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New York Central's Early Power 1831 - 1916 by Alvin F. Staufer Dust Jacket
New York Central's Early Power 1831 - 1916 by Alvin F. Staufer
Hard Cover with Dust Jacket (has damage)
By Alvin F. Staufer
Copyright 1967
351 pages
CONTENTS
New York Central & Hudson River . Boston & Albany
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern .
Indiana Harbor Belt Big Four
Michigan Central .
Toledo & Ohio Central .
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie
The present New York Central System is composed of literally hundreds of smaller, independent railroads. This book conveniently divides the System into chapters: New York Central & Hudson River; Boston & Albany; Lake Shore & Michigan Southern; Cleveland, Cincinnati, St. Louis & Chicago (Big Four) ; Michigan Central; Toledo & Ohio Central; and Pittsburgh & Lake Erie. These were the seven major railroads forged together by the Vanderbilt dynasty to form what is now the mighty New York Central System.
Young America was an exciting, turbulent place, with the center of culture and social life being New York City. Commodore Vanderbilt controlled the city's direct rail routes during these years, and so everything his railroad did received due publicity. SPEED was the craze, and the New York Central had the men and the machines to deliver what the public wanted. Deliver it did, with trains and locomotives that were colorful and fast. The men took immense pride in their jobs, appreciating the social position that was associated with running "the Vanderbilt Road."
This, then, is the story of their trains, their railroad, and most important of all -
THEIR LOCOMOTIVES.
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