History of the Boston and Maine Railroad
On June 27, 1835, New Hampshire chartered the Boston & Maine Railroad, and a juggernaut was born. By 1900, the B&M operated some 2,300 miles of track in northern New England, having taken over an astonishing forty-seven different railroads since its inception. The B&M loomed particularly large in the Granite State, where it controlled 96 percent of all tracks and was the primary conveyance through the rugged heart of New England s most formidable mountain range.From the gravity-defying Mount Washington Cog Railway to logging transport trains to the famous Depression-era Snow Train, A History of the Boston & Maine Railroad trac…
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- ISBN: 978-1-62584-405-7
- EAN: 9781625844057
- Produktnummer: 18438978
- Verlag: The History Press Ltd
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
- Plattform: EPUB
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