Contents Sources and Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Prelude: The Omnipotent Pennsylvania Railroad 2. The Back Story 3. Why? 4. Vanderbilt Takes Charge 5. The Spoilers 6. The Syndicate Forms 7. A Rugged Route 8. Building a Mountain Railroad 9. The Second Front 10. Cooler Heads and Colder Feet Emerge 11. A Summer Cruise on the Hudson 12. Not Quite Dead 13. The End 14. Railroad to Superhighway, More or Less... 15. Epilogue: Ghost Hunting along the South Penn Notes Bibliography Index
A battle of titans over the building of a railroad
Herbert H. Harwood, Jr., has carried on concurrent careers as a railroad historian, writer, photographer, and working railroader. He is author of The New York, Westchester & Boston Railway: J. P. Morgan's Magnificent Mistake (IUP, 2008), Invisible Giants: The Empires of Cleveland's Van Sweringen Brothers (IUP, 2003), and The Lake Shore Electric Railway Story (IUP, 2000).
Based on original letters, documents, diaries, and newspaper
reports, The Railroad That Never Was uncovers the truth behind this
now phantom railway.September 2011
*NMRA Magazine*
This book is an important contribution to both rail and road
history, as well as to business history and business strategy; it
is therefore highly recommended.
*The Lexington Quarterly*
[This] book is factual, well referenced, and well illustrated with
vintage photos. It is an excellent acquisition for academic
libraries with programs in history and business administration, and
will also be valuable for public libraries.
*Choice*
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