Author: Michael GartnerPublisher:
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Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Riding the Pennsy to Ruin
Author: Michael GartnerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Visionary Railroader
Author: H. Roger GrantPublisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253352169
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Visionary Railroader chronicles the life of a key figure in the history of rail travel in the United States. As president of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Jervis Langdon Jr. had the opportunity to put progressive concepts into practice. In 1964, Langdon took charge of the Rock Island, and by the time he left in 1970, he had spearheaded major improvements for this struggling carrier. The same year, he became lead trustee for the bankrupt Penn Central and three years later assumed the presidency. From his role in passing the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 to his work on creating the quasi-public Conrail, Visionary Railroader examines the impact of Langdon's active life with clear text, unique representations of media of the day, and select family photos.
The Pennsylvania Railroad in Indiana
Author: William J. WattPublisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253337085
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Photographs, advertising and promotional materials, and detailed maps resurrect its speedy passenger trains and heavy-tonnage freights, and show how it earned its slogan: "The Standard Railroad of the World.""--BOOK JACKET.
Pennsylvania Railroad Shops and Works, Altoona, Pennsylvania
Author: John C. PaigePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Altoona (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright OfficePublisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
ISBN:
Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 1040
Book Description
Chicago Union Station
Author: Fred AshPublisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253029155
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
A history of the Midwestern transportation hub and its impact on the city and the region, plus stunning photographs of the station’s architecture. More than a century before airlines placed it at the center of their systems, Chicago was already the nation’s transportation hub—from Union Station, passengers could reach major cities on the Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf coasts as well as countless points in between. Chicago’s history is tightly linked to its railroads. Railroad historian Fred Ash begins in the mid-1800s, when Chicago dominated Midwest trade and was referred to as the “Railroad Capital of the World.” During this period, swings in the political climate significantly modified the relationship between the local government and its largest landholders, the railroads. From here, Ash highlights competition at the turn of the twentieth century between railroad companies that greatly influenced Chicago’s urban landscape. Profiling the fascinating stories of businessmen, politicians, workers, and immigrants whose everyday lives were affected by the bustling transportation hub, Ash documents the impact Union Station had on the growing city and the entire Midwest. Featuring more than one hundred photographs of the famous beaux art architecture, Chicago Union Station is a beautifully illustrated tribute to one of America’s overlooked treasures. “The book includes more than 100 illustrations, a quarter of which are in color—but the real value is in author Ash’s narrative; he’s devoted decades to the study of terminals in the Railroad Capital, and it shows in this marvelous work.” —Classic Trains “The station’s history is thoughtfully revealed alongside concurrent economic and political events unfolding in Chicago at given points in time, thus providing the reader with a deeper understanding of why certain station milestones occurred when they did and the way they did.” —The Michigan Railfan
Railroad History
Author: Corporate Responsibility
Author: Christopher D. StonePublisher: Beard Books
ISBN: 9781587982255
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Corporations must be controlled through laws and a change in the corporate culture itself.
A Guide to the History of Pennsylvania
Author: Dennis B. DowneyPublisher: Greenwood
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
From William Penn's treaty with the Indians, to the suffering of troops at Valley Forge, the gallantry at Gettysburg, and the early development of the petroleum industry, Pennsylvania has often been at center stage in the evolution of the nation. Yet despite this record, the historical literature on the state is not as well known as that of many other states. This volume will remedy that deficiency by assessing the vast wealth of materials on the political, social, economic, and cultural development of the Keystone State. In a series of historiographical chapters, each devoted to a specific chronological period, the contributors present a thorough and informed analysis of the most important and significant literature, thereby providing a useful companion to printed bibliographies.
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