Articles
Railroads: All Aboard for Conrail
A railroad for sale? It may sound like a game of Monopoly, but the Department of Transportation last week was taking bids for the Consolidated Rail Corp...
Railroads: Looking Younger
Since Ben W. Heineman, 53, took control of the Chicago & North Western Railway eleven years ago, he has injected a youthful zip into the once floundering...
Railroads: Go-Ahead
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved the historic merger of the Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York Central last year, only to see it tangled in...
Railroads: Much-Wanted Talent
Mergers are becoming so common among U.S. railroads that planning and executing them have become necessary talents for rail executives. Looking around for a new...
Railroads: A Dream Coming True
The great empire builders who opened up the Plains states with the iron horse J. P. Morgan and James J. Hill among them dreamed of a single road that...
Photo Essays
Voice of America: Johnny Cash in 1969
“Every man knows he is a sissy compared to Johnny Cash.” — Bono There aren’t too many American artists of the past century who left a richer legacy, and one can...
