Derailed by Bankruptcy : Life after the Reading Railroad /

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What happened when the US government stopped investing in railroads and started investing in highways and air travel? By the late 1970s, six major eastern railroads had declared bankruptcy. Although he didn't like trains, Howard H. Lewis became the primary lawyer for the Reading Railroad during...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Lewis, Howard H. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2016]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Reading Company.
Railroads > Management.
Railroads > Finance.
Railroads and state.
Bankruptcy.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Urban & Regional.
TRANSPORTATION > Railroads > Pictorial.
Railroads and state > United States.
Bankruptcy > United States.
Railroads > United States > Management.
Railroads > United States > Finance.
United States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:What happened when the US government stopped investing in railroads and started investing in highways and air travel? By the late 1970s, six major eastern railroads had declared bankruptcy. Although he didn't like trains, Howard H. Lewis became the primary lawyer for the Reading Railroad during its legendary bankruptcy case. Here, Lewis provides a frank account of the high-intensity litigation and courtroom battles over the US government's proposal to form Conrail out of the six bankrupt railroads, which meant taking the Reading's property, leaving the railroad to prove its worth. After five grueling years, the case was ultimately settled for 186 million--three times the original offer from the US government--and Lewis became known as a champion defender of both the railroad industry and its assets.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (160 pages).
ISBN:9780253018717

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