Description: RailroadTreasures offers the following item: Iron Horses by Walter Borneman America's race to bring the railroads west SoftCo Iron Horses by Walter R Borneman Originally published as Rival Rails Soft Cover 406 pages Copyright 2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Maps xi Introduction: Railroad Battleground xiii Railroads and Railroaders: A Cast of Characters xv Major Events in Building the Southwestern Transcontinental Systemxxi Part I: Opening Gambits (1853-1874) 1. LINES UPON THE MAP 5 2. LEARNING THE RAILS 20 3. AN INTERRUPTION OF WAR 31 4. TRANSCONTINENTAL BY ANY NAME45 5. THE SANTA FE JOINS THE FRAY63 6. STRAIGHT WEST FROM DENVER 75 7. "WHY IS IT WE HAVE SO MANY BITTER ENEMIES?" 91 Part II: Contested Empire (1874-1889) 8. SHOWDOWN ATYUMA 109 9. IMPASSE AT RATON 125 10. BATTLE ROYAL FOR THE GORGE 140 11. HANDSHAKE AT DEMING 161 12. WEST ACROSS TEXAS 180 13. TRANSCONTINENTAL AT LAST 194 14. BATTLING FOR CALIFORNIA 216 15. GOULD AGAIN 230 16. TO THE HALLS OF M0NTEZUMA 243 17. CALIFORNIA FOR A DOLLAR 254 Part III: Santa Fe All the Way (1889-1909) 18. MAKING THE MARKETS 273 19. CANYON DREAMS AND SCHEMES 284 20. THE BOOM GOES BUST 296 21. STILL WEST FROM DENVER 310 22. TOP OF THE HEAP 320 23. DUELING STREAMLINERS 336 Afterword: American Railroads in the Twenty-first Century 346 Acknowledgments 349 Notes 351 Bibliography 383 Index 391 LIST OF MAPS General Routes of the Pacific Railroad Surveys of 1853 2 Early Transcontinental Contenders, Circa 1863 34 Kansas Pacific Construction, 1865-1870 49 Western U.S. Transcontinental Routes, 1869 52 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Construction, 1868-1872 66 Competition in Colorado, Early 1870s 79 San Francisco Bay Area Railroads, Circa 187093 Western U.S. Transcontinental Routes, 1877 106 The Drive for Southern California, Mid-1870s111 The Tehachapi Loop 113 Yuma Crossings 120 Southern Colorado Battles, 1878-1879 126 Raton Pass Shoo-fly and Tunnel, 1878-1879 135 The Royal Gorge 149 The Santa Fe Meets the Southern Pacific at Deming 169 Texas and Pacific Construction 182 Western U.S. Transcontinental Routes, 1883 198 The Santa Fe Meets the Southern Pacific at Needles 206 Needles Crossings 213 The California Southern 219 Colorado Battleground, 1888 232 The Georgetown Loop 235 Santa Fe Expansion into Texas 240 American-Backed Railroad Ventures in Mexico 249 Santa Fe Racetrack to Chicago, 1887 257 The Battle for Southern California, 1887-1890 260 Western U.S. Transcontinental Routes, 1910 270 San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railway 306 Western Pacific Extension 317 The Santa Fe's Belen Cutoff, 1908 323 ON THE BACK COVER: The completion of the first transcontinental railroad marked the start of a new, greater challenge: to construct an even better, more direct rail line through the southern part of the country, connecting Chicago to Los Angeles. Dozens of rival railroad companies competed for control of this region. With this route, trains could avoid the deep snow and steep gradients that plagued the more northern routes, and, better yet, they could get to the West Coast faster. The men leading these companies were shrewd negotiators, and they aggressively began to build lines through Kansas, Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and California in a contest that would last for more than a quarter century. As railroad barons fought in boardrooms and brokered political deals, workers toiled, to build bridges, tunnels, cuts, and fills all across the region. They faced dangerous conditions, from the labor itself to armed robberies and runaway trains and they had to work swiftly. In Iron Horses, Walter R. Borneman brilliantly depicts the battles over control of the American Southwest's transportation corridors and brings this momentous period in American history to life. All pictures are of the actual item. If this is a railroad item, this material is obsolete and no longer in use by the railroad. Please email with questions. Publishers of Train Shed Cyclopedias and Stephans Railroad Directories. Large inventory of railroad books and magazines. Thank you for buying from us. Shipping charges Postage rates quoted are for shipments to the US only. Ebay Global shipping charges are shown. These items are shipped to Kentucky and then ebay ships them to you. Ebay collects the shipping and customs / import fees. For direct postage rates to these countries, send me an email. Shipping to Canada and other countries varies by weight. Payment options Payment must be received within 10 days. Paypal is accepted. Terms and conditions All sales are final. Returns accepted if item is not as described. Contact us first. No warranty is stated or implied. Please e-mail us with any questions before bidding. Thanks for looking at our items.
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Location: Talbott, Tennessee
End Time: 2025-02-07T02:09:18.000Z
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