It took ten years of laborious planning and exhaustive negotiations to create the mammoth Penn Central Railroad, the largest railroad in United States history. When the leviathan was finally born of a merger between the Pennsylvania and New York Central Railroads on February 1, 1968, the event was hailed as a great day for railroading. But the baby giant survived only 367 days. The crash of the Penn Central set a new record, this time for the largest bankruptcy the United States had ever seen. "The Wreck of the Penn ...
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It took ten years of laborious planning and exhaustive negotiations to create the mammoth Penn Central Railroad, the largest railroad in United States history. When the leviathan was finally born of a merger between the Pennsylvania and New York Central Railroads on February 1, 1968, the event was hailed as a great day for railroading. But the baby giant survived only 367 days. The crash of the Penn Central set a new record, this time for the largest bankruptcy the United States had ever seen. "The Wreck of the Penn Central" provides a close-up view of the events that brought the Big Train to bankruptcy court--over-regulation, subsidized competition, big labor featherbedding, greed, corporate back-stabbing, stunning incompetence, and, yes, even a little sex.
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Acceptable. Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket (Penn Central Transportation Company, wreck, history, rail road) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.
Add this copy of The Wreck of the Penn Central to cart. $20.66, very good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Atlanta rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Austell, GA, UNITED STATES, published by Mentor.
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Very Good+ in Very Good-dust jacket. B & W photos and fold-out color table; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 365 pages; 1971 Little, Brown & Company. HC/DJ 4th printing. Soundly bound and clean in original color pictorial dust jacket with publisher's $7.95 issue price intact to unclipped front flap. Contents bright and fresh with no marks. Jacket shelf rubbed edges with shallow nicks at spine ends and a pair of closed tears around the botto corner of the rear flap fold. Illustrated with b&w photos and a foldout color table. VG+/VG-
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Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. (Railroads, Penn central Transportation company, Rail road industry) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
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Good. Dust jacket missing. First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear commensurate with age and use. Former owner's name in ink on front endpaper, otherwise clean and unmarked copy. Light bumping visible to corners of boards and ends of spine strip. Light scuffing and smudging to boards and spine strip. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
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Good. Dust jacket missing. First edition, second printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Previous owner's name on front end paper. Binding is secure. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
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Good. 1971, red cloth. Text block firm and clean, binding unblemished, boards straight, no highlights or underlining. Wear and tear to DJ. Nice clean example. Well packaged and promptly shipped from California. Partnered with Friends of the Library since 2010.
