11-01-2009, 03:52 PM
I haven't read THE WRECK OF THE PENN CENTRAL but it is on my list of things to do. I also have another book NO WAY TO RUN A RAILROAD that I plan on getting to next. It is all very interesting stuff, and many other railroads are mentioned as being involved or affected by the PC's bankruptcy. It is also interesting to me that the PC is regarded to be merely an act of the PRR taking over the NYC, not a merger of equals. The 1st annual report of the PC actually had 122nd annual report printed on front, as if it were a continuation of the PRR's history, disregarding the "Green team" completely. And the first year of the PC's bankruptcy is regarded as the year the "Standard Railroad of the World" finally fell.
-Dave