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Article: Access to the region's core, 1910: how can today's Tri-State region mega-projects, which are sponsored by individual commuter and transit agencies, be built systematically, as components of an existing, highly integrated transportation network? Here's some historical context.
- Article from:
- Railway Age
- Article date:
- June 1, 2006
- Author:
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The geopolitics of major railroads is interesting when reviewed within the context of the development of the regions they served. The Pennsylvania Railroad, for example, was originally conceived as means where the Port of Philadelphia could counter the growth of New York City and its superior harbor. By the end of the 19th century, it was clear that New York, served by multiple railroads, had outpaced Philadelphia as a commercial and population center as well as a seaport. Though several railroads (the PRR, Central of New Jersey, Erie, Delaware, Lackawanna & Western, and others) had terminals on the west shore of the Hudson and floated passengers and freight to connections ...
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