By Lorett Treese
"Informative and intensely fulfilling to read." --Library Journal
"For these of you who can't get adequate of railroad heritage, this ebook will brighten your day." --Livesteam
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Edgar Thomson, who had made surveys for the State Works railroad between Philadelphia and Columbia. By 1849, the Pennsy was operating trains between Harrisburg and Lewistown, and it expanded its service to Hollidaysburg the following year. In 1854, the railroad’s greatest topographical challenge, the Allegheny Ridge, was finally addressed by the magnificent Horseshoe Curve and nearby Allegheny Tunnel. According to Burgess and Kennedy, the Pennsy’s officers and directors declared the line complete on November 1, 1855.
However, around the time Railroads of Pennsylvania was published in 2003, America’s railroad industry was changing. S. economy was emerging from a recession, and the demand for consumer goods surged. Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) led the way in constructing a rail connection to link ports where foreign manufactured goods were received to population centers where consumers were waiting to purchase them. Railroads and rail yards soon begat warehouses and distribution centers. Because fuel prices were rising and railroads could move freight using less fuel than trucks, trucking companies began loading trailers and containers on and off trains, causing the intermodal transportation industry to greatly expand.
The celebration was barely over when the weaknesses of Pennsylvania’s system became painfully apparent. The 82-mile railroad trip from Philadelphia to Columbia was followed by 172 miles by canal to the base of the Allegheny Mountains, 36 miles on inclined planes over the mountains, and 104 miles by canal to Pittsburgh. In good weather, the 394-mile journey took four and a half days. Both freight and passengers had to be transferred from one type of conveyance to another, creating logjams of traffic.
