Pennsylvania Railroad - Rilegato

Schafer, Mike; Solomon, Brian

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0760329303 ISBN 13: 9780760329306

Casa editrice: Voyageur Pr, 2009

Riassunto

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.

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Recensione:

The MBI Railroad Colour History series is providing a company by company library of the US railraod business which are well worth collecting. These books combine photographic images with artwork from across each company's lifetime. Each volume is not just the story of the copany but also a social history which shows how the public were wooed onto the trains and the service that was provided for them when they travelled. This volume, due out in April this year, covers the Pennsylvania Railroad and is text-rich as well as having an interesting selection of images. It follows the history of the company from a few horse-drawn railway lines to its blossoming as a rail giant, covering 10,000 route miles in 13 states. it had its own shops, coal mines, hotels, power plants, thousands of passenger cars and freight cars and an extensive fleet of locomotives. the end of the Pennsylvania, as an independent system, started in the 1960s as mergers started to take place and the gradual pruning of America's network began. --Model Railway magazine, march, 2009

L'autore:

Mike Schafer hails from Rockford, Illinois, where he recalls his earliest train-watching experiences on the Illinois Central, Milwaukee Road, Burlington Route, and Chicago & North Western. Mike and his little dog Archie reside in a house (which includes a 1,600-square-foot model railroad) next to BNSF's busy Twin Cities mainline in a small town outside Chicago where he also serves as village trustee and occasionally mayor pro tem.Brian Solomon is one of today's most accomplished railway historians. He has authored more than thirty books about railroads and locomotive power, and his writing and photography have been featured in the world's top rail publications, including Trains, Railway Age, Passenger Train Journal, and RailNews. He divides his time between Massachusetts and Ireland.

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• Editore: Voyageur Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0760329303
• ISBN 13: 9780760329306
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 160