and Appendix June 4 and 8, 1965

and Appendix June 4 and 8, 1965
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Special Subcommittee on Labor
Publisher:
Total Pages: 524
Release: 1965
Genre: Open and closed shop
ISBN:

Hearings

Hearings
Author: United States. Congress Senate
Publisher:
Total Pages: 2238
Release: 1938
Genre:
ISBN:

The Pennsylvania Railroad

The Pennsylvania Railroad
Author: Albert J. Churella
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 911
Release: 2023-11-21
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 0253066360

By 1933, the Pennsylvania Railroad had been in existence for nearly ninety years. During this time, it had grown from a small line, struggling to build west from the state capital in Harrisburg, to the dominant transportation company in the United States. In Volume 2 of The Pennsylvania Railroad, Albert J. Churella continues his history of this giant of American transportation. At the beginning of the twentieth century, the Pennsylvania Railroad was the world's largest business corporation and the nation's most important railroad. By 1917, the Pennsylvania Railroad, like the nation itself, was confronting a very different world. The war that had consumed Europe since 1914 was about to engulf the United States. Amid unprecedented demand for transportation, the federal government undertook the management of the railroads, while new labor policies and new regulatory initiatives, coupled with a postwar recession, would challenge the company like never before. Only time would tell whether the years that followed would signal a new beginning for the Pennsylvania Railroad or the beginning of the end. The Pennsylvania Railroad: The Age of Limits, 1917-1933, represents an unparalleled look at the history, the personalities, and the technologies of this iconic American company in a period that marked the shift from building an empire to exploring the limits of their power.