TY  - BOOK
AU  - Brough,Lawrence A.
TI  - The electric Pullman: a history of the Niles Car & Manufacturing Company 
T2  - Railroads past and present
SN  - 9780253007995
AV  - TF920 .B77 2013eb
U1  - 338.7/62523 23
PY  - 2013///]
CY  - Bloomington
PB  - Indiana University Press
KW  - Niles Car & Manufacturing Company
KW  - fast
KW  - Electric railroads
KW  - Cars
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Railroad cars
KW  - Chemins de fer électriques
KW  - Wagons
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - Histoire
KW  - Chemins de fer
KW  - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
KW  - Corporate & Business History
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Infrastructure
KW  - TRANSPORTATION
KW  - Railroads
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; The curtain rises -- The catalog -- The cars roll out -- The slow decline -- A look back -- Observations -- The survivors
N2  - Entering an already crowded and established industry, the Niles Car & Manufacturing Company in Ohio began business with surprising success, producing well over 1,000 electric and steam railway cars-cars so durable they rarely needed to be replaced. That durability essentially put the company out of business, and it vanished from the scene as quickly as it had appeared, leaving little behind except its sturdy railway cars. The story of this highly regarded company spans just 16 years, from Niles's incorporation in 1901 to the abandonment of railway car production and sale of the property to
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