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Author Harwood, Herbert H.

Title The railroad that never was [electronic resource] : Vanderbilt, Morgan, and the South Pennsylvania Railroad / Herbert H. Harwood, Jr.

Imprint Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2010.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xi, 165 p. : ill., maps.
Series Railroads past & present
Railroads past and present.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject South Pennsylvania Railroad.
Railroads -- Design and construction.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780253355485 (cloth : alk. paper)
0253355486 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780253355690
9780253001573 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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