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Battle for Transportation Supremacy by Lawrence Walsh w/ dust jacket
Battle for Transportation Supremacy by Lawrence Walsh
The Battle for Transportation Supremacy
Lawrence Walsh
Hard Cover Dust Jacket
224 Pages
Copyright 2014
Contents
List of Illustrations vii
Acknowledgmentsxi
Introductionxv
Chapter 1: 1800: Just before the Railroad 1
Chapter 2: 1834-1845: Getting Started, Experiments Lead to Success5
Chapter 3: 1845-1868: Rail All the Way, Plain Vanilla20
Chapter 4: 1868-1893: Riding in Style26
Chapter 5: 1893-1910: Rail at Its Peak40
Chapter 6: 1910-1916: Congestion and Troubles49
Chapter 7: 1916-1929: World War I and the Roaring Twenties57
Chapter 8: 1929-1941: The Great Depression and the
Looming War78
Chapter 9: 1941-1947: World War II and Postwar Rail
Passenger Euphoria 102
Chapter 10: 1947-1957: Market Share Slips as the Railroad Tries
to Reinvent Itself 126
Chapter 11: 1957-1969: Dark Days140
Chapter 12: 1969-1994: The Earlier Amtrak Years 163
Chapter 13: 1994 to Spring 2005: An Old Rail Line with the
Promise of a Renaissance 175
Chapter 14: An Assessment of How Our Country Perceives
the Need for an Upgraded Rail Passenger Train System190
Resources209
Index 211
The financial ups and downs of the BostonNew York rail lines make an interesting study of how rail management down through the decades responded to the challenges. This book outlines the environment, the corporate decisions, and the consequences of 170 years of rail operations. The Monday morning
quarterback always has the advantage. It is still instructive to analyze each situation, the available options, and the consequences of decisions.
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