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Pennsylvania Railroad

Pennsylvania Railroad
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Author:

Mike Schafer

Format: Hardcover, 160 Pages
Item: 144346
ISBN: 9780760329306
Publisher: Voyageur Press
Series: MBI Railroad Color History
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Illustrations: 100 color & 50 b/w photos
Size: 8.25 x 10.625
Weight: 2.063 lb.
Edition: First
Published: March 18th 2009
DC: AP
List Price: $37.00 $27.75
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From humble beginnings in the 1800s, the Pennsylvania Railroad grew to be one of the most powerful, influential railroads in American history--a railroad that Fortune Magazine called “a nation unto itself.” It owned its own shops, coal mines, hotels, communications system, and power plants, not to mention hundreds of depots (including the famous Penn Station in Manhattan), thousands of passenger cars, tens of thousands of freight cars, and a vast fleet of steam, electric, and diesel locomotives. The Pennsy’s 10,000 route-miles served thirteen of the most populous and most industrialized states in the United States.

 

Pennsylvania Railroad examines the mighty railroad’s evolution from a disparate group of early horse car lines into a twentieth-century transportation giant. Color and black-and-white photographs and period ads illustrate the railroad’s many facets, including both its passenger and freight operations, as well its motive power through the decades. Though the Pennsy was merged out of existence in 1968, an epilogue details the PRR legacies that survive on today’s modern railroad scene.

Mike Schafer is the former art director and editor of Passenger Train Journal and Prototype Modeler, as well as the author or co-author of several rail books. Mike and his dog Archie reside in a house next to BNSF’s busy Twin Cities main line in a small town outside Chicago.

 

Brian Solomon is one of today’s most accomplished railway historians. He has authored more than 30 books about railroads and motive power, and his writing and photography have been featured in the world’s top railfan publications, including Trains, Railway Age, Passenger Train Journal, and RailNews. He divides his time between Massachusetts and Ireland.

 

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