Messer, David W. (Author)
Wrabel, Frank (Author)
John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library, St. Louis Mercantile Library, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Physical Details: iv + 378 pp., illustrations
Language: English
David Messer chronicles the competition and development projects that took place between the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Baltimore and Ohio as each sought to design faster, more powerful, and more efficient steam locomotives to pull their trains over the mountains. Later, as each railroad competed with the other for the highly lucrative and profitable traffic to and from New York City, further locomotive designs were developed tested and deployed by each company to varying degrees of success. Frank Wrabel tells the story of each railroad's quest to capture the passenger traffic between New York and the Midwest. Each railroad would use new technology and new designs to build faster and more luxurious trains in an intense technological and marketing competition for business. The winner of the contest would have some of the finest locomotives and passenger trains in the world - but it wouldn't be enough for the company to gain an advantage over its competitor? (Amazon)
...MoreReview Michael Bezilla (Fall-Winter 2016) Review of "Power Clash: PRR vs. B&O Motive Power and Passenger Traffic Competition 1827-1962". Railroad History (pp. 109-111).
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