Richard Saunders Jr. is professor emeritus of history at Clemson University. He is author of Merging Lines: American Railroads, 1900-1970, which won the 2002 George W. and Constance M. Hilton Award.

• Table of ContentsList of Maps List of Tables Railroad Names Preface Introduction 1. The Ambiguous Legacy of the Era of Reform: 1893–1920 2. The Legacy of the Transportation Act of 1920: 1920–1940 3. Dead Ends with Pennroad and Robert R. Young: 1940–1954 4. Troubles: 1945–1964 5. Solutions: 1947–1964 6. The Erie Lackawanna: The Agony of the Perfect Merger, 1960 7. The Chessie System and the Norfolk & Western: 1961–1964 8. The West: 1960–1962 9. Kennedy, the Kefauver Hearings, and the ICC 10. The Rise of Penn Central 11. The South: 1960–1972 12. Stalemate in the West: 1963–1970 13. The Eastern Inclusion Crisis: 1966–1968 14. The Fall of the Penn Central: 1968–1970 15. The Turning Point: 1970 Notes Bibliography Index

Richard Saunders Jr. is professor emeritus of history at Clemson University. He is author of Merging Lines: American Railroads, 1900-1970, which won the 2002 George W. and Constance M. Hilton Award.

• Table of ContentsList of Maps List of Tables Railroad Names Preface Introduction 1. The Ambiguous Legacy of the Era of Reform: 1893–1920 2. The Legacy of the Transportation Act of 1920: 1920–1940 3. Dead Ends with Pennroad and Robert R. Young: 1940–1954 4. Troubles: 1945–1964 5. Solutions: 1947–1964 6. The Erie Lackawanna: The Agony of the Perfect Merger, 1960 7. The Chessie System and the Norfolk & Western: 1961–1964 8. The West: 1960–1962 9. Kennedy, the Kefauver Hearings, and the ICC 10. The Rise of Penn Central 11. The South: 1960–1972 12. Stalemate in the West: 1963–1970 13. The Eastern Inclusion Crisis: 1966–1968 14. The Fall of the Penn Central: 1968–1970 15. The Turning Point: 1970 Notes Bibliography Index

Richard Saunders Jr. is professor emeritus of history at Clemson University. He is author of Merging Lines: American Railroads, 1900-1970, which won the 2002 George W. and Constance M. Hilton Award.

• Table of ContentsList of Maps List of Tables Railroad Names Preface Introduction 1. The Ambiguous Legacy of the Era of Reform: 1893–1920 2. The Legacy of the Transportation Act of 1920: 1920–1940 3. Dead Ends with Pennroad and Robert R. Young: 1940–1954 4. Troubles: 1945–1964 5. Solutions: 1947–1964 6. The Erie Lackawanna: The Agony of the Perfect Merger, 1960 7. The Chessie System and the Norfolk & Western: 1961–1964 8. The West: 1960–1962 9. Kennedy, the Kefauver Hearings, and the ICC 10. The Rise of Penn Central 11. The South: 1960–1972 12. Stalemate in the West: 1963–1970 13. The Eastern Inclusion Crisis: 1966–1968 14. The Fall of the Penn Central: 1968–1970 15. The Turning Point: 1970 Notes Bibliography Index