The Railroad Builders: A Chronicle of the Welding of the States

Table of contents

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• Title Page v
• CONTENTS vii
• The Railroad Builders Chapter I 1
• Chapter II the Commodore and the New York Central 20
• Chapter III the Great Pennsylvania System 47
• Chapter IV the Erie Railroad 64
• Chapter V Crossing the Appalachian Range 95
• Chapter VII Penetrating the Pacific Northwest 138
• Chapter VIII Building Along the Santa FÉ Trail 154
• Chapter IX the Growth of the Hill Lines 165
• Chapter X the Railroad System of the South 179
• Chapter XI the Life Work of Edward H. Harriman 193
• Chapter XII the American Railroad Problem 211
• BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE 243
• INDEX 247