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Railroad History ‐ Specific to Pennsylvania Denotes That the Book Is Available from the Pennsylvania State Library, Harrisburg PA Railroad History ‐ Specific to Pennsylvania denotes that the book is available from the Pennsylvania State Library, Harrisburg PA. Primary Resources Company History – Annual Reports Dredge, James. The Pennsylvania Railroad: Its Organization, Construction and Management. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1879. Pennsylvania, General Assembly. Charters and Acts of Assembly [Relating to the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company, Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron Company, other companies]. n.p., 1875. Pennsylvania, Office of the Auditor General. Annual Report of the Auditor General of the State of Pennsylvania and of the Tabulations and Deductions from the Reports of the Railroad and Canal Companies for the Years (1866‐1871, 1873‐1874). Harrisburg, PA: Singerly & Myers, State Printers, 1867‐1875. Pennsylvania, Office of the Auditor General. Reports of the Several Railroad Companies of Pennsylvania, Communicated by the Auditor General to the Legislature. Harrisburg, PA: Singerly & Meyers, State Printers, 1866. Pennsylvania Railroad. Annual Report of the Board of Directors to the Stockholders of the Pennsylvania Rail Road Company (1848, 1859, 1942). Philadelphia, PA: Pennsylvania Railroad Company. The Reading Railroad: The History of a Great Trunk Line. Philadelphia: Burk & McFetridge, printers, 1892. Report on the South Pennsylvania Railroad: Also, its Charters and Supplements. Harrisburg, PA: Sieg, 1869. Richardson, Richard. Memoir of Josiah White: Showing His Connection with the Introduction and Use of Anthracite Coal and Iron and the Construction of Some of the Canals and Railroads of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1873. Shamokin, Sunbury & Lewisburg Railroad. Approximate Estimates of Adopted Line…Through Sunbury, and Adverse and Level Line Through Same Place, July 28, 1882. [n.p.], 1882. Sipes, William B. The Pennsylvania Railroad: its Origin, Construction, Condition and Connections. Embracing Historical, descriptive, and Statistical Notices of cities, Towns, Villages, Stations, Industries and Objects of Interest on its Various Lines in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Railroad Company Passenger Department, 1875. Wilson, William Bender. History of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates and Co., 1899. Legislation ‐ Regulation Ball, G.W.I. General Railroad and Telegraph Laws of the State of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, PA: Allen, 1884. Bonney, Charles Carroll. Rules of Law for the carriage and Delivery of Persons and Property by Railway: With the Leading Railway Statues and Decisions of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York and the United States. Chicago: E.B. Myers, 1864. Pennsylvania, Department of Labor and Industry. Regulations for Plant Railways. Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, 1963. Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Advance Planning. Pennsylvania Statewide Rail Plan: Phase I, Submission to the Federal Railroad Administration. Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, 1975. South Pennsylvania Railroad. Regulations for the Engineering Department During Construction. Harrisburg, PA: L.S. Hart, printer, 1883. Weimer, Albert B. The Law of Railroads in Pennsylvania: Including the Law Relating to Street Railways. Philadelphia, PA: T. & J.W. Johnson & Company, 1893‐1905. Whitworth, John Ford. Corporation Laws of Pennsylvania 1903‐1905: Including Railroads & Street Railways. Philadelphia: Johnson, 1905. Industry –Commerce Industries and Commercial Growth of Montgomery and Bucks Counties, Embracing Border Towns of Adjoining Counties, Containing Also a Gazetteer and Shippers’ Guide of Pennsylvania and a Railroad Map of the State. Philadelphia: Franklin Publishing Company, 1891. Longini, Arthur. Region of Opportunity: Industrial Potential along the Pittsburgh‐Youngstown Axis. Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad Company, 1961. McClure, Alexander K. The True Commercial and revenue Policy of Pennsylvania: Speeches of the Hon. A.K. McClure on the Act for the Commutation of Tonnage Duties Upon all the Internal Improvements of the States. n.p., 1861. Norristown Board of Trade. The Industries and Advantages of the Borough of Norristown in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania: A Sketch of the County, Location of the Town, Railroad Connection; with Statistics. Norristown, PA: Board of Trade, 1887. Pennsylvania, Department of Internal Affairs, Bureau of Statistics. Pennsylvania Industrial Statistics, 1955. Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Department of Internal Affairs, 1956. Resolutions of the Commercial Organizations of Philadelphia: Advocating the Establishment of a Common Belt Line Railroad, in Connections with the Proposed harbor Improvements of the Delaware River. Philadelphia; s.n., 1889. Planning ‐ Studies Berks County Planning Commission. Summary of the United States Rail Association’s Preliminary System Plan and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s Survey of Rail Shippers in Berks County. Reading, PA: Berks County Planning Commission, 1975. Citizens Committee on City Plan of Pittsburgh. Railroads of the Pittsburgh District. Pittsburgh: Municipal Planning Association, 1923. Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission. Activating the Reading Short Line for Passenger Service. Philadelphia, PA: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, 1972. Facts and Arguments in Favour of Adopting Railways in Preference to Canals, in the State of Pennsylvania. New York, Arno Press, 1970 [reprint of the 1825 edition]. Ford, Bacon and Davis. Commuter Rail Potential, Pittsburgh Area. New York, 1973. Kidd, Howard Carson. Railroad Consolidations and the State of Pennsylvania: A Study of the Probable Effects of Grouping of Railroads Proposed by the Interstate Commerce Commission Upon the Varied Interests of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Harrisburg, 1930. Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Advance Planning. Market Study of Proposed Amtrak Harrisburg‐Erie Route. Harrisburg, PA: Bureau of Advance Planning, 1977. Shapp, Milton J. PRR+NYC Spells Economic Ruin for Pennsylvania: An Analysis of the Serious Impact that the Proposed Pennsylvania‐New York Central Railroad Merger will have on the Economy of Pennsylvania and a Program to Modernize and Expand Transportation in the Commonwealth, to Attract New Industry and Increase Employment, by Establishing a Pennsylvania Transportation Authority. Philadelphia, 1963. Union County Planning Commission. Branchlines of Union County. Lewisburg, PA: Union County Planning Commission, 1980. York County Planning Commission. Railroad Borough Comprehensive Plan. Railroad, PA: Railroad Borough Planning Commission, 1975. Streetcars – Trolleys – ‐ Interurban ‐ Electric Ford, Bacon and Davis. Pennsylvania State Railroad Commission in the Matter of the Complaints Against the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company. New York, 1911. Pennsylvania, Bureau of Railways. Classification of Operating Expenses, Operating Revenues and Expenditures for Road and Equipment for the Use of Electric Railways. Harrisburg, PA: C.E. Aughinbaugh, 1911. Pennsylvania, Department of Internal Affairs, Bureau of Statistics. Statistics for Motor Buses and Electric Transportation Companies in Pennsylvania. Harrisburg, PA: Bureau of Statistics, 1957‐1966. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission. Street Railway Regulations: In the Matter of the Regulations of Street Railway Companies. Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Utility Commission, 1946. Speirs, Frederic W. The Street Railway System of Philadelphia: Its History and Present Condition. Baltimore: The John Hopkins Press, 1897. Maps – Tour Guides Allegheny County Department of Public Works. The Municipality of Bethel Park, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania [map shows borough, county and state roads with legislative route numbers, railroad and street car lines]. Bethel Park, PA: Allegheny County Department of Public Works, 1978. Allen, Lane & Scott. System of Steam Railroads, Street Railways of Philadelphia: A Complete Guide, with Maps Showing the Streets of Philadelphia Upon Which There are Passengers Railways, and the Streets Crossed Thereby, Together with the Routes of the Steam Roads within the City Limits and All Stations on These Roads. Philadelphia: Allen, Lane & Scott, 1887 [reprint Forty Fort PA: H.E. Cox, 1971]. Baist, G. Wm. Baist’s Map Showing the Development of the City & Suburb of Philadelphia: Designated by Colors and Suburban Property Lines. Philadelphia: G.W. Baist, 1897. Barnes, R.L. Map of the Location of the Susquehanna Rail Road and Other Railroads. Philadelphia: R.L. Barnes, 1854. Boyd, W. Harry. Boyd’s Business Directory and Gazetteer of Reading, Harrisburg, Williamsport, Lancaster, Pottsville, Allentown, Norristown, Lebanon, and over 50 of the Principal Towns on the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad and its Branches. Pottsville, PA: W. Harry Boyd, 1876. Charles D. Hevenor Co., Inc. Bucks County Pennsylvania [map shows railroad and electric railroad lines]. Buffalo, NY: Hevenor, 195‐‐. Charles D. Hevenor Co., Inc. Chester County Pennsylvania [map shows railroad and electric railroad lines]. Buffalo, NY: Hevenor, c1900. Charles D. Hevenor Co., Inc. Delaware County Pennsylvania [map shows railroad and electric railroad lines]. Buffalo, NY: Hevenor, c1900. Charles D. Hevenor Co., Inc. Lancaster County Pennsylvania [map shows railroad and electric railroad lines]. Buffalo, NY: Hevenor, 19‐‐?. Charles D. Hevenor Co., Inc. Lehigh County Pennsylvania [map shows railroad and electric railroad lines]. Buffalo, NY: Hevenor,
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