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Main Lines: Rebirth of the North American Railroads, 1970–2002 (Railroads in America) Hardcover - 2003

by Saunders Jr., Richard

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  • Title Main Lines: Rebirth of the North American Railroads, 1970–2002 (Railroads in America)
  • Author Saunders Jr., Richard
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st Edition
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 457
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Northern Illinois University Press, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A
  • Date 2003-10-09
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # J10C-01509
  • ISBN 9780875803166 / 0875803164
  • Weight 1.82 lbs (0.83 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.46 x 6.16 x 1.63 in (24.03 x 15.65 x 4.14 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
  • Library of Congress subjects Railroads - Mergers - United States -, Railroads - Mergers - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003052711
  • Dewey Decimal Code 385.1

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From the publisher

Rising from the corporate wreckage of the 1970s, when even the nation's largest railroad filed for bankruptcy, American railroads are once again a major part of the global economy. Richard Saunders brings to life this amazing story of revitalization, showing how a combination of creatively structured aid from the public sector and talented private management gave railroads new momentum. By 2002, American railroads carried five times the tonnage they hauled in their former heyday, and they did this with one-tenth of the employees.

How did this revolution happen? Saunders shows how limited, disciplined, and politically risky government intervention stabilized a sinking industry. Whatever their results for other industries, President Carter's deregulation and President Reagan's tax revisions restored the railroads' financial health. Container cars and other new technologies also helped to transform inefficient railroads into vibrant enterprises. Corporate strategies varied on the road to success, and even skilled managers encountered pitfalls, but the railroads' resurgence and growth proved to be unstoppable.

After the merger mania of the mid-twentieth century, the main U.S. railroad systems evolved into seven transregional corporate giants. Of the "Super Seven," only four survived past the 1990s--the Norfolk Southern, CSX, Union Pacific, and Burlington Northern-Santa Fe. These four set the standard at a time when no other major railroads could afford the new technologies needed to turn a profit.

A sequel to Merging Lines, this engagingly written account brings the story of American railroads up to the twenty-first century. As American transport enters the twenty-first century, the iron horse that consolidated the Industrial Revolution once again flexes its muscle.

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Citations

  • Choice, 05/01/2004, Page 1712
  • Univ PR Books for Public Libry, 01/01/2004, Page 41

About the author

Richard Saunders Jr. teaches history at Clemson University. He is author of Merging Lines: American Railroads, 1900-1970, which won the 2002 George W. and Constance M. Hilton Award.

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