Amtrak
Author: Rodger P. Bradley
Publisher: Blandford
Published: 1985
Total Pages: 184
ISBN-13:
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Amtrak
Author: George W. Hilton
Publisher:
Published: 1980
Total Pages: 86
ISBN-13: 9780783710808
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAmtrak, America's Railroad
Author: Geoffrey H. Doughty
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2021-09-07
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 0253060656
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDiscover the story of Amtrak, America's Railroad, 50 years in the making. In 1971, in an effort to rescue essential freight railroads, the US government founded Amtrak. In the post–World War II era, aviation and highway development had become the focus of government policy in America. As rail passenger services declined in number and in quality, they were simultaneously driving many railroads toward bankruptcy. Amtrak was intended to be the solution. In Amtrak, America's Railroad: Transportation's Orphan and Its Struggle for Survival, Geoffrey H. Doughty, Jeffrey T. Darbee, and Eugene E. Harmon explore the fascinating history of this popular institution and tell a tale of a company hindered by its flawed origin and uneven quality of leadership, subjected to political gamesmanship and favoritism, and mired in a perpetual philosophical debate about whether it is a business or a public service. Featuring interviews with former Amtrak presidents, the authors examine the current problems and issues facing Amtrak and their proposed solutions. Created in the absence of a comprehensive national transportation policy, Amtrak manages to survive despite inherent flaws due to the public's persistent loyalty. Amtrak, America's Railroad is essential reading for those who hope to see another fifty years of America's railroad passenger service, whether they be patrons, commuters, legislators, regulators, and anyone interested in railroads and transportation history.
Amtrak
Author: George Woodman Hilton
Publisher: A E I Press
Published: 1980
Total Pages: 94
ISBN-13:
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National Railroad Passenger Corporation
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce. Subcommittee on Surface Transportation
Publisher:
Published: 1971
Total Pages: 316
ISBN-13:
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Author: Rush Loving
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2006-05-21
Total Pages: 383
ISBN-13: 0253000645
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn award-winning account of a crisis in railroad history: “This absorbing book takes you on an entertaining ride.” —Chicago Tribune A saga about one of the oldest and most romantic enterprises in the land—America’s railroads—The Men Who Loved Trains introduces the chieftains who have run the railroads, both those who set about grabbing power and big salaries for themselves, and others who truly loved the industry. As a journalist and associate editor of Fortune magazine who covered the demise of Penn Central and the creation of Conrail, Rush Loving often had a front-row seat to the foibles and follies of this group of men. He uncovers intrigue, greed, lust for power, boardroom battles, and takeover wars and turns them into a page-turning story. He recounts how the chairman of CSX Corporation, who later became George W. Bush’s Treasury secretary, managed to make millions for himself while his company drifted in chaos. Yet there were also those who loved trains and railroading—and who played key roles in reshaping transportation in the northeastern United States. This book will delight not only the rail fan, but anyone interested in American business and history. Includes photographs
National Railroad Passenger Corporation V. Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company
Author:
Publisher:
Published: 1976
Total Pages: 112
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Author: Cormac McCarthy
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Published: 2011-02-04
Total Pages: 114
ISBN-13: 0330535757
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDeft, spare, and full of artful tension, The Sunset Limited is a beautifully crafted play from the legendary Cormac McCarthy, author of No Country for Old Men and Blood Meridian. 'The Sunset Limited grips from the very first page' – Financial Times A startling encounter on a New York subway platform leads two strangers to a run-down tenement where a life or death decision must be made. In that small apartment the two men, known as 'Black' and 'White', begin a conversatino that leads each back through his own history. White is a professor whose seemingly enviable existence of relative ease has left him nonetheless in despair. Black, an ex-con in recovery for drug addiction, is the more hopeful of the men. He is, however, desperate to convince White of the power of faith – while White is desperate to deny it. Between them, they hope to discover the meaning of life itself. Praise for Cormac McCarthy: ‘McCarthy worked close to some religious impulse, his books were terrifying and absolute’ – Anne Enright, author of The Green Road and The Wren, The Wren 'His prose takes on an almost biblical quality, hallucinatory in its effect and evangelical in its power' – Stephen King, author of The Shining and the Dark Tower series '[I]n presenting the darker human impulses in his rich prose, [McCarthy] showed readers the necessity of facing up to existence' – Annie Proulx, author of Brokeback Mountain
Reauthorization of National Railroad Passenger Corporation
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Surface Transportation
Publisher:
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 124
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Author: Jonathan Rauch
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 300
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