The North not only held a commanding advantage in total mileage but also boasted a mighty industrial machine across New England. There were many reasons for the South's failure to achieve victory. One of the most noteworthy was its inability to properly utilize the railroad. ...
Even some Midwestern systems reached the state given that the western region of Kentucky was geographically in both the Midwest and South.Illinois Central 2-8-2 #1564 in Paducah, Kentucky, circa 1950. The IC was a big proponent of the Mikado design. The railroad owned 605 examples, trailing...
A REGENCY NEEDLEWORK MAP SAMPLER OF ENGLAND AND WALES CIRCA 1820 In an oval frame 23¼ in. (59 cm.) x 19 in. (48.5 cm.) overall No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis....
Many of these lines served coal mines (anthracite and bituminous) while others were agricultural in nature. In eastern and northeastern Pennsylvania, where the state's rich seams of anthracite coal were located you can find scars of old branches operated by Lehigh Valley, Lehigh & New England, ...
Unfortunately, like the rest of New England, New Hampshire has lost a great deal of its infrastructure to abandonment (more than 70%). The graph below illustrates this great loss.There were simply too many railroads constructed in the 19th century within this region. They served a concentrated...
Historically, Vermont was the home of the Rutland; a fabled New England carrier that shutdown in 1961. The railroad offered photographers bucolic settings of a local freights passing through small towns during simpler times. It was once a common sight to catch trains loading milk at the depot...