One of the most dangerous things RR crews face on a freight and coal trains was the doubleheader—the doubling of cars engines run with the same number of crewmen. When the PRR implemented this in 1877, its trains went from 18 to 36 cars. www.markstrecker.com/17.html#17 #RailroadHistory #Pennsy
it's finally melting #snow #winter #sidewalk #biking #pittsburgh #pennsy...
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The publication date is near! On January 6, my new book THE GREAT RAILROAD STRIKE IN OHIO comes out. It starts with the Panic of 1873 and shows how that event triggered the Great Strike in 1877. You can by it from Arcadia or Amazon. #RailroadHistory #OhioHistory #B&O #Pennsy #GreatRRStrike
Análisis de las locomotoras experimentales del Pennsy: Q1, Q2, S1, S2 y T1 killbait.com/es/analisis-... #historia #ferrocarriles #locomotoras #pennsy
