How Long to Read Branch Line Empires

How Long Does it Take to Read Branch Line Empires?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 30 minutes to read Branch Line Empires by Michael Bezilla

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

The saga of a fierce business rivalry: “Absorbing, well-written . . . will appeal to American history scholars and railroad enthusiasts.” —Choice The Pennsylvania and the New York Central railroads helped to develop central Pennsylvania as the largest source of bituminous coal for the nation. By the late nineteenth century, the two lines were among America’s largest businesses and would soon become legendary archrivals. The PRR first arrived in the 1860s. Within a few years, it was sourcing as much as four million tons of coal annually from Centre County and the Moshannon Valley and would continue do so for a quarter-century. The New York Central, through its Beech Creek Railroad affiliate, invaded the region in the 1880s, first seeking a dependable, long-term source of coal to fuel its locomotives but soon aggressively attempting to break its rival’s lock on transporting the area’s immense wealth of mineral and forest products. Beginning around 1900, the two companies transitioned from an era of growth and competition to a time when each tacitly recognized the other’s domain and sought to achieve maximum operating efficiencies by adopting new technology such as air brakes, automatic couplers, all-steel cars, and diesel locomotives. Over the next few decades, each line began to face common problems in the form of competition from other forms of transportation and government regulation—and in 1968, the two businesses merged. Branch Line Empires offers a thorough and captivating analysis of how a changing world turned competition into cooperation between two railroad industry titans. Includes photographs

How long is Branch Line Empires?

Branch Line Empires by Michael Bezilla is 390 pages long, and a total of 97,500 words.

This makes it 132% the length of the average book. It also has 119% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Branch Line Empires Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 52 minutes to read Branch Line Empires aloud.

What Reading Level is Branch Line Empires?

Branch Line Empires is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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