Herbert H. Harwood, Jr., has concurrently been a railroad historian, writer, photographer, and working railroader. A history graduate of Princeton University, he received his MBA from Columbia University and then spent 30 years in various management positions at the Chesapeake & Ohio and Baltimore & Ohio and their successor, CSX Transportation. He has written 11 books on railroad and electric railway history.

• Contents:IntroductionOasis in a Gritty CityThe Ideal SuburbMr. Smith Sells a FarmMr. Smith Sells a RailroadShaping Solid FormsA Difficult Birth at the Public SquareThe Beginnings of an EmpireTo the South, East, and NorthTaking Stock: 1924A Horseback Ride in the ParkBuilding, Rebuilding, and JugglingConsolidation Anarchy (I): The General and the BearConsolidation Anarchy (II): The Street FighterThe Summit (I): An Appalachian Peak in the RockiesThe Summit (II): Filling Out the Railroad MapThe Summit (III): Consummation in Cleveland—and a JoltCompletions and ComplicationsTaking Stock: 1930Sudden DarknessThe Rails Head DowngradeA New WorldThe Cruelest YearThe Last TrainEpilogue (I): New Empires from OldEpilogue (II): The GhostsNotesSources and AcknowledgmentsIndex

Herbert H. Harwood, Jr., has concurrently been a railroad historian, writer, photographer, and working railroader. A history graduate of Princeton University, he received his MBA from Columbia University and then spent 30 years in various management positions at the Chesapeake & Ohio and Baltimore & Ohio and their successor, CSX Transportation. He has written 11 books on railroad and electric railway history.

• Contents:IntroductionOasis in a Gritty CityThe Ideal SuburbMr. Smith Sells a FarmMr. Smith Sells a RailroadShaping Solid FormsA Difficult Birth at the Public SquareThe Beginnings of an EmpireTo the South, East, and NorthTaking Stock: 1924A Horseback Ride in the ParkBuilding, Rebuilding, and JugglingConsolidation Anarchy (I): The General and the BearConsolidation Anarchy (II): The Street FighterThe Summit (I): An Appalachian Peak in the RockiesThe Summit (II): Filling Out the Railroad MapThe Summit (III): Consummation in Cleveland—and a JoltCompletions and ComplicationsTaking Stock: 1930Sudden DarknessThe Rails Head DowngradeA New WorldThe Cruelest YearThe Last TrainEpilogue (I): New Empires from OldEpilogue (II): The GhostsNotesSources and AcknowledgmentsIndex

Herbert H. Harwood, Jr., has concurrently been a railroad historian, writer, photographer, and working railroader. A history graduate of Princeton University, he received his MBA from Columbia University and then spent 30 years in various management positions at the Chesapeake & Ohio and Baltimore & Ohio and their successor, CSX Transportation. He has written 11 books on railroad and electric railway history.

• Contents:IntroductionOasis in a Gritty CityThe Ideal SuburbMr. Smith Sells a FarmMr. Smith Sells a RailroadShaping Solid FormsA Difficult Birth at the Public SquareThe Beginnings of an EmpireTo the South, East, and NorthTaking Stock: 1924A Horseback Ride in the ParkBuilding, Rebuilding, and JugglingConsolidation Anarchy (I): The General and the BearConsolidation Anarchy (II): The Street FighterThe Summit (I): An Appalachian Peak in the RockiesThe Summit (II): Filling Out the Railroad MapThe Summit (III): Consummation in Cleveland—and a JoltCompletions and ComplicationsTaking Stock: 1930Sudden DarknessThe Rails Head DowngradeA New WorldThe Cruelest YearThe Last TrainEpilogue (I): New Empires from OldEpilogue (II): The GhostsNotesSources and AcknowledgmentsIndex