"Parent Company"

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Saunders "Merging Lines" and "Main Lines" provide an overall survey of railroad history in the twentieth century. Both are excellently written, and will clear up alot of the misconceptions that many (railfans especially) have about the business and how it developed. Loving's book is a fine standalone, but Saunders puts it all into a larger perspective.

If one is interested in 20th century rail history, all three are a "must."

For more on the N&W/PRR relationship, there are also the Penn Central post-mortem books -- "Fallen Colossus" is my favorite, but "Wreck of the Penn Central" and "No Way to Run a Railroad" also offer quite a bit of information regarding the PRR/N&W relationship.

Cheers,
Jim Guthrie
Brooklyn, NY

PS Still looking for builders data on N&W Schooner Barges built in Brooklyn NY in the early 1890s

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  Jim,

  I am familiar with Loving's book, but can you tell me about Saunders'?

  Chuck Stewart
  Bahama

  In a message dated 10/9/2007 9:53:24 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org writes:
    think this discussion would be a whole lot better informed after reading 
    Saunders' Merging ines and Main Lines, and Loving's The Man who Loved 
    Trains.

    Cheers,
    Jim Guthrie 







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