Union Pacific The Reconfiguration America’s Greatest Railroad 1969 to Present for Sale

Union Pacific The Reconfiguration America’s Greatest Railroad 1969 to Present For Sale

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Union Pacific The Reconfiguration America’s Greatest Railroad 1969 to Present:
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RailroadTreasures offers the following item: Union Pacific The Reconfiguration America’s Greatest Railroad 1969 to Present Union Pacific The Reconfiguration Americas Greatest Railroad From 1969 to the Present by Maury KleinHard Cover with Dust Jacket508 pagesCopyright 2011CONTENTSAcknowledgments ixIntroduction 3Prologue: The Celebration sPART ONE THE KENEFICK ERA, 1970-19851. The Industry 152. The Fat Old Lady 3o3. The New Approach 464. The Godfather 605. The Shifting Landscape 726. The Corporate Relationship 847. The Return of Humpty Dumpty 958. The Year of Decisions no9. The New Partners 12710. The Coming Together 14211. The Right Stuff 15412. The Operation 16513. The Marketing Maze 18014. The Studies 190PART TWO THE WALSH ERA, 1986-199115. The Succession Scramble 20516. The Whirlwind 21517. The Quest for Quality 22918. The Enigmatic Dynamo 24219. The Problem 25420. The Unstable Chessboard 267PART THREE THE DAVIDSON ERA, 1992-200421. The Empire 28322. The Improbable Leader 29323. The offerding War 30924. The Shaking Out 32525. The Sorting Out 33926. The Changing of the Guard 35027. The Nightmare 36028. The Road to Redemption 37729. The Lessons Learned 39130. The Clash of Styles 402 31. The Lessons Relearned 412 Epilogue: The Next Railroad 426Abbreviations 431 Notes 43sIndex 485
IntroductionThe story of the Union Pacific Railroad since 1969 has been an odyssey through American railroad history. From that journey it emerged as the largest and strongest railroad in the world. It also happened to be one with a storied history deeply woven into the westward movement. As one half of the first transcontinental railroad, the Union Pacific opened the West to settlement and exploitation. The driving of the golden spike to complete the first connection to the West Coast became enshrined as a great national myth, one that symbolized American greatness. In its time it was our first conquest of unknown space.Railroads developed and dominated American life in the nineteenth century. By routinizing the shipment of goods, materials, and people, they orchestrated the growth of the economy. The locomotive became the symbol of the age, enchanting starry-eyed dreamers and hard-nosed businessmen alike. Its sheer power reflected the restless energy of a people forever on the move. For rural folk the cry of its whistle or clang of its bell evoked images of distant places to which the train might someday carry them. For urban dwellers the train station became the gateway to their city, the hub of its commercial life.
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