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- catalog abstract ""The Pennsylvania Railroad at Bay is the story of an independent and creative nineteenth-century Indiana businessman, William Riley McKeen, and the railroad that he built based in Terre Haute - the Terre Haute & Indianapolis Railroad. It is also the story of how this small-town entrepreneur held the mighty Pennsylvania Railroad at bay, refusing to sell out before he was ready to do so. Until now, the TH & I has been something of an enigma for historians of the Pennsylvania Railroad. They have often ignored or failed to understand that the Terre Haute road remained independent for so long. Unlike similar relations with its other western lines - such as the Indiana Central and the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago - the Pennsy's early courtship of the TH & I did not lead to the usual "smothering embrace," as author Wallis puts it. Instead, what he calls an "arm's length partnership" endured between the two vastly different organizations. This volume is a long-overdue look at that partnership and the man who, against all odds, kept it in balance. Wallis has made a fascinating contribution to the railroad history of Indiana, to the story of the Pennsylvania Railroad, and to the history of Terre Haute and one of its most interesting businessmen."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12064184.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""The Pennsylvania Railroad at Bay is the story of an independent and creative nineteenth-century Indiana businessman, William Riley McKeen, and the railroad that he built based in Terre Haute - the Terre Haute & Indianapolis Railroad. It is also the story of how this small-town entrepreneur held the mighty Pennsylvania Railroad at bay, refusing to sell out before he was ready to do so. Until now, the TH & I has been something of an enigma for historians of the Pennsylvania Railroad. They have often ignored or failed to understand that the Terre Haute road remained independent for so long.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-182) and index.".
- catalog description "Unlike similar relations with its other western lines - such as the Indiana Central and the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago - the Pennsy's early courtship of the TH & I did not lead to the usual "smothering embrace," as author Wallis puts it. Instead, what he calls an "arm's length partnership" endured between the two vastly different organizations. This volume is a long-overdue look at that partnership and the man who, against all odds, kept it in balance. Wallis has made a fascinating contribution to the railroad history of Indiana, to the story of the Pennsylvania Railroad, and to the history of Terre Haute and one of its most interesting businessmen."--Jacket.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 189 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Pennsylvania Railroad at bay.".
- catalog identifier "0253338727 (cl : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Pennsylvania Railroad at bay.".
- catalog isPartOf "Railroads past and present".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Bloomington : Indiana University Press,".
- catalog relation "Pennsylvania Railroad at bay.".
- catalog spatial "Illinois".
- catalog spatial "Indiana".
- catalog subject "385/.0973 21".
- catalog subject "HE2791 .T282 2001".
- catalog subject "McKeen, William Riley, 1829-".
- catalog subject "Pennsylvania Railroad History.".
- catalog subject "Railroads Illinois History.".
- catalog subject "Railroads Indiana History.".
- catalog subject "Terre Haute & Indianapolis Railroad Company History.".
- catalog title "The Pennsylvania Railroad at bay : William Riley McKeen and the Terre Haute & Indianapolis Railroad / Richard T. Wallis.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".