Description
Book SynopsisBranch Line Empires offers a thorough and captivating analysis of how a changing world turned competition into cooperation between two railroad industry titansthe Pennsylvania and the New York Central railroads.
Trade ReviewAn absorbing, well-written account, which will appeal to American history scholars and railroad enthusiasts. . . . Recommended.
* Choice *
The book is a most welcome and worthy addition to the literature of Pennsylvania's rich railroading heritage.
* Pennsylvania Heritage *
Table of ContentsPreface
Acknowledgments
1. Switchbacks and Rattlesnakes: The Bellefonte and Snow Shoe Railroad
2. Moshannon's Black Gold: The Tyrone and Clearfield Railroad
3. The PRR Tightens Its Grip: The Bald Eagle Valley Railroad
4. Forever Divided: The Lewisburg and Tyrone Railroad
5. Uniting the Branch Lines: The PRR's Tyrone Division
6. Breaking the Monopoly: Beech Creek Railroad/New York Central
7. Nittany Valley Short Lines: Bellefonte Central Railroad/Central Railroad of Pennsylvania/Nittany Valley Railroad
8. Railroads at High Tide
9. The Tide Recedes: Passenger Service
10. The Pennsylvania and the New York Central on the Plateau, 1918-1968
11. Railroading in the Valleys, 1918-1968
12. Empires Dismantled: Penn Central and Beyond
Index
