By 1900, the country's total rail mileage had increased to 193,346, from 163,597 in 1890. It would continue to grow for another decade before reaching its all-time high during the World War I era. At the 20th century's dawn, railroads had reached their economic supremacy; it seemed ...
* Tennessee's first railroad was the Nashville & Chattanooga, which later became the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis. It was chartered in 1845 and according to Dain Schult's book, "Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis: A History Of 'The Dixie Line'," the first freight train linking its...
Today's Railroads in Michigan... Railroads in Michigan are almost 200 years old, beginning in 1836 and reaching their peak in trackage about 1916. Since that time, each year has seen abandonments and reduced passenger and freight traffic, all coinciding with the deindustialization of Michigan'...
C H A P T E R F I V E Colonialism Renegotiated, 1920-1930 THE ESTABLISHMENT of the Bank Misr in April 1920, with a share capital of E 80,000 and its subsequent growth during the next two decades into an extensive holding company with a s... E Davis - Princeton University Press ...
The first chapter examines how the completion of the Southern Pacific Railroad's main trunk line through Tucson in 1880 reshaped the city's commercial and social hierarchy, and reoriented the region's commercial axis along an east to west rather than north to south corridor. This economic ...
Nineteenth-century writers in the United States whether they wrote novels short stories poems or plays were powerfully drawn to the railroad in its golden years. In fact writers responded to the railroads as soon as the first were built in the 1830’s. By the 1850’s the railroad was a ...
Bachmann Trains, another icon of the industry, and supplier of many of the products that I have used, has been a leader in the production of high quality locomotives and other great model railroad equipment, and also in the creation of digital command control that is affordable and easy to...
These trains are real pieces of history that have been restored down to the finest detail. Some were used in Chicago, New York and even St. Louis’ historic “Nickel Plate” Railroad. Also, look out for the ASTA’s special events like a Day out with Thomas (you bet that’s Thomas the...
All Aboard!: A History of Railroads in Michigan.By Willis Frederick Dunbar. (Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 1969. 308 pp. Maps, illustrations, tables, notes, and index. $7.95.) Florida's size and shape meant a largely remote interior until shortly before the Civil War. The catalysts...
Rivers of Steel: The Economic Development of Seattle During the Rail Age, 1870-1920 The Pacific Northwest experienced massive urban development and growth in population from 1870 to 1920. The railroad was a key factor contributing to the influx of people and expansion of the built environment. Th...