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Languages : en
Pages : 122
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Stamford Station Construction, Northeast Corridor Improvement Project
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Languages : en
Pages : 122
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Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 122
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Connecticut Whistle Stops
Author: Lennie Grimaldi
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738510033
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Richly illustrated, Connecticut Whistle Stops: Greenwich to New Haven tells the fascinating history of a rail line and the communities it serves. The motto of the state of Connecticut is Qui Transtulit Sustenet, which translates loosely from the Latin as "He who commutes thrives." The state was founded by commuters of a sort: itinerant preachers looking for congregations. Much later, when the railroads finally came along, the state bloomed. Today, Connecticut's rail line from Greenwich to New Haven is a thriving transportation network for Manhattan-bound commuters. Each workday, roughly 85,000 commuters ride the New Haven Line into Grand Central Terminal in New York. Profiled in Connecticut Whistle Stops are ten rail communities along the coast. Full of eye-catching photographs, the chapters highlight the impact that the rail line has had on Greenwich, Stamford, Darien, South Norwalk, Westport, Fairfield, Bridgeport, Stratford, Milford, and New Haven. The history offers all the elements of an award-winning movie: laborers building the railroad, America's best-known tycoons financing a rail monopoly and then running it into the ground, bankruptcy, and rebirth.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738510033
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Richly illustrated, Connecticut Whistle Stops: Greenwich to New Haven tells the fascinating history of a rail line and the communities it serves. The motto of the state of Connecticut is Qui Transtulit Sustenet, which translates loosely from the Latin as "He who commutes thrives." The state was founded by commuters of a sort: itinerant preachers looking for congregations. Much later, when the railroads finally came along, the state bloomed. Today, Connecticut's rail line from Greenwich to New Haven is a thriving transportation network for Manhattan-bound commuters. Each workday, roughly 85,000 commuters ride the New Haven Line into Grand Central Terminal in New York. Profiled in Connecticut Whistle Stops are ten rail communities along the coast. Full of eye-catching photographs, the chapters highlight the impact that the rail line has had on Greenwich, Stamford, Darien, South Norwalk, Westport, Fairfield, Bridgeport, Stratford, Milford, and New Haven. The history offers all the elements of an award-winning movie: laborers building the railroad, America's best-known tycoons financing a rail monopoly and then running it into the ground, bankruptcy, and rebirth.
Two-year Report on the Northeast Corridor
Author: United States. Dept. of Transportation
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 122
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Publisher:
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 122
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FCC Record
Author: United States. Federal Communications Commission
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Category : Telecommunication
Languages : en
Pages : 864
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Category : Telecommunication
Languages : en
Pages : 864
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The Battle for Transportation Supremacy
Author: Lawrence Walsh
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1491727381
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
Nowhere in all of North America is the competition for passenger travel more intense than in the 450-mile-long Northeast Corridor. In The Battle for Transportation Supremacy, author Lawrence Walsh examines the struggles of transportation companies during the past 170 years as they aimed to be the leader and considers how that leadership is tough to attain and tougher still to hold on to. This study discusses how the southern half of this corridor-New York City to Washington, DC-is dominated by passenger rail travel, although the commercial airlines, buses, and even rental planes and cars are contenders. The northern half has, until very recently, been the domain of commercial airlines and buses. While rail passenger travel was once the dominant player, as were overnight steamships, both slipped away in importance. The overnight steamships disappeared completely, and the rail companies almost did as well. Walsh then details how rail travel surged back to the point where faster and more frequent electrified trains are once again in vogue and enjoying a major renaissance. He examines the environmental, fiscal, and technology factors that caused this and looks at today's titans of transportation. Including a host of illustrations, The Battle for Transportation Supremacy shows how history is, in part, a prologue to the future. Will a major success on the corridor's northern half be the model to further higher speed rail in the United States?
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1491727381
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
Nowhere in all of North America is the competition for passenger travel more intense than in the 450-mile-long Northeast Corridor. In The Battle for Transportation Supremacy, author Lawrence Walsh examines the struggles of transportation companies during the past 170 years as they aimed to be the leader and considers how that leadership is tough to attain and tougher still to hold on to. This study discusses how the southern half of this corridor-New York City to Washington, DC-is dominated by passenger rail travel, although the commercial airlines, buses, and even rental planes and cars are contenders. The northern half has, until very recently, been the domain of commercial airlines and buses. While rail passenger travel was once the dominant player, as were overnight steamships, both slipped away in importance. The overnight steamships disappeared completely, and the rail companies almost did as well. Walsh then details how rail travel surged back to the point where faster and more frequent electrified trains are once again in vogue and enjoying a major renaissance. He examines the environmental, fiscal, and technology factors that caused this and looks at today's titans of transportation. Including a host of illustrations, The Battle for Transportation Supremacy shows how history is, in part, a prologue to the future. Will a major success on the corridor's northern half be the model to further higher speed rail in the United States?
Federal Communications Commission Reports
Author: United States. Federal Communications Commission
Publisher:
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Category : Telecommunication
Languages : en
Pages : 1536
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Publisher:
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Category : Telecommunication
Languages : en
Pages : 1536
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HAER Checklist, 1969-1985
Author: Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record
Publisher:
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Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 108
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Publisher:
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Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 108
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Federal Communications Commission Reports. V. 1-45, 1934/35-1962/64; 2d Ser., V. 1- July 17/Dec. 27, 1965-.
Author: United States. Federal Communications Commission
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Category : Radio
Languages : en
Pages : 1536
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Publisher:
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Category : Radio
Languages : en
Pages : 1536
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Bigelow-Evans Venture Capital Directory
Author: Lynette Bigelow
Publisher: Book Shopping Channel
ISBN: 0914391135
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1008
Book Description
Publisher: Book Shopping Channel
ISBN: 0914391135
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1008
Book Description
Movie Capital Made Easy
Author: Mervin Evans
Publisher: Book Shopping Channel
ISBN: 0914391828
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1149
Book Description
Publisher: Book Shopping Channel
ISBN: 0914391828
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1149
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