Pittsburg, Shawmut & Northern Railroad / Ken Clark.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clark, Ken (Railroad historian), author.

Series:

Images of rail.

Images of rail

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Railroads--Middle Atlantic States--History--Pictorial works.

Railroads.

Transportation--Middle Atlantic States--History--Pictorial works.

Transportation.

Middle Atlantic States--History--Pictorial works.

Middle Atlantic States.

Pittsburg, Shawmut & Northern Railroad Company--History--Pictorial works.

Pittsburg, Shawmut & Northern Railroad Company.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, South Carolina : Arcadia Publishing, [2016]

Summary:

The Pittsburg (no "h"), Shawmut & Northern Railroad was described by locals as a railroad that "started nowhere and ended no place, with a lot of nothing in between, " although it actually linked the coal mines of Elk County, Pennsylvania, with markets in Cattaraugus, Allegany, and Steuben Counties in central and western New York State. Always an underdog, the Class I line went into bankruptcy a mere five years after its corporate birth, holding the record for the longest receivership of any American railroad at 42 years. Always starved for cash, it limped along with outdated and tired equipment, yet it never failed to meet its payroll. It was scrapped completely in 1947.

Contents:

The Shawmut in New York State

The Shawmut in Pennsylvania

Motive power and rolling stock

The Shawmut Mining Company.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (page 126) and index.

ISBN:

9781439657423

1439657424