Hard Coal and Coal Cars: Hauling Anthracite on the New York, Ontario & Western Railway
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| Rating | : | 4.58 (976 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1589661206 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 220 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-06 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Bringing the story into the twentieth century, Karig explains how the O & W’s ownership ultimately abandoned the coal-hauling business in the 1950s as coal was supplanted by more reliable and convenient home heating fuels. Rich with the romance of the railroad and crucial to any understanding of Pennsylvania history, Hard Coal and Coal Cars will be the definitive book on a fascinating chapter of American life.. From 1880 through the 1950s, the New York, Ontario & Western Railway hauled coal from the rich anthracite deposits of eastern Pennsylvania to homes throughout the eastern United States and Canada. In Hard Coal and Coal Cars, Martin Robert Karig chronicles the rise and fall of the O & W’s coal hauling operation in a richly illustrated work that interweaves economic, industrial, and technological history. Karig opens his history with the intense competition for the rights to eastern Pennsylvania’s lucrative coal-hauling business
His grandfather was a fireman and engineer on the O & W.. Martin Robert Karig III lives in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and serves as a docent at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania
About the AuthorMartin Robert Karig III lives in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and serves as a docent at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. His grandfather was a fireman and engineer on the O & W.
Robert Ray said A wonderful labor of love about anthracite and coal cars. This is a great book about (ultimately) the cars used to haul anthracite coal on the New York, Ontario and Western Railway. Clearly a labor of love (the author's grandfather was an engineer on the road), it covers the anthracite industry, the railroads involved, and railroad car construction and appliances, before getting into th. John Carven said Spectacular intellectual product. A really definitive study of coal/coal cars that extends far beyond the NYO&W. Any industrial historian or model railroader interested in coal haulers needs a copy of this spectacular intellectual product. See Railroad Model Craftsman for October "Spectacular intellectual product" according to John Carven. A really definitive study of coal/coal cars that extends far beyond the NYO&W. Any industrial historian or model railroader interested in coal haulers needs a copy of this spectacular intellectual product. See Railroad Model Craftsman for October 2006 for a full, very positive rview.. 006 for a full, very positive rview.