Opening gambits (1853-1874) -- Lines upon the map -- Learning the rails -- An interruption of war -- Transcontinental by any name -- The Santa Fe joins the fray -- Straight west from Denver -- "Why is it we have so many bitter enemies?" -- Contested empire (1874-1889) -- Showdown at Yuma -- Impasse at Raton -- Battle royal for the gorge -- Handshake at Deming -- West across Texas -- Transcontinental at last -- Battling for California -- Gould again -- To the halls of Montezuma -- California for a dollar -- Santa Fe all the way (1889-1909) -- Making the markets -- Canyon dreams and schemes -- The boom goes bust -- Still west from Denver -- Top of the heap -- Dueling streamliners


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    Title :

    Rival rails : the race to build America's greatest transcontinental railroad


    Contributors:

    Edition :

    1. ed.


    Publication date :

    2010


    Size :

    XXIII, 406 S.


    Remarks:

    Ill., Kt.
    Includes bibliographical references and index
    Digital preservation by Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB) / Leibniz-Informationszentrum Technik und Naturwissenschaften und Universitätsbibliothek



    Type of media :

    Book


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English



    Classification :

    DDC:    385.097309034 / 385.0973/09034
    RVK:    ZO 5581 / ZO 5050
    BKL:    56.25 Schienenbahnbau, Gleisbau / 15.87 USA / 83.72 Verkehrswirtschaft





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