Author: Pennsylvania RailroadPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 686
Book Description
Annual Report for the Year ... of the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company to the Stockholders
Author: Pennsylvania RailroadPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 686
Book Description
Annual Report
Author: Pennsylvania RailroadPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
Corporation Annual Reports to Shareholders
Author: Proceedings
Author: Proceedings of the American Society of Civil Engineers
Author: American Society of Civil EngineersPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civil engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Vols. for Jan. 1896-Sept. 1930 contain a separately page section of Papers and discussions which are published later in revised form in the society's Transactions. Beginning Oct. 1930, the Proceedings are limited to technical papers and discussions, while Civil engineering contains items relating to society activities, etc.
Railroad Construction in the United States During the Decades from 1864 to 1875
Author: Julius WindenCatalogue of the Astor Library
Author: Astor LibraryCatalogue of the Astor Library (continuation).
Author: Astor LibraryThe changing economic order
Author: Alfred Dupont ChandlerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
Branch Line Empires
Author: Michael BezillaPublisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253029910
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
The saga of a fierce business rivalry: “Absorbing, well-written . . . will appeal to American history scholars and railroad enthusiasts.” —Choice The Pennsylvania and the New York Central railroads helped to develop central Pennsylvania as the largest source of bituminous coal for the nation. By the late nineteenth century, the two lines were among America’s largest businesses and would soon become legendary archrivals. The PRR first arrived in the 1860s. Within a few years, it was sourcing as much as four million tons of coal annually from Centre County and the Moshannon Valley and would continue do so for a quarter-century. The New York Central, through its Beech Creek Railroad affiliate, invaded the region in the 1880s, first seeking a dependable, long-term source of coal to fuel its locomotives but soon aggressively attempting to break its rival’s lock on transporting the area’s immense wealth of mineral and forest products. Beginning around 1900, the two companies transitioned from an era of growth and competition to a time when each tacitly recognized the other’s domain and sought to achieve maximum operating efficiencies by adopting new technology such as air brakes, automatic couplers, all-steel cars, and diesel locomotives. Over the next few decades, each line began to face common problems in the form of competition from other forms of transportation and government regulation—and in 1968, the two businesses merged. Branch Line Empires offers a thorough and captivating analysis of how a changing world turned competition into cooperation between two railroad industry titans. Includes photographs