Description: Staten Island Rapid Transit, Paperback by Pitanza, Marc, ISBN 1467123382, ISBN-13 9781467123389, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Staten Island's first railroad began in 1860 as a passenger line connecting towns along the island's eastern shore, with ferry service from Vanderbilt's Landing to Manhattan. The Staten Island Rapid Transit was a second line, built in 1885. During the 19th century, major eastern trunk railroads competed for the New York freight market. The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (B&O) was a latecomer but saw opportunity with Staten Island in 1886, buying interest in both railroads. The B&O took control of the island's passenger service and turned it into a thriving commuter railroad with three branches and nearly 40 stations, forever changing transportation in the borough. Reaching Staten Island from Cranford, New Jersey, the B&O built a major freight yard at Arlington and a waterfront terminal at St. George. The railroad's customers ran the gamut from large industries like Procter & Gamble to small one-carload coal dealerships. By 1971, the cash-strapped B&O sold the passenger service to the New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA), and by 1985, the B&O had left New York for good.
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Book Title: Staten Island Rapid Transit
Number of Pages: 128 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Topic: United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), Subjects & Themes / Regional (See Also Travel / Pictorials), Railroads / Pictorial, United States / Northeast / Middle Atlantic (NJ, NY, Pa)
Publication Year: 2015
Item Height: 0.3 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Travel, Transportation, Photography, History
Item Weight: 0.7 Oz
Author: Marc Pitanza
Item Length: 9.2 in
Book Series: Images of Rail Ser.
Item Width: 6.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
