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The Pennsylvania Railroad - The Age of Limits, 1917–1933 (Hardcover)
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The Pennsylvania Railroad - The Age of Limits, 1917–1933 (Hardcover)
Series: Railroads Past and Present
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By 1933, the Pennsylvania Railroad had been in existence for nearly
ninety years. During this time, it had grown from a small line,
struggling to build west from the state capital in Harrisburg, to
the dominant transportation company in the United States. In Volume
2 of The Pennsylvania Railroad, Albert J. Churella continues his
history of this giant of American transportation. Â At the
beginning of the twentieth century, the Pennsylvania Railroad was
the world's largest business corporation and the nation's most
important railroad. By 1917, the Pennsylvania Railroad, like the
nation itself, was confronting a very different world. The war that
had consumed Europe since 1914 was about to engulf the United
States. Amid unprecedented demand for transportation, the federal
government undertook the management of the railroads, while new
labor policies and new regulatory initiatives, coupled with a
postwar recession, would challenge the company like never before.
Only time would tell whether the years that followed would signal a
new beginning for the Pennsylvania Railroad or the beginning of the
end. Â The Pennsylvania Railroad: The Age of Limits,
1917–1933, represents an unparalleled look at the history, the
personalities, and the technologies of this iconic American company
in a period that marked the shift from building an empire to
exploring the limits of their power.
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