Visionary Railroader: Jervis Langdon Jr. and the Transportation Revolution (Railroads Past and Present)
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| Rating | : | 4.23 (845 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0253352169 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 280 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-06-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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The same year, he became lead trustee for the bankrupt Penn Central and three years later assumed the presidency. Visionary Railroader chronicles the life of a key figure in the history of rail travel in the United States. had the opportunity to put progressive concepts into practice. In 1964, Langdon took charge of the Rock Island, and by the time he left in 1970, he had spearheaded major improvements for this struggling carrier. As president of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Jervis Langdon Jr. From his role in passing the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 to his work on creating the quasi-public Conrail, Visionary Railroader examines the impact of Langdon's active life with clear text, unique representations of media of the day, and select family photos.
He lives in Central, South Carolina.. Roger Grant, Kathryn and Calhoun Lemon Professor of History at Clemson University, is author of 24 books, most of them on railroad history. He has written company histories of the Chicago & North Western, the Chicago Great Western, the Erie Lackawanna, the Georgia
An important contribution to the thin genre of Railroad Management Henry Posner III Books about contemporary railroad management are thin and far between, in part because the history is still being written and the theories are still being tested. For this reason there is little yet written about railroad management in the final years of the Age of Regulation, ie up to 1980. This is unfortunate, as the lessons are useful to today's industry and perhaps more importantly to today's policy makers."Visionary Railroader" complements Rush Loving's "The Men Who Loved Trains", which focuses on Conrail and its predecessors from the perspective of multiple personalities; in contrast, "Visionary Railroader" focuses on one individual's . Dieselman said Good book, excellent historical account.. A good read. The author might have been a little too much of a cheerleader for Mr. Langdon, but a good historical account. If you are interested in the workings of the railroads in the "Good book, excellent historical account." according to Dieselman. A good read. The author might have been a little too much of a cheerleader for Mr. Langdon, but a good historical account. If you are interested in the workings of the railroads in the 20th century, this book is a MUST READ.. 0th century, this book is a MUST READ.. Jorgagal said Great People. Jervis Langdon was my next door neighbor when I lived in Elmira. One would not know whether they had a dime or a dollar. Real down to earth people.
Grant's work might be just the ticket for understanding the convoluted evolution of the twentieth-century railroad industry." Business History Review, 84.1, Spring 2010"Eminently readable, Visionary Railroader is both well written and well organized." Civil Engineering, April 1, 2009"Grant has developed an extremely well-researched and well-written account of Langdon’s development, both as a person and as a railroader the story of an important railroad man who has not been adequately covered in previou