The Wreck of the Penn Central by Daughen, Joseph R.

The Wreck of the Penn Central (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781893122086)

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The Wreck of the Penn Central by Daughen, Joseph R.

The Wreck of the Penn Central

$34.95
The Wreck of the Penn Central by Daughen, Joseph R.

The Wreck of the Penn Central

$34.95
Format: Paperback
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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.

Author: Joseph R. Daughen
ISBN-10: 1893122085
ISBN-13: 9781893122086
Publisher: Beard Books
Language: English
Published: 02/19/1999
Pages: 380
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.08lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.50w x 0.90d

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