The well-dressed hobo
Subtitle: the many wondrous adventures of a man who loves trains
By: Rush Loving Jr
Series: Railroads past and present; Railroads past and present
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 365
ISBN-13: 9780253020635
Subjects: Railroads; Biography; History
Description: Loving was enchanted with railroads at an early age. Here he looks at eight decades of the railroad industry and some of its greatest leaders. Chatting with brakemen, engineers, and executives, Loving shares stories he collected in locomotive cabs, business cars, executive suites and even the White House. The result is an intimate portrait of the railroad industry and its leaders, both inept and visionary, and of the dedicated men and women who truly love trains and know the industry from the rails up.
Notes: Color maps on lining papers.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: A mix of love and luck; title: Rumbling up the horseshoe; title: Averell Harriman and his Streamliner; title: Sin and the aspiring reporter; title: Al Perlman buys a hill; title: The country boy who as King of Florida; title: Wooing bankers with a railway car; title: The locomotive that sashayed; title: The "token yokel" meanders north; title: The biggest railroad story of them all; title: "The greatest thing since sex and watermelon"; title: The merger that worked; title: The dinner debate with Graham Claytor; title: The steadfast Colonel and the unsteady rock; title: "Who knows Hays Watkins?"; title: A modern Annie Oakley takes on Lou Menk; title: The lawyer's son from Buffalo; title: "Hays must no know"; title: J.B. Hunt takes a ride on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe; title: Two empty limousines; title: "They nod off regularly on the job"; title: Déjà vu once more; title: Their greatest task.