Leaders Count: The Story of the Bnsf Railway - Kaufman, Lawrence H.
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Mergers have affected railroads in ways few other industries have experienced, and in the last 50 years they have steered the business direction of American railroads. Leaders Count brings readers the dramatic story of how the Aurora Branch Railroad, which spanned from Aurora, Illinois, to Chicago, grew and developed into the modern-day BNSF Railway.

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Mergers have affected railroads in ways few other industries have experienced, and in the last 50 years they have steered the business direction of American railroads. Leaders Count brings readers the dramatic story of how the Aurora Branch Railroad, which spanned from Aurora, Illinois, to Chicago, grew and developed into the modern-day BNSF Railway.
Autorenporträt
LAWRENCE H (LARRY) KAUFMAN has spent more than 35 years promoting, working for, and commenting on U.S. railroads. As a journalist, he was transportation correspondent for Business Week magazine and broke the news of the Penn Central bankruptcy in June 1970. At the Association of American Railroads, he led public affairs when the industry was deregulated. After deregulation, he was vice president for public affairs of the Burlington Northern Railroad. He then covered transportation issues for The Journal of Commerce before joining the Southern Pacific Transportation Co. He now writes regularly on transportation issues for The Journal of Commerce magazine and Rail Business newsletter. He also is the coauthor, with David J. DeBoer, of An American Transportation Story: the Obstacles, the Challenge, the Promise.