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The Wreck of the Penn Central
by [Daughen, Joseph R, Binzen, Peter]
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It took ten years of laborious planning and exhaustive negotiations to create the mammoth Penn Central Railroad, the largest railroad in United States history. When the leviathan was finally born of a merger between the Pennsylvania and New York Central Railroads on February 1, 1968, the event was hailed as a great day for railroading. But the baby giant survived only 367 days. The crash of the Penn Central set a new record, this time for the largest bankruptcy the United States had ever seen.
"The Wreck of the Penn Central" provides a close-up view of the events that brought the Big Train to bankruptcy court--over-regulation, subsidized competition, big labor featherbedding, greed, corporate back-stabbing, stunning incompetence, and, yes, even a little sex.
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Product Details
- Beard Books Brand
- Feb 19, 1999 Pub Date:
- 9781893122086 ISBN-13:
- 1893122085 ISBN-10:
- English Language
- 8.8 in * 0.9 in * 5.5 in Dimensions:
- 1 lb Weight:
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