Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: monographic
|
Title Information: |
Vanderbilt, Morgan, and the South Pennsylvania Railroad |
Author: |
HarwoodHerbert H, |
Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: |
Project Muse |
Place of Publication: |
Bloomington |
Published: |
Indiana University Press; |
Year of Publication: |
c2010 |
Description: |
1 online resource (xi, 165 p.)ill., maps. : |
Series: |
Railroads past & present |
Subject: |
Railroads - Design and construction - |
Online resource: |
http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780253001559/ |
Notes: |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
ISBN: |
9780253001559electronic bk. |
ISBN: |
0253001552electronic bk. |
ISBN: |
9780253355485hbk. |
ISBN: |
0253355486hbk. |
Content Note: |
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 |