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The Men Who Loved Trains : The Story of Men Who Battled Greed to Save an Ailing Industry /
A saga about one of the oldest and most romantic enterprises in the land-America's railroads-The Men Who Loved Trains introduces some of the most dynamic businessmen in America. Here are the chieftains who have run the railroads, including those who set about grabbing power and big salaries for...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bloomington :
Indiana University Press,
2006.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 490 | 0 | |a Railroads past and present | |
| 500 | |a Includes index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a The Forrest Gump of railroading -- Meeting the blue-eyed Jew from Minnesota -- A cabal at the Greenbrier -- The portly Virginia gentleman -- An eleventh hour surprise -- "Where the hell is Harrisburg?" -- Cooking the books -- "That telephone man" -- The granddaddy of Enron -- Some high society sex -- "They are going to run out of cash" -- The scandals unfold -- Booted off the property -- A school band on the railroad tracks -- The unsinkable Chief Wawatam -- Donning the mantle of Moses -- Merging railroads over bourbon -- Selling the shiny silver sphere -- "God save me from the planners and thinkers!" -- Son of Penn Central -- "Why the hell do we need four tracks out here?" -- Girding for battle -- "We will fight with every means at our disposal" -- John Snow, CEO -- A catalog of blunders -- "I think we want to be seen as somewhat crazy" -- In the betrayal suite -- The day the horse fell down. | |
| 520 | |a A saga about one of the oldest and most romantic enterprises in the land-America's railroads-The Men Who Loved Trains introduces some of the most dynamic businessmen in America. Here are the chieftains who have run the railroads, including those who set about grabbing power and big salaries for themselves, and others who truly loved the industry. As a journalist and associate editor of Fortune magazine who covered the demise of Penn Central and the creation of Conrail, Rush Loving often had a front row seat to the foibles and follies of this group of men. He uncovers intrigue, greed, lust for p. | ||
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