Author: Albert J. Churella
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253066379
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 1621
Book Description
By 1933, the Pennsylvania Railroad had been in existence for nearly ninety years. During this time, it had grown from a small line, struggling to build west from the state capital in Harrisburg, to the dominant transportation company in the United States. In Volume 2 of The Pennsylvania Railroad, Albert J. Churella continues his history of this giant of American transportation. At the beginning of the twentieth century, the Pennsylvania Railroad was the world's largest business corporation and the nation's most important railroad. By 1917, the Pennsylvania Railroad, like the nation itself, was confronting a very different world. The war that had consumed Europe since 1914 was about to engulf the United States. Amid unprecedented demand for transportation, the federal government undertook the management of the railroads, while new labor policies and new regulatory initiatives, coupled with a postwar recession, would challenge the company like never before. Only time would tell whether the years that followed would signal a new beginning for the Pennsylvania Railroad or the beginning of the end. The Pennsylvania Railroad: The Age of Limits, 1917–1933,represents an unparalleled look at the history, the personalities, and the technologies of this iconic American company in a period that marked the shift from building an empire to exploring the limits of their power.
Main Line (Pennsylvania)
Author: Rand McNally
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781877911033
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781877911033
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Pennsylvania Railroad, Volume 2
Author: Albert J. Churella
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253066379
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 1621
Book Description
By 1933, the Pennsylvania Railroad had been in existence for nearly ninety years. During this time, it had grown from a small line, struggling to build west from the state capital in Harrisburg, to the dominant transportation company in the United States. In Volume 2 of The Pennsylvania Railroad, Albert J. Churella continues his history of this giant of American transportation. At the beginning of the twentieth century, the Pennsylvania Railroad was the world's largest business corporation and the nation's most important railroad. By 1917, the Pennsylvania Railroad, like the nation itself, was confronting a very different world. The war that had consumed Europe since 1914 was about to engulf the United States. Amid unprecedented demand for transportation, the federal government undertook the management of the railroads, while new labor policies and new regulatory initiatives, coupled with a postwar recession, would challenge the company like never before. Only time would tell whether the years that followed would signal a new beginning for the Pennsylvania Railroad or the beginning of the end. The Pennsylvania Railroad: The Age of Limits, 1917–1933,represents an unparalleled look at the history, the personalities, and the technologies of this iconic American company in a period that marked the shift from building an empire to exploring the limits of their power.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253066379
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 1621
Book Description
By 1933, the Pennsylvania Railroad had been in existence for nearly ninety years. During this time, it had grown from a small line, struggling to build west from the state capital in Harrisburg, to the dominant transportation company in the United States. In Volume 2 of The Pennsylvania Railroad, Albert J. Churella continues his history of this giant of American transportation. At the beginning of the twentieth century, the Pennsylvania Railroad was the world's largest business corporation and the nation's most important railroad. By 1917, the Pennsylvania Railroad, like the nation itself, was confronting a very different world. The war that had consumed Europe since 1914 was about to engulf the United States. Amid unprecedented demand for transportation, the federal government undertook the management of the railroads, while new labor policies and new regulatory initiatives, coupled with a postwar recession, would challenge the company like never before. Only time would tell whether the years that followed would signal a new beginning for the Pennsylvania Railroad or the beginning of the end. The Pennsylvania Railroad: The Age of Limits, 1917–1933,represents an unparalleled look at the history, the personalities, and the technologies of this iconic American company in a period that marked the shift from building an empire to exploring the limits of their power.
Railway World
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1252
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1252
Book Description
The Official Railway Guide
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 1336
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 1336
Book Description
Rand, McNally & Co.'s Handy Guide to Philadelphia and Environs
Author: Rand McNally and Company
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Atlantic City (N.J.)
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Atlantic City (N.J.)
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Rand McNally International Bankers Directory
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bankers
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bankers
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
Rand, McNally and Co.'s New Imperial Atlas of the World, Containing Large Scale Colored Maps of Each State and Territory in the United States, Provinces of Canada, the Continents and Their Subdivisions
Author: Rand McNally and Company
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Engineering Record, Building Record and Sanitary Engineer
Author:
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ISBN:
Category : Building
Languages : en
Pages : 1242
Book Description
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ISBN:
Category : Building
Languages : en
Pages : 1242
Book Description
Railroad Gazette
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 486
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ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
American Engineer and Railroad Journal
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroad engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroad engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 506
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