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Definitive history of the state of Pennsylvania's incredible canal and railroad system

Includes bibliographical references and index

Includes bibliographical references and index

Extensive and colorful salute to the nation's largest railroad during its most dramatic years, by one of America's most prominent railroad authors

Industrial research report ; no. 4.

Pennsylvania history studies ; no. 7

M.A. Thesis by David McIlhenny

Includes index

By George W. Hilton

For more books at Penn State on specific Pennsylvania regions, railroads, and industries which relied on the railroad.

By Thomas T. Tabor

Information about Railroad Equipment, Railroad History, and Railroad People

Events, projects, celebrations, and resources about the contributions of Railroaders to American life and industry

Early manuals, railway guides, images and other records available on the web. Also links to related railroad collections in Pennsylvania

Records of individual railroad companies as well as the records of state organizations regulating the railroad industry

Major locations for railroad history research with websites and some email addresses

This page includes links to and information about custodians of PRR (Pennsylvania Railroad Company) records. (Pennsylvania State Archives, Hagley Museum and Library, New York Public Library, New Jersey State Archives, Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society, etc.)