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Heart of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Language: en
Pages: 140
Authors: Robert S. McGonigal
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 1996 - Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing Company

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Explores the Pennsy main line from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh and the three divisions that operated it. Photos and explanations trace the line's electric, steam
The Pennsylvania Railroad, Volume 1
Language: en
Pages: 970
Authors: Albert J. Churella
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-10-29 - Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

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"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 Pennsylvania Railroad, 1940s-1950s
Language: en
Pages: 216
Authors: Don Ball
Categories: Railroads
Type: BOOK - Published: 1986 - Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

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Traces the history of the railroad during the height of its success, looks at its locomotive and rolling stock, and shares employee anecdotes.
Conquering Gotham
Language: en
Pages: 396
Authors: Jill Jonnes
Categories: Architecture
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-04-19 - Publisher: Penguin

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“Superb. [A] first-rate narrative” (The Wall Street Journal) about the controversial construction of New York’s beloved original Penn Station and its tunn
The Railroad and the Art of Place
Language: en
Pages: 152
Authors: David Kahler
Categories: Photography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016 - Publisher: Center for Railroad Photography & Arts

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In the late 1980s, David Kahler was deeply inspired by seeing an exhibition of O. Winston Link photographs. He soon began making annual trips to the West Virgin