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Union Pacific The Reconfiguration America’s Greatest Railroad 1969 to Present
Union Pacific The Reconfiguration Americas Greatest Railroad From 1969 to the Present by Maury Klein
Hard Cover with Dust Jacket
508 pages
Copyright 2011
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 3
Prologue: The Celebration s
PART ONE THE KENEFICK ERA, 1970-1985
1. The Industry 15
2. The Fat Old Lady 3o
3. The New Approach 46
4. The Godfather 60
5. The Shifting Landscape 72
6. The Corporate Relationship 84
7. The Return of Humpty Dumpty 95
8. The Year of Decisions no
9. The New Partners 127
10. The Coming Together 142
11. The Right Stuff 154
12. The Operation 165
13. The Marketing Maze 180
14. The Studies 190
PART TWO THE WALSH ERA, 1986-1991
15. The Succession Scramble 205
16. The Whirlwind 215
17. The Quest for Quality 229
18. The Enigmatic Dynamo 242
19. The Problem 254
20. The Unstable Chessboard 267
PART THREE THE DAVIDSON ERA, 1992-2004
21. The Empire 283
22. The Improbable Leader 293
23. The Bidding War 309
24. The Shaking Out 325
25. The Sorting Out 339
26. The Changing of the Guard 350
27. The Nightmare 360
28. The Road to Redemption 377
29. The Lessons Learned 391
30. The Clash of Styles 402 31. The Lessons Relearned 412 Epilogue: The Next Railroad 426
Abbreviations 431 Notes 43s
Index 485
Introduction
The story of the Union Pacific Railroad since 1969 has been an odyssey through American railroad history. From that journey it emerged as the largest and strongest railroad in the world. It also happened to be one with a storied history deeply woven into the westward movement. As one half of the first transcontinental railroad, the Union Pacific opened the West to settlement and exploitation. The driving of the golden spike to complete the first connection to the West Coast became enshrined as a great national myth, one that symbolized American greatness. In its time it was our first conquest of unknown space.
Railroads developed and dominated American life in the nineteenth century. By routinizing the shipment of goods, materials, and people, they orchestrated the growth of the economy. The locomotive became the symbol of the age, enchanting starry-eyed dreamers and hard-nosed businessmen alike. Its sheer power reflected the restless energy of a people forever on the move. For rural folk the cry of its whistle or clang of its bell evoked images of distant places to which the train might someday carry them. For urban dwellers the train station became the gateway to their city, the hub of its commercial life.
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