The Great Railroad Revolution (70 page)

Convict labor.
See under
Labor

Cooke, Jay,
177

Cooper, Peter,
21–22
,
41

Corbin, Austin,
277

Corinne, Utah,
143

“Cornfield meets,”
194–196

Corning, Erastus,
67

Corpses,
188

County, Albert J.,
297

Cowboys,
148–149
,
173
,
179

Cowcatchers,
41–42
,
43
,
82

Crane's Patent Pile Driving Machine,
59

Crédit Mobilier of America,
xxiii
,
136

Crocker, Alvah,
166

Crocker, Charles,
131–133
,
141–142
,
144
,
147
,
151–152

CSX,
349
,
350

Cugnot, Nicolas,
14

Cullom, Shelby,
256–257

Cumberland Valley Railroad,
181
,
213

Cummins, Albert,
295–296

Curr, John,
3

Dalton gang,
202

Daniels, George,
265
,
269

Darrow, Clarence,
237

Davis, Jefferson,
95
,
97
,
99
,
100
,
102
,
117

De Luxe
,
301

Debs, Eugene,
235–236
,
237
,
246

Declaration of Independence, US,
1

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad,
268

Delaware & Hudson Canal,
17
,
56

Delaware & Hudson Railroad,
20

Delmonico
,
189

Denver & Rio Grande Railroad,
173
,
174
,
221

Denver Zephyr
,
312

Derailments,
42
,
43
,
75
,
80–81
,
81–82
,
110
,
161
,
192
,
193
,
195
,
196
,
206
,
247
,
256
,
323

and Native Americans,
149–150

and robberies,
202–203

See also
Accidents

Dexter, Samuel,
125

Dey, Peter,
137–138

Dickens, Charles,
73–74
,
75–79
,
207

Diesel, Rudolf,
310

Diesel locomotives,
297–298
,
309–314
,
316
,
317–318
,
324–327
.
See also
Locomotive technology

Dining cars,
188–190
.
See also
Carriages

Dix, John,
135

Dodge, Grenville,
138
,
141
,
143
,
146
,
147
,
148
,
151
,
152
,
157

Dodge City,
173
,
179

Domeliners,
328

Double-manning,
325–326

Douglas, George H.,
53
,
78–79
,
82
,
105
,
111
,
156–157
,
179
,
194
,
207
,
318
,
324
,
342
,
353

Douglas, Stephen A.,
31
,
85

Dowd, C. F.,
219

Drew, Daniel,
xxv
,
238
,
239–240
,
241
,
242–243
,
244
,
249
,
259

Dripps, Isaac,
41–42
,
44

Dubai,
357

Dunkirk, New York,
57
,
125

Durant, Thomas,
xxiii
,
134–138
,
147
,
151–152
,
155
,
156
,
157
,
176
,
224
,
244

Dynamite,
159

Eastern Railroad (Massachusetts),
77

Edginton, Edward,
169

Edwards, John Newman,
204–205

Effie Aflon
,
86

Eisenhower, Dwight D.,
304
,
332

Electric Air Line Railroad,
282–283

Electrification,
46
,
274–275
,
285
,
286–288
,
297
,
299–300
,
309
,
310
,
324
.
See also
Locomotive technology

Elevated railways,
244
,
273
,
278–279

Elmira Branch,
333

Emergency cords,
80
,
203

Emerson, Ralph Waldo,
51

Eminent domain, grants of,
26–30
,
47

Empire Builder
,
328–329

Empire State Express
,
264

Enterprise
,
7

Erie & Northeast Railroad,
61

Erie Canal,
8
,
19
,
23
,
53
,
67
,
69
,
182

Erie Railroad,
18
,
30
,
68
,
70
,
80
,
85
,
168
,
181
,
191
,
335

and Civil War,
90
,
105
,
121–122

and Conrail,
348–349

construction,
53–65

“Erie War,”
239–244

financial difficulties,
53–55
,
58–59
,
308
,
323

laborers,
55–56
(
see also
Labor
)

