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The men who loved trains : the story of men who battled greed to save an ailing industry /

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Main Author: Loving, Rush.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Bloomington; Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, <U+fffd>2006.
Subjects and Genres:
Railroads > United States > History.
Capitalists and financiers > United States > Biography.
Railroad companies > United States > History.
United States.
Biographies.
Online Access:Table of contents
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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