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There are a number of first person accounts of working on the railroad and the PRR in particular which I've found to be a good read.

The Brasspounder - Sanders - telegraph agent PRR

Firing on the Pennsy - Dietz - fireman PRR

Long Island Railroad Memories - Harrison - engineer - PRR

The Mightiest of them All - Kraft - fireman WWII PRR

No Royal Road - Custer - 19th Century PRR - Altoona - this is an autobiography - first third of the book PRR specific

Voices of the Pennsylvania Railroad - Loeb - general accounts of workers on the PRR

Three very good books (they are long but well written) about construction of freight cars, passenger cars, and locomotives are the books by White

The American Railroad Freight Car: From the Wood Car Era to the Coming of Steel

The American Railroad Passenger Car

A History of the American Locomotive: Its Development 1830-1880

For a good overview of the impact of the railroads on the United States I'd recommend

All Aboard! The Railroad in American Life - Douglas

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