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The Railroad That Never Was
the railroad that never was varbilt an and the the railroad that never was tells the story of a railroad projected across southern pennsylvania in the 1880s to challenge the power of the existing pennsylvania railroad. planned and financed by a cabal of industrialists centered around william h. varbilt the project produced right of way grading bridges and surprisingly some tunnels.
the railroad that never was varbilt an and the the railroad right of way and its tunnels sat idle for 60 years beforeing 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.
the railroad that never was varbilt an and the the railroad that never was varbilt an and the south pennsylvania railroad railroads past and present
historys headlines the railroad that never was history historys headlines the railroad that never was it was 1883 and robert sayre had just about had his fill of the packer boys. ever since their father asa packer had died in 1879 his trusted a.
the railroad that never was the decatur amp state line railway the railroad that never was the decatur amp state line railway. im a fan of the open road and as such i once found myself out for a drive in the middle of nowhere crossing the kankakee river. when i noticed a few bridge piers jettisoning out of the water about 1000 feet west of the bridge i was crossing.
cape to cairo the railroad that never was the iron road cape to cairo the railroad that never was it was the most absurd the most ambitious and the most improbable of all railroad dreams and it failedbut only just. no continuous lineom cairo to the cape of good hopewhich would have linked britains ican colonies colored pink on global political maps of the erawas ever built.
vintage railroad pictures the railroad that never was the railroad passed over the foster trask kenyon gray sweet birdsall mason an nash and berry farms as well as that of the baptist church society. some effort was m to encourage extension of the line to oriskany falls and oneida but this neverveloped beyondrmal discussions.
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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.
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.
the railroad that never was varbilt an and the the railroad that never was tells the story of a railroad projected across southern pennsylvania in the 1880s to challenge the power of the existing pennsylvania railroad. planned and financed by a cabal of industrialists centered around william h. varbilt the project produced right of way grading bridges and surprisingly some tunnels.
the railroad that never was varbilt an and the the railroad right of way and its tunnels sat idle for 60 years beforeing 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.
the railroad that never was varbilt an and the the railroad that never was varbilt an and the south pennsylvania railroad railroads past and present
historys headlines the railroad that never was history historys headlines the railroad that never was it was 1883 and robert sayre had just about had his fill of the packer boys. ever since their father asa packer had died in 1879 his trusted a.
the railroad that never was the decatur amp state line railway the railroad that never was the decatur amp state line railway. im a fan of the open road and as such i once found myself out for a drive in the middle of nowhere crossing the kankakee river. when i noticed a few bridge piers jettisoning out of the water about 1000 feet west of the bridge i was crossing.
cape to cairo the railroad that never was the iron road cape to cairo the railroad that never was it was the most absurd the most ambitious and the most improbable of all railroad dreams and it failedbut only just. no continuous lineom cairo to the cape of good hopewhich would have linked britains ican colonies colored pink on global political maps of the erawas ever built.
vintage railroad pictures the railroad that never was the railroad passed over the foster trask kenyon gray sweet birdsall mason an nash and berry farms as well as that of the baptist church society. some effort was m to encourage extension of the line to oriskany falls and oneida but this neverveloped beyondrmal discussions.