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 enlarge | Author: Rush Loving
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Category: Book
List Price: $27.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  25 reviews
Sales Rank: 87116
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 360
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.2 x 1.3
ISBN: 0253347572
Dewey Decimal Number: 385.092273
EAN: 9780253347572
ASIN: 0253347572
Publication Date: April 28, 2006
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 Great book to sit back and enjoy the read February 14, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
The Men Who Loved Trains is an excellent book about railroads, economics, politics and backroom deals without needing a political science or economic degree.
I am glad to have added this book to my collection.
Review on "The men who loved trains" January 18, 2007
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is probably one of the best books I have read in years. Even though my background is not economics this book is excellently written to make you interested what's going on in the railroad industrry. This book in many ways is more written like a novel than a documentary. It is really fun to read and I learnd a lot by reading it. Highly recommended!
The Men Who Loved Trains:The Story of Men Who Battled Greed to Save an Ailing Industry by Rush Loving January 15, 2007
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
I bought this book for my husband who works for the railroads mentioned in this book. Because of his busy schedule, he does not usually read books prefering to read magazines instead. However, I gave him this book as a Christmas present and he read it in one week. He said the book was excellent! He found it an excellent source of information. He was there during a lot of what happened so it was of special interest to him.
 Great additon to American railroad history January 15, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
The focus of this book is the struggle between CSX and Norfolk Southern to control Conrail. As background, it describes the failed mergers of northeastern U.S. railroads the late '60s and early '70s which led to Conrail. While this subject is covered in great detail in "The Wreck of the Penn Central" and "No Way to Run a Railroad" those books were written well before the Enron and WorldCom scandals.
However, unlike Enron and WorldCom, this story has a happy ending. Between deregulation during the Reagan years and more sophisticated management, North American railroads are again a vibrant and viable industry - which leads to this drama and the fight for Conrail.
John Snow, Chairman & CEO of CSX at the time (former lobbyist and later Treasury Secretary), comes off as a politician out of his element who is primarily concerned with obtaining high political office. His cost cutting at CSX was a goal unto itself and resulted in damage to the company's competitive position. David Goode, CEO of Norfolk Southern, is portrayed as a dedicated railroad man with no hidden agenda.
For those interested in American business histories, this book is every bit as dramatic as "Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco." For railroad history buffs, it's a good reflection on northeastern railroading today and how it came to be where it is. If you think you know the full story, this book will prove you wrong. Hopefully someday somebody will write a similar book about the railroad merger battles in the west.
great book. January 10, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
My husband, a 30 year "Conrail Man" read it quickly. The first book he has read that quick in a long time. Some one had loaned it to him and he had to have one for himself, so I purchased it for him.
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