The Pennsylvania Railroad A Brief Look In Time
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The Pennsylvania Railroad A Brief Look In Time
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Author : Eugene Weiser
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2013
The Pennsylvania Railroad A Brief Look In Time written by Eugene Weiser and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Railroads categories.
History Of The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
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Author : William Bender Wilson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1895
History Of The Pennsylvania Railroad Company written by William Bender Wilson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1895 with Railroads categories.
The Pennsylvania Railroad
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Author : Edwin P. Alexander
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1957
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The Pennsylvania Railroad
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Author : Albert J. Churella
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2023-11-21
The Pennsylvania Railroad written by Albert J. Churella and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-21 with Transportation categories.
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.
The Pennsylvania Railroad
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Author : Robert C. Jones
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2010-10-25
The Pennsylvania Railroad written by Robert C. Jones and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-10-25 with History categories.
It is no exaggeration to say that, in its heyday, the Pennsylvania Railroad was the greatest railroad in the world. It was certainly the largest (track-wise), hauled the most freight and passengers, had the most employees, and the largest earnings. At its peak, the PRR had 23,000+ miles of track (a figure since eclipsed by modern Class I railroads). In 1929, the PRR owned 7,000 locomotives and 282,000 cars - many built at their railroad shops in Altoona. The PRR boasted the largest railroad shops in the world (the aforementioned Altoona), and the largest railroad yard in the world (Enola). This illustrated timeline will attempt to provide a brief history of this great railroad, and also speculate on 1) why the PRR was so successful and 2) why the PRR died in such an ignominious way in the late-1960s/early-1970s. This edition has 55 photos, with 34 of them in color.
The Pennsylvania Railroad
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Author : William B Sipes
language : en
Publisher: Franklin Classics
Release Date : 2018-10-12
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
A Brief Review Of Railroad History From The Earliest Period To The Year 1894
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Author : William Hasell Wilson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1895
A Brief Review Of Railroad History From The Earliest Period To The Year 1894 written by William Hasell Wilson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1895 with Railroads categories.
The Centennial Exhibition And The Pennsylvania Railroad 1776 1876
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Author : Pennsylvania Railroad
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1876
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Pennsylvania Railroad
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Author : William B. D. 1905 Sipes
language : en
Publisher: Wentworth Press
Release Date : 2016-08-27
Pennsylvania Railroad written by William B. D. 1905 Sipes and has been published by Wentworth Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-27 with History categories.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Volume 1
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Author : Albert J. Churella
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 2012-10-29
The Pennsylvania Railroad Volume 1 written by Albert J. Churella and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-29 with History categories.
"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.