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Author : H. Roger Grant
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253032911
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book John W. Barriger III written by H. Roger Grant and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2018-03-14 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In John W. Barriger III: Railroad Legend, historian H. Roger Grant details the fascinating life and impact of a transportation tycoon and "doctor of sick railroads." After graduating from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, John W. Barriger III (1899–1976) started his career on the Pennsylvania Railroad as a rodman, shop hand, and then assistant yardmaster. His enthusiasm, tenacity, and lifelong passion for the industry propelled him professionally, culminating in leadership roles at Monon Railroad, Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad, Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad and the Boston and Maine Railroad. His legendary capability to save railroad corporations in peril earned him the nickname "doctor of sick railroads," and his impact was also felt far from the train tracks, as he successfully guided New Deal relief efforts for the Railroad Division of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation during the Depression and served in the Office of Defense Transportation during World War II. Featuring numerous personal photographs and interviews, John W. Barriger III is an intimate account of a railroad magnate and his role in transforming the transportation industry.

Author : Charles Penrose
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library written by Charles Penrose and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Description of the collection begun by John W. Barriger, railroad executive. The collection became the John W. Barriger National Railroad Library, at the St. Louis Mercantile Library, St. Louis, MO.

Author : United States. Congress. House
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2196 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hearings written by United States. Congress. House and published by . This book was released on 1939 with total page 2196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Special Subcommittee on Bankruptcy and Reorganization
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1348 pages
Book Rating : 4.5F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Railroad Reorganization written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Special Subcommittee on Bankruptcy and Reorganization and published by . This book was released on 1939 with total page 1348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Committee Serial No. 11.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1052 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hearings written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary and published by . This book was released on 1939 with total page 1052 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1382 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Railroad Reorganization written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary and published by . This book was released on 1939 with total page 1382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Bankruptcy and Reorganization
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1344 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Voluntary Adjustment of Railroad Obligations: pt. 1-2. Railroad reorganization. May 31, June 1-2, 5, 7, 12, 14, 16, 19, 21, 28, July 5, 7, 10, 12, 15, 1939; supplemental statements, letters, and exhibits written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Bankruptcy and Reorganization and published by . This book was released on 1939 with total page 1344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Gregory L. Schneider
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
ISBN 13 : 0700629629
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rock Island Requiem written by Gregory L. Schneider and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2020-02-05 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrated in history and song, the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company—the Rock Island Line—was a powerful Midwestern railroad that once traversed thirteen states with its fast freights and Rocket passenger trains but eventually succumbed to government regulation and a changing economy. Gregory Schneider chronicles the Rock Island’s painful decline and along the way reveals some of the key problems within the American railroad industry during the post–World War II era. Schneider takes readers back to a time when railroads still clung to a storied past to offer new insight into the devastating impact of economic policymaking during the 1960s and 1970s. Schneider recounts the largest railroad liquidation in American history—as well as one of the most successful reorganizations in American business—to depict the demise and ultimate collapse of Rock Island as part of a broader account of hard times in the railroad industry beginning in the 1970s. Schneider weaves a complex story of how business, politics, government bureaucracy, and individual greed helped to limit the economic possibilities of the railroad industry and catapult the Rock Island Railroad into oblivion. Weakened by a troubled economy, the Rock fell victim to inept management and labor union intransigence; but Schneider also reveals how government regulations and price controls prevented innovation, hindered capital acquisition, and favored other forms of transportation that lie beyond the scope of regulation. Railroads were even hurt by taxation of property and real estate while competitors were able to use government-subsidized highways and airports without having to pay taxes to fund them. Now that America has gone on to witness the collapse of such mammoth firms as Enron and Lehman Brothers, not to mention the bankruptcy and bailout of General Motors, the story of the Rock provides an instructive lesson in how a major American enterprise was allowed to fall victim to forces often beyond its control—while the bailout of the Penn Central, at the expense of smaller lines like Rock Island, helped initiate the era of “too big to fail.” For economic historians and railroad buffs alike, Rock Island Requiem is a well-researche

Author : Carlos A. Schwantes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 27 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Everything I Needed to Know about Life I Learned from the Pennsy written by Carlos A. Schwantes and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : H. Roger Grant
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 025304989X
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Mighty Fine Road written by H. Roger Grant and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad's history is one of big booms and bigger busts. When it became the first railroad to reach and then cross the Mississippi River in 1856, it emerged as a leading American railroad company. But after aggressive expansion and a subsequent change in management, the company struggled and eventually declared bankruptcy in 1915. What followed was a cycle of resurrections and bankruptcies; a grueling, ten-year, ultimately unsuccessful battle to merge with the Union Pacific; and the Rock Island's final liquidation in 1981. But today, long after its glory days and eventual demise, the "Mighty Fine Road" has left behind a living legacy of major and feeder lines throughout the country. In his latest work, railroad historian H. Roger Grant offers an accessible, gorgeously illustrated, and comprehensive history of this iconic American railroad.