The Railroad That Never Was: Vanderbilt, Morgan, and the South Pennsylvania Railroad

by Herbert H. Harwood Jr.

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253355486
• ISBN13: 9780253355485
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.3" x 10.2"