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.
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:
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.
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:
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.
Download or read book The Pennsylvania Railroad A Brief Look in Time written by Eugene Weiser and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-01-15 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The History of the American Railroads takes you from the beginning to the current history of the railroads and the people that forged America as we know it today. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was one of the first pioneers in the founding of the industrial age of America and was one of the longest running railroads in history until being absorbed by the CSX Railroad. The first in the series, many people have come together to help put this book into print.
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 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pennsylvania Railroad written by Mike Schafer and published by Voyageur Press. This book was released on 2009-03-18 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From humble beginnings in the 1800s, the Pennsylvania Railroad grew to be one of the most powerful, influential railroads in American history--a railroad that Fortune Magazine called “a nation unto itself.” It owned its own shops, coal mines, hotels, communications system, and power plants, not to mention hundreds of depots (including the famous Penn Station in Manhattan), thousands of passenger cars, tens of thousands of freight cars, and a vast fleet of steam, electric, and diesel locomotives. The Pennsy’s 10,000 route-miles served thirteen of the most populous and most industrialized states in the United States. Pennsylvania Railroad examines the mighty railroad’s evolution from a disparate group of early horse car lines into a twentieth-century transportation giant. Color and black-and-white photographs and period ads illustrate the railroad’s many facets, including both its passenger and freight operations, as well its motive power through the decades. Though the Pennsy was merged out of existence in 1968, an epilogue details the PRR legacies that survive on today’s modern railroad scene.
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.
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.
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.
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:
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:
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:
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 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.
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.
