The Moffat Line: David Moffat's Railroad Over and Under the Continental Divide University of Pennsylvania Press and most importantly affordable

and most importantly affordable

a stroke kills his father

Publisher: Mahamegha Publishers

the sixth and penultimate chapter of our serial graphic novel event BENDER

Published: 03/01/2014

The Moffat Line: David Moffat's Railroad Over and Under the Continental Divide University of Pennsylvania Press and most importantly affordableBy the latter part of the nineteenth century, the railroad was king. Railroad lines crisscrossed the North American continent, allowing for the long distance transportation of oil, coal, lumbar, gold, and other valuables. Despite high operating costs and fierce competition, the search for better and more profitable routes was constant. David Moffat, a banker and railroad executive, dreamed of a direct route across the Rocky Mountains, a route that