the anthracite coal traffic originating from the area surrounding Scranton, Pennsylvania. The company came to operate a network of track between Hoboken, New Jersey, and Buffalo, New York, before becoming part of the Erie Lackawanna Railway in 1960. During the first decade of the 1900s, the railroad underwent a substantial modernization and improvement project, which was documented extensively by company-hired photographers. A century later, these images provide a fascinating insight into the everyday workings of a railroad and its interaction with the communities along its route. Nearly all of the railroad territory covered by this book remains in operation today.

Download or read book History of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company written by William Bender Wilson and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Railroads of the United States written by Henry Martyn Flint and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Ex Baltimore and Ohio Lines in Northwestern Pennsylvania written by Robert W. Burns and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Study of the Feasibility of a Regional Railroad System for Northwest Pennsylvania written by Consad Research Corporation and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Strategy of Great Railroads written by Frank Hamilton Spearman and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Branch Line Empires written by Michael Bezilla and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2017-11-06 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The saga of a fierce business rivalry: “Absorbing, well-written . . . will appeal to American history scholars and railroad enthusiasts.” —Choice The Pennsylvania and the New York Central railroads helped to develop central Pennsylvania as the largest source of bituminous coal for the nation. By the late nineteenth century, the two lines were among America’s largest businesses and would soon become legendary archrivals. The PRR first arrived in the 1860s. Within a few years, it was sourcing as much as four million tons of coal annually from Centre County and the Moshannon Valley and would continue do so for a quarter-century. The New York Central, through its Beech Creek Railroad affiliate, invaded the region in the 1880s, first seeking a dependable, long-term source of coal to fuel its locomotives but soon aggressively attempting to break its rival’s lock on transporting the area’s immense wealth of mineral and forest products. Beginning around 1900, the two companies transitioned from an era of growth and competition to a time when each tacitly recognized the other’s domain and sought to achieve maximum operating efficiencies by adopting new technology such as air brakes, automatic couplers, all-steel cars, and diesel locomotives. Over the next few decades, each line began to face common problems in the form of competition from other forms of transportation and government regulation—and in 1968, the two businesses merged. Branch Line Empires offers a thorough and captivating analysis of how a changing world turned competition into cooperation between two railroad industry titans. Includes photographs

Download or read book Record of Transportation Lines Owned and Operated By and Associated in Interest With the Pennsylvania Railroad Company written by Pennsylvania Railroad. Office of the Chief Engineer and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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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.