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Riding the Rails : Inside the Business of America's Railroads / Robert D. Krebs.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Krebs, Robert D., 1942- author.
Series:
Railroads past and present
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Railroads and state--United States.
Railroads and state.
Railroads--United States--Management.
Railroads.
Executives--United States--Biography.
Executives.
Southern Pacific Railroad Company.
Krebs, Robert D., 1942-.
Krebs, Robert D.
Genre:
Electronic books.
Physical Description:
1 online resource
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2018]
Summary:
Riding the Rails: Inside the Business of America's Railroads details Krebs's rise to a position of influence in the recovery of America's railroads and offers a unique insider's view into the boardrooms where executives and businessmen reimagined transportation in the United States.
Contents:
Intro
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgments
Prologue
1 The Making of a Railroader
2 Breaking In, Breaking Bones
3 The Apprentice
4 Blue Streak Nights
5 A Railroad of My Own
6 My Time in Purgatory
7 The Big Texas Thicket
8 The Merger That Wasn't
9 The Fight for Santa Fe Southern Pacific
10 Just a Railroad Again
11 Santa Fe's Grand Finale
12 The Tumultuous Birth of BNSF
13 We Become Our Own Railroad
14 Building the Super Railroad
Epilogue.
Notes:
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
9780253031877
0253031877
OCLC:
989520302

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