Riding the rails inside the business of America's railroads
When Robert D. Krebs joined the ranks of Southern Pacific Railroad in 1966, the industry had been in decline for decades, and the future of trains was in peril. Despite these obstacles, Krebs fell in love with the rugged, competitive business of railroads and was determined to overcome its resistanc...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bloomington, Indiana :
Indiana University Press
[2018]
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection.
Railroads past and present. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b46076748*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; RIDING the RAILS; Title; 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.