New York terminals,
58

piling experiment,
46
,
59
,
63

and railway barons,
239–244
,
247
,
249

and telegraph,
63–65

track gauge,
59–62
,
201

and Van Sweringen brothers,
299

workforce and management,
229–230

European railways,
159

Euston Station,
14
,
286

Evans, Chris,
205

Evans, John,
147
,
148

Factory production,
228

Farmers.
See
Granger movement

Farmers' Alliance,
257

Farrer, T. C.,
264–265

Fast Flying Virginian
,
265

Fencing,
42
,
81–82
,
191
,
270

Ffestiniog Railway,
174

Field, Ben,
183

Fillmore, Millard,
57

First World War,
261
,
269
,
270
,
288–292
,
293–296
,
321–322

Fish, Stuyvesant,
249
,
250

Fisk, Jim,
157
,
241–244
,
247

Fitch, John,
5

Fitchburg Railroad,
166

Flagler, Henry Morrison,
35
,
225–226
,
288
,
302

Flewellen Hospital,
116

Florida East Coast Railroad,
225

Florida Railroad,
103

Ford Model T,
283
,
284
,
306

Fort Laramie, Treaty of,
129

Fort Sumter attack,
97
,
98
,
119

Fosse Way,
2

Fourth of July specials,
35

Four-Track News
,
269

Foxwell, E.,
264–265

Franco-Prussian War,
171

Franklin, Benjamin,
220

Freight services,
82–83
,
197
,
198
,
213–214
,
300
,
306
,
307
,
315–316
,
319
,
321–322
,
322–323
,
326
,
327

collapse and turnaround,
345–351
,
355
,
357–358

competition with passenger services,
350

French Revolution,
233

Fuller, William,
109–111

Fulton, Robert,
7

Fulton Chain Railroad,
224

Galena & Chicago Union Railroad,
69
,
70

Galton, Douglas,
47–48

Garfield, James A.,
157–158

Garrett, Franklin,
118

Garrett, John,
104

Gas-engine locomotives,
310

General, The
,
110–111

General Electric,
286

General Motors,
310
,
311
,
330–331

George, Henry,
252–253

Georgia Central Railroad,
195

Georgia Railroad,
49
,
93

Gettysburg, Battle of,
108

Glacier National Park,
270

Gordon, Sarah H.,
19
,
30
,
78
,
79
,
89
,
99
,
163
,
165
,
217
,
355

Gould, George,
259

Gould, Jay,
xxv
,
188
,
234–235
,
238
,
241–244
,
246
,
247
,
250–251
,
259
,
278

Grand Canyon,
270

Grand Crossing intersection,
194

Grand Trunk Railroad,
287

Granger movement,
255
,
256
,
257
,
272

Granger railways,
70–71
,
168
,
346–347

Granite Railroad,
17

Grant, Cary,
266

Grant, Ulysses S.,
113
,
151

Grasse River Railroad,
224

Grasshoppers,
169

Great Chatsworth Train Wreck,
256

Great Depression,
302
,
303
,
306
,
308–309
,
314
,
316
,
317
,
322

Great Northern Railroad,
177
,
178
,
235
,
246
,
249–250
,
270
,
272
,
287
,
288
,
300
,
301–302
,
316

Great Southern Mail Route,
162

Great Southwest Railroad strike,
234

Great Wall of China,
141

Great Western Railway,
59–60
,
219

Greeks, ancient,
2

Greenwood & Augusta Railroad,
164

Greyhound Lines,
303

Grierson, Benjamin,
111

Groundhog Days,
276

Gunpowder,
38
,
55
,
139
,
142
,
167

Guns, railway-mounted,
116

Hamilton, Alexander,
62

Harding, Warren,
307

Harnden, William F.,
82–83

Harpers Ferry,
94–95
,
109