Rails Under The Hudson: The Story of the Hudson Tubes, the Pennsy Tunnels and Manhattan Transfer
Brattleboro, VT: Stephen Greene Books, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. Slim hardcover in yellow cloth, 78 pp. with equipment roster appendix and appendix of specifications of principal Hudon Tunnel mother power. Illustrated with photographs. Fine in dust jacket with wear to the extremities. In the early part of the 20th century, access to Manhattan form the New Jersey side was only by water. Then a Georgia lawyer named William Gibbs McAdoo created the Hudson & Manhattan Railway, built the Hudsons Tubes and then persuaded the Pennsylvania Railroad to get into the act. This monograph tells the story of what would be the PATH system as well as Amtrak trackage that exists today. Fine / very good. Item #E35292
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