Railroad Museum Of Pennsylvania

Author : Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania,Dan Cupper
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 0811729567

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Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania by Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania,Dan Cupper Pdf

A guidebook to the museum in Strasburg, Pennsylvania, covering the history of the state's railroad industry, with a tour of the 100,000-square-foot exhibit hall, which displays dozens of historic locomotives and rolling stock significant to Pennsylvania's railroad heritage. A complete checklist of the museum's collection of rolling stock is included.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Railroad museums
ISBN : OCLC:39110579

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The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Schiffer Publishing
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2022-11-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0764365134

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The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Pictures by Anonim Pdf

A colorful souvenir photo book that captures the history and excitement of the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, which has preserved and interpreted the Commonwealth's rich railroad history for half a century.

Author : Eric S. Conner and Steve Barrall
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467125079

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Strasburg Rail Road by Eric S. Conner and Steve Barrall Pdf

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.

Author : Jan Young
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2013-02-18
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781300755555

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Great Railroad Museums of the USA by Jan Young Pdf

Great Railroad Museums of the USA is a guide for the devoted railfan. It details the sixty-seven largest, most interesting and most important railroad museums in the country, which are classified into good, really good, great and really great groups. Individually the museums are discussed and highlights of their collections are listed. All are rated on their size, the rarity and antiquity of their collections, the quality of their work, the scope of their collections and their presentation to the public. The book is indexed and a map shows the museum's geographic locations. A special index lists more than a hundred-sixty especially interesting cars and locomotives and describes where they can be found; ninety photographs provide illustration. Bonus chapters list and describe the six best museum rail rides in the country and nineteen instances of significant rail preservation outside of traditional railroad museums.

Author : Herbert H. Harwood
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2010-09-06
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780253001559

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The Railroad That Never Was by Herbert H. Harwood Pdf

This account of a doomed enterprise is “an important contribution to both rail and road history, as well as to business history”—photos and maps included (The Lexington Quarterly). Stretching over two hundred miles through Pennsylvania’s most challenging mountain terrain, the South Pennsylvania Railroad would 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, it was intended to break the rival Pennsylvania Railroad’s near-monopoly in the region. But the line was within a year of opening when J.P. Morgan brokered a peace treaty that aborted the project and helped bolster his position in the world of finance. The railroad right of way and its tunnels would sit idle for sixty years—before coming to life in the late 1930s as the original section of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Based on original letters, documents, diaries, and newspaper reports, The Railroad That Never Was uncovers the truth behind this mysterious railway, one of the most infamous construction projects of the late nineteenth century.

Author : Peter Osborne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0986030546

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The Trains of Our Memory by Peter Osborne Pdf

Fifty years ago the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission chose Strasburg, Pennsylvania as the site for its new railroad museum. The small town, situated in Lancaster County was, and remains, a major tourist destination with its farms, the Amish, and the Strasburg Rail Road. Since its opening in 1975, the museum has been a popular attraction ever since. Thousands of visitors come every year to see its remarkable world class collection of more than one hundred pieces of rolling stock including locomotives, passenger and freight cars and unique pieces of equipment. There are representatives of the earliest steam locomotives and passenger cars in the nation right up to more modern equipment that has been recently retired from service. The Museum is also home to an important archives of railroad materials including photographs, books, railroad history and artifacts. The collection includes materials on the railroads that were active in Pennsylvania. There are interactive exhibits, videos, model train boards, regular programs and events for a variety of interests and expertise. Visitors can climb up into steam and diesel locomotives and passenger coaches. Find out why this museum is called the flagship of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission's collection of historic sites and museums.

Author : Simpson, Bill
Publisher : Pelican Publishing
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Pennsylvania
ISBN : 1455605425

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Guide to Pennsylvania's Tourist Railroads by Simpson, Bill Pdf

Author : Sharon Hernes Silverman
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 0811732142

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The State Museum of Pennsylvania by Sharon Hernes Silverman Pdf

A look at selected highlights of the museum of Pennsylvania's heritage from earth's beginnings to the present, including archaeological artifacts, fine art, decorative arts, industrial and technological innovations, and military history. The guide also provides a history and tour of the museum, which is located in Harrisburg.

Author : Christian Wolmar
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-01
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781465433718

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The Iron Road by Christian Wolmar Pdf

Written by Christian Wolmar, author of the critically acclaimed The Great Railroad Revolution, The Iron Road is a richly illustrated account of the rise of the rails across the world. From the historic moment in September 1830 when the first train ran between Liverpool and Manchester, to the high speed trains bulleting across Asia and Europe, The Iron Road: An Illustrated History of the Railroad looks at how railroads have changed the world. Photographs, maps, paintings, and illustrations bring events and locations to life, adding a unique visual quality to the stories of great invention, feats of mind-boggling engineering, groundbreaking changes in trade and commerce, and tales of adventurers, visionaries, and rogues. The Iron Road is the third title in DK's successful illustrated histories format, which combines text-rich narratives with beautiful visual design.

Author : Dan Cupper,Grif Teller
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Calendar art
ISBN : 9780811729031

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Crossroads of Commerce by Dan Cupper,Grif Teller Pdf

Each year, starting in 1925, the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) commissioned a striking oil painting of a PRR engine in a dramatic setting, which was featured on a large wall calendar that the company distributed by the hundreds of thousands to customers and the public. Grif Teller painted 27 of the 33 scenes. This book reproduces Teller's calendar art and his other paintings in full color and recounts his life and career.

Author : Lorett Treese
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2012-09-01
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780811748872

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Railroads of Pennsylvania by Lorett Treese Pdf

Regional histories of the great railroads and relics of rail culture.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Kalmbach Publishing, Co.
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2009-04
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780871162731

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Tourist Trains Guidebook by Anonim Pdf

Provides reviews and listings for a variety of railroad museums in the United States and Canada.

Author : Carolyn Kitch
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780271056883

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Pennsylvania in Public Memory by Carolyn Kitch Pdf

What stories do we tell about America’s once-great industries at a time when they are fading from the landscape? Pennsylvania in Public Memory attempts to answer that question, exploring the emergence of a heritage culture of industry and its loss through the lens of its most representative industrial state. Based on news coverage, interviews, and more than two hundred heritage sites, this book traces the narrative themes that shape modern public memory of coal, steel, railroading, lumber, oil, and agriculture, and that collectively tell a story about national as well as local identity in a changing social and economic world.

Author : George Woodman Hilton
Publisher : Hassell Street Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1013381041

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The MA & PA by George Woodman Hilton Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.