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HE2791.R27 L49 2016eb
HE2791
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R27
L49
2016eb
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0253018714
9780253018717
0253018668
9780253018663
Derailed by bankruptcy :
[Book]
life after the Reading Railroad /
Howard H. Lewis ; foreword by John C. Spychalski.
Bloomington :
Indiana University Press,
[2016]
©2016
1 online resource.
Railroads past and present
The age of innocence -- The gathering storm -- A time of waiting -- The beginning -- The plot thickens -- Fear and exhaustion -- Detailed case preparation -- The times that try men's souls -- The rail use case: ours and the government's -- The government's case -- End game.
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What happened when the US government stopped investing in railroads and started investing in highways and air travel? By the late 1970s, six major eastern railroads had declared bankruptcy. Although he didn't like trains, Howard H. Lewis became the primary lawyer for the Reading Railroad during its legendary bankruptcy case. Here, Lewis provides a frank account of the high-intensity litigation and courtroom battles over the US government's proposal to form Conrail out of the six bankrupt railroads, which meant taking the Reading's property, leaving the railroad to prove its worth. After five grueling years, the case was ultimately settled for
JSTOR
22573/ctt192kkh3
Derailed by bankruptcy
9780253018663
Reading Company.
Reading Company.
Bankruptcy-- United States.
Railroads and state-- United States.
Railroads-- United States-- Finance.
Railroads-- United States-- Management.
Bankruptcy.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Urban & Regional.
Railroads and state.
Railroads-- Finance.
Railroads-- Management.
TRANSPORTATION-- Railroads-- Pictorial.
United States.
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