Affectionately known as the "Ma &amp; Pa," the Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad was one of the country's longest running and best known "archaic" railroads, holding on to steam locomotion and other outmoded technologies well into the twentieth century. Connecting Baltimore and York, the line had everything needed to endear itself to local residents and rail enthusiasts: picturesque equipment, marvelous scenery, antique passenger trains, handsome small-scale locomotives, and enough curves―476―for a railroad many times longer than its 77 miles. All this made the Ma &amp; Pa one of the most popular prototypes for model railroaders, George Hilton notes, and thousands of miniature versions of the line became part of model railroads throughout the world. This new paperback edition of Hilton's classic history includes a new introduction and epilogue in which the author recalls the line's final years of service. He also comments on the continuing interest of modelers, enthusiasts, and all who fondly remember the Ma &amp; Pa.

The Ma & Pa: A History of the Maryland & Pennsylvania Railroad

History

Hilton, George W.

Americas

Johns Hopkins University Press

An account of the 1915 capsizing of the steamer Eastland in the Chicago River, an accident that killed more than eight hundred people, details the role of safety measures instituted after the sinking of the Titantic and examines the civil and criminal court proceedings which followed it.

Eastland: Legacy of the Titanic

Stanford Univ Pr

This is the first comprehensive account of the capsizing in 1915 of the steamer Eastland, an accident that killed more than 800 men, women, and children―the worst disaster of any kind in the history of Chicago and the worst in the history of the Great Lakes. Reviews "Hilton has written a comprehensive and exhaustive study of the worst disaster in Chicago's history. . . . Alterations and the addition of more lifeboats and rafts after the Titanic sank made the Eastland so unstable that it rolled over in the Chicago River. . . . The vessel's entire career is examined, and . . . the disaster itself is meticulously described and analyzed. Hilton also critically evaluates the subsequent civil and criminal court proceedings, raising a number of issues relating to marine safety regulations and the compensation of the victims' families." ―Choice "Irony and tragedy combine in this account of America's worst marine disaster. . . . Hilton constructs a careful account of the events leading up to the calamity. The disaster itself is recounted minute by minute. . . . The numerous illustrations and period photographs, as well as numerous appendixes, make this a definitive account." ―Library Journal "This is the book on the Eastland." ―Inland Seas "It contains vivid accounts of drownings and rescues, heroism and cowardice." ―Chicago Tribune

‘Eastland’: Legacy of the ‘Titanic’

Stanford University Press

One of the most colorful yet neglected eras in American transportation history is re-created in this definitive history of the electric interurbans. Built with the idea of attracting short-distance passenger traffic and light freight, the interurbans were largely constructed in the early 1900s. The rise of the automobile and motor transport caused the industry to decline after World War I, and the depression virtually annihilated the industry by the middle 1930s. Part I describes interurban construction, technology, passenger and freight traffic, financial history, and final decline and abandonment. Part II presents individual histories (with route maps) of the more than 300 companies of the interurban industry. Reviews "A first-rate work of such detail and discernment that it might well serve as a model for all corporate biographies. . . . A wonderfully capable job of distillation." ―Trains "Few economic, social, and business historians can afford to miss this definitive study." ―Mississippi Valley Historical Review "All seekers after nostalgia will be interested in this encyclopedic volume on the days when the clang, clang of the trolley was the most exciting travel sound the suburbs knew." ―Harper's Magazine "A fascinating and instructive chapter in the history of American transportation." ―Journal of Economic History "The hint that behind the grand facade of scholarship lies an expanse of boyish enthusiasm is strengthened by a lovingly amassed and beautifully reproduced collection of 37 photographs." ―The Nation

The Electric Interurban Railways in America

Engineering & Transportation

Due, John F.

Automotive

Monon Route

Transportation

Book Sales

Reviews the history of the Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad and describes its locomotives, cars, lines, and stations

The Ma and Pa

Darwin Pubns

The histories of sixty-two cable companies are accompanied by descriptions of the mechanics and construction of cable transport systems

The Cable Car in America

Howell-North Books

A definitive history of the Maryland &amp; Pennsylvania Railroad with well over 175 photographs drawn from the collections of the brotherhood of Ma &amp; Pa lovers. Jacket painting by Howard Fogg

Howell-North

A Treatise Upon Cable or Rope Traction

Smith, J. Bucknall

Literature & Fiction

Owlswick Press

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The Ma & Pa: A History of the Maryland & Pennsylvania Railroad

Eastland: Legacy of the Titanic

‘Eastland’: Legacy of the ‘Titanic’

The Electric Interurban Railways in America

Monon Route

The Ma and Pa

The Cable Car in America

The Ma & Pa: A History of the Maryland & Pennsylvania Railroad

A Treatise Upon Cable or Rope Traction