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    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
The Virginian Railway

The Virginian Railway

Archer, William R.
Princeton Railroad Museum (A)

Paperback

Series: Images of Rail

TrainsGeneral PhotographyRegional: South

Publisher Price: $24.99

ISBN10: 0738552747
ISBN13: 9780738552743
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Published: Sep 5 2007
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.36 Width: 6.59 Depth: 9.26
Language: English
The Virginian Railway existed as a separate entity for only a half century, but that period of American history witnessed two world wars and the emergence of the United States as a global superpower. Henry Huddleston Rogers, who marshaled the development of the U.S. oil industry through his leadership of Standard Oil, invested $30 million of his personal wealth into the making of the Virginian. He speculated that south-central West Virginia coal would fuel America's Industrial Revolution. Although Rogers died before his railroading dream could realize its full potential, the Virginian Railway

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