LEADER 02809oam 22005894a 450 001 9910781500203321 005 20230420205414.0 010 $a0-253-00155-2 010 $a0-253-00154-4 035 $a(CKB)2550000000040445 035 $a(EBL)713689 035 $a(OCoLC)735596667 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000540602 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11324650 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000540602 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10585775 035 $a(PQKB)10424181 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000581622 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11347266 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000581622 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10536922 035 $a(PQKB)11086605 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse17106 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC713689 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000040445 100 $a20100329h20102010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe railroad that never was $eVanderbilt, Morgan, and the South Pennsylvania Railroad /$fHerbert H. Harwood, Jr 210 1$aBloomington :$cIndiana University Press,$d2010. 210 4$aŠ2010 215 $a1 online resource (xi, 165 pages) $cillustrations, maps 225 1 $aRailroads past & present 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-253-35548-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe 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. 330 $aHerbert H. Harwood, Jr., tells the story of one of the most infamous railroad construction projects of the late 19th century. This 200-mile line through Pennsylvania's most challenging mountain terrain was intended to form the heart of a new trunk line from the East Coast to Pittsburgh and the Midwest. Conceived in 1881 by William H. Vanderbilt, Andrew Carnegie, and a group of Pittsburgh and Philadelphia industrialists, the South Pennsylvania Railroad was intended to break the Pennsylvania Railroad's near-monopoly in the region. The line was within a year of opening when J. P. Morgan broker 410 0$aRailroads past and present. 606 $aRailroads$xDesign and construction 615 0$aRailroads$xDesign and construction. 676 $a385.09748 700 $aHarwood$b Herbert H.$cJr.$0858167 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781500203321 996 $aThe railroad that never was$93847274 997 $aUNINA