The Pennsylvania Railroad: The Long Decline, 1933–1968

Author:   Albert J. Churella
Publisher:   Indiana University Press
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9780253069474


Pages:   928
Publication Date:   26 November 2024
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Albert J. Churella
Publisher:   Indiana University Press
Imprint:   Indiana University Press
Weight:   2.585kg
ISBN:  

9780253069474


ISBN 10:   0253069475
Pages:   928
Publication Date:   26 November 2024
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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"""In Albert J. Churella's talented hands, the mighty Pennsylvania Railroad comes to life in the form of superbly constructed accounts of overnight trains, steam and electric power, commuter lines, hard-working executives like James Symes and his successor Stuart Sanders, and the skilled and equally hard-working women and men who made the trains run, serving both commuters and shippers. As well, Churella has much to teach us about wage demands, aggressive and insular politicians, and federal and state railroad policies that helped push the ""Standard Railroad of the World"" into a merger with the New York Central in 1968 and into bankruptcy in 1970. Every railfan and citizen will enjoy Churella's riveting and deeply researched account, the third volume in his magisterial trilogy. And the photographs are gorgeous.""—Mark H. Rose, Florida Atlantic University"


""In Albert J. Churella's talented hands, the mighty Pennsylvania Railroad comes to life in the form of superbly constructed accounts of overnight trains, steam and electric power, commuter lines, hard-working executives like James Symes and his successor Stuart Sanders, and the skilled and equally hard-working women and men who made the trains run, serving both commuters and shippers. As well, Churella has much to teach us about wage demands, aggressive and insular politicians, and federal and state railroad policies that helped push the ""Standard Railroad of the World"" into a merger with the New York Central in 1968 and into bankruptcy in 1970. Every railfan and citizen will enjoy Churella's riveting and deeply researched account, the third volume in his magisterial trilogy. And the photographs are gorgeous.""—Mark H. Rose, Florida Atlantic University


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Albert J. Churella is author of From Steam to Diesel: Managerial Customs and Organizational Capabilities in the Twentieth-Century American Locomotive Industry and The Pennsylvania Railroad, volumes 1 and 2. He is Professor of History in the History and Philosophy Department at Kennesaw State University. Dr. Churella is also the president of the Lexington Group, an organization dedicated to transportation history and practice.

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