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Language: en
Pages: 220
Pages: 220
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-08-24 - Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
In 1857, the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) took over Pennsylvania's Main Line of Public Works, a state-owned railroad and canal system built in the 1830s. Most ar
Language: en
Pages: 332
Pages: 332
Type: BOOK - Published: 1971 - Publisher: New York : C.N. Potter
Language: en
Pages: 140
Pages: 140
Type: BOOK - Published: 1996 - Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing Company
Explores the Pennsy main line from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh and the three divisions that operated it. Photos and explanations trace the line's electric, steam
Language: en
Pages: 970
Pages: 970
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-10-29 - Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
"Do not think of the Pennsylvania Railroad as a business enterprise," Forbes magazine informed its readers in May 1936. "Think of it as a nation." At the end of
Language: en
Pages: 286
Pages: 286
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002 - Publisher:
The Main Line is the suburban region northwest of Philadelphia synonomous with quiet wealth & exclusivity. This book records the efforts to establish the region
