Book ID: CBB816783908

Railroads of Pennsylvania: Your guide to Pennsylvania's historic trains and railway sites (2008)

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Solomon, Brian (Author)


MBI Publishing Co. and Voyageur Press


Publication Date: 2008
Physical Details: 158
Language: English

Few states have a railroad heritage as rich as Pennsylvanias. This illustrated book offers a colorful look at the Keystone States historic railroads, the men who built and ran them, and the engineering feats that made them possible. Railway historian Brian Solomon also shows readers the legacy those railroads have left in the form of todays historic tourist roads, museums, and destinations.

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Review Michael Bezilla (Fall/Winter 2009) Review of "Railroads of Pennsylvania: Your guide to Pennsylvania's historic trains and railway sites". Railroad History (p. 96). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Swanberg, Jack W.
Goldfeder, Ron
Adams, Frank P.
Samuel Merrill
Chuck Blardone
Keefe, Kevin P.
Journals
Railroad History
Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies
Publishers
Branch Line Press
KG Productions
King of Prussia Historical Society
Cumberland Museum and Archives
Malabar Rails Publishing
Arcadia Publishing
Concepts
Land transportation
Railroads
Heritage
Photography of railroads
Locomotives, steam
Illustrations
People
Fisher, Charles E.
Prophet, John M., III
Rockefeller, John Davison, Jr.
Carnegie, Andrew
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
21st century
Places
United States
Pennsylvania (U.S.)
New England (U.S.)
Taunton, Mass.
Missouri (U.S.)
Midwestern states (U.S.)
Institutions
Railroad and Locomotive Historical Society
Illinois Central Railroad
Pere Marquette Railway
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Boston
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