Book ID: CBB520217878

Strasburg Rail Road (2017)

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Conner, Eric S. (Author)
Barrall, Steve (Author)


Arcadia Publishing


Publication Date: 2017
Edition Details: Series: Inages of Rail
Language: English

When the Strasburg Rail Road was chartered in 1832, no one anticipated the myriad of obstacles the short line would encounter. What began as an afterthought in the early 19th century eventually became one of America s premier steam train excursions and the most visited heritage railroad in the continental United States. By 1957, the declining condition of its rails and the lack of freight and passenger service seemed to mark the end of the railroad, but it was given new life in 1958, and not even the wildest imagination foresaw the remarkable transformation and development this Methuselah of railroads would undergo. This book chronicles the unlikely success of America s oldest continuously operating railroad. Explore how and why Strasburg s four-and-a-half-mile line survived, and discover the story behind its ascension to prominence as an iconic, internationally known, small-town steam railroad. (Amazon)

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Review Kurt R. Bell (Spring-Summer 2018) Review of "Strasburg Rail Road". Railroad History (pp. 105-106). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Morrison, David D.
Gruber, John E.
DeRouin, Edward M.
Kahler, David
Waite, Thornton
Ryan, John
Concepts
Land transportation
Railroads
Pictorial works
Photography of railroads
Railroad Stations
Locomotives, steam
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
Places
United States
Pennsylvania (U.S.)
Wyoming (U.S.)
Nebraska (U.S.)
Midwestern states (U.S.)
Oregon (U.S.)
Institutions
Pennsylvania Railroad
Long Island Rail Road Company
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Railway Express Agency
Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway
Strasburg Railroad
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