"The Men Who Loved Trains" by Rush Loving
Posted: 25 Oct 2007, 17:48
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The Men Who Loved Trains: The Story of Men Who Battled Greed to Save an Ailing Industry!
This is a book, for those who love American rail politics. For your money, you get a hefty book with 360 pages.
It is basically a political history of the railways, along the lines of " Barbarians at the gate", and covers 40 years of history in relation to the creation and the end of Penn Central Railway, the start of Conrail, and the subsequent breaking up of Conrail with all the associated drama and bitterness as CSX and Norfolk Southern fought over the bits.
If you are interested in this type of history, and the railroads concerned, then this book is a must as it is very readable and fast paced, and has plenty of villains and heroes from all sides!
At this stage only the hardback is available, and this is best purchased from Amazon.com in the United States.
Published by the Indiana University press, it will set you back about $18.
The Men Who Loved Trains: The Story of Men Who Battled Greed to Save an Ailing Industry!
This is a book, for those who love American rail politics. For your money, you get a hefty book with 360 pages.
It is basically a political history of the railways, along the lines of " Barbarians at the gate", and covers 40 years of history in relation to the creation and the end of Penn Central Railway, the start of Conrail, and the subsequent breaking up of Conrail with all the associated drama and bitterness as CSX and Norfolk Southern fought over the bits.
If you are interested in this type of history, and the railroads concerned, then this book is a must as it is very readable and fast paced, and has plenty of villains and heroes from all sides!
At this stage only the hardback is available, and this is best purchased from Amazon.com in the United States.
Published by the Indiana University press, it will set you back about $18.