{"product_id":"the-wreck-of-the-penn-joseph-r-daughen-9781893122086","title":"The Wreck of the Penn Central","description":"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. \u003cp\u003e\"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph R. Daughen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1893122085\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781893122086\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Beard Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/19\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 380\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.08lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.50w x 0.90d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Joseph R. Daughen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44045344014591,"sku":"9781893122086","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ef1fc5bd-d72e-4ecc-90af-bd66dde64d3b.jpg?v=1684978189","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-wreck-of-the-penn-joseph-r-daughen-9781893122086","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}