The railroad that never was Vanderbilt, Morgan, and the South Pennsylvania Railroad /

Harwood, Herbert H.

The railroad that never was Vanderbilt, Morgan, and the South Pennsylvania Railroad / [electronic resource] : Herbert H. Harwood, Jr. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2010. - xi, 165 p. : ill., maps. - Railroads past & present . - Railroads past and present. .

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.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780253001573 (electronic bk.)




South Pennsylvania Railroad.


Railroads--Design and construction.


Electronic books.

TF25.S67 / H392 2010