• The railroad that never was : Vanderbilt, Morgan, and the South Pennsylvania Railroad
  • 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
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