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The Gravy Train: An Inside Look at the Long Island Rail Road | 
 enlarge | Author: Dan Ruppert
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Category: Book
Buy New: $19.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 1004013
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 126
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6.3 x 0.5
ISBN: 155395484X
Dewey Decimal Number: 320
EAN: 9781553954842
ASIN: 155395484X
Publication Date: July 6, 2006
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Product Description
Climb on Board The Gravy Train, and tak a look at the Inner workings of the government-subsidized agency responsible for one of the most inefficient railroads in the United States
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 This Gravy is Cold and Heartless February 2, 2007
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
It is unfortunate that Dan Ruppert was treated the way that he was and that the LIRR did not accept his recommendations.
While the LIRR management was completely wrong, Mr. Ruppert did not make me feel sorry for him. He came across in this book as being cold and heartless. It is no wonder that he couldn't get along with the personnel. He never tried to understand them. He thought that over-the-road truckers were handled the right way. It didn't matter to him the sleepless hours they had to spend on the road just to make a buck.
Mr. Ruppert should have started his book with a history of the treatment of the workers before there was a Railroad Brotherhood. My great-grandfather worked twelve hours a day, seven days a week for four-hundred dollars per year and he had a good job on the LIRR as an engineer/motorman. My grandfather had it better but he would not allow any of his children to work on the road. Yes, the abuses of the personnel gave way to the abuse of the system. Yet, there was a romance of the road that Mr. Ruppert never discovered.
His inherent coldness came through in the way he wrote the book. He disclosed little about himself and nothing good about anyone he worked with. Where did Mr. Ruppert live and grow up? What schools did he go to and what was his early life like.
I hope that Mr. Ruppert does not write any more books. At least, not until he spends many hours with a psychiatrist to understand himself better before he judges others.
 This book will shock you !!! April 16, 2006
6 out of 9 found this review helpful
I am a Railfan and a regular LIRR rider and I have to say that I have lost a lot of respect for the organization after reading this book. Give it a read, I'm sure you will agree with me.
Only the tip of the iceberg.. April 11, 2003
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
I also was employeed by the LIRR during many of the same years that are detailed in this book. Change some of the specific situations and it describes my experience also. On my third day of employment a senior LIRR employee said to me "Slow down - your making us look bad." No, your poor attitude and work habits are making you look bad.The "good enough for the LIRR" attitude, the nepotism and the extreme inefficiency simply cannot be believed - unless one works there and sees it first hand. Every politician in Albany should be required to read this. Taxpayers are being soaked for BILLIONS and receive only [bad] service in return. What is really amazing is that all this happens every day, in broad daylight and is generally known by almost everyone. See [website] for more information about this giant money wasting organization...
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