ReviewsModel Railroading, August 2005 (circ.: 11,000) "This book is not a history of the failure of the merger. Rather, it is more of a photographic and written record of some of the trains that were the Penn Central. It also focuses on the daily operations of those trains, where they went and what they did.", Model Railroading,August 2005(circ.: 11,000) "This book is not a history of the failure of the merger. Rather, it is more of a photographic and written record of some of the trains that were the Penn Central. It also focuses on the daily operations of those trains, where they went and what they did."
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal385/.0974
SynopsisIn describing Penn Central's operational history and the factors that led to its formation and downfall, author and former PC employee Peter Lynch offers a collection of the best Penn Central color imagery from the archives of photographers Thomas McNamara, J. W. Swanberg, David P. Oroszi, and others. These region-by-region collections depict freight and passenger operations, motive power, rolling stock, and facilities along 20,000 miles of trackage in states from New England to Illinois., In describing Penn Central's operational history and the factors that led to its formation and downfall, author and former PC employee Peter Lynch offers a collection of the best Penn Central color imagery from the archives of photographers Thomas McNamara, J.W. Swanberg, David P. Oroszi, and others. These region-by-region collections depict freight and passenger operations, motive power, rolling stock, and facilities along 20,000 miles of trackage in states from New England to Illinois.