02778oam 22005894a 450 991045682960332120220112184611.00-253-00155-20-253-00154-4(CKB)2550000000040445(EBL)713689(OCoLC)735596667(SSID)ssj0000540602(PQKBManifestationID)11324650(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000540602(PQKBWorkID)10585775(PQKB)10424181(SSID)ssj0000581622(PQKBManifestationID)11347266(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000581622(PQKBWorkID)10536922(PQKB)11086605(MdBmJHUP)muse17106(MiAaPQ)EBC713689(EXLCZ)99255000000004044520100329d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Railroad That Never Was[electronic resource] Vanderbilt, Morgan, and the South Pennsylvania Railroad /Herbert H. Harwood, JrBloomington Indiana University Pressc20101 online resource (183 p.)Railroads past & presentDescription based upon print version of record.0-253-35548-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.Herbert H. Harwood, Jr., tells the story of one of the most infamous railroad construction projects of the late 19th century. This 200-mile line through Pennsylvania's most challenging mountain terrain was intended to form the heart of a new trunk line from the East Coast to Pittsburgh and the Midwest. Conceived in 1881 by William H. Vanderbilt, Andrew Carnegie, and a group of Pittsburgh and Philadelphia industrialists, the South Pennsylvania Railroad was intended to break the Pennsylvania Railroad's near-monopoly in the region. The line was within a year of opening when J. P. Morgan brokerRailroads past and present.RailroadsDesign and constructionElectronic books.RailroadsDesign and construction.385.09748Harwood Herbert H.Jr.858167MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910456829603321The Railroad That Never Was2008248UNINA