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Derailed by Bankruptcy: Life after the Reading Railroad

By Howard H. Lewis, John C. Spychalski (Foreword by)
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By Howard H. Lewis, John C. Spychalski (Foreword by)
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What happened when the US government stopped investing in railroads and started investing in highways and air travel? By the late 1970s, six major eastern railroads had declared bankruptcy. Although he didn't like trains, Howard H. Lewis became the primary lawyer for the Reading Railroad during its legendary bankruptcy case. Here, Lewis provides a frank account of the high—intensity litigation and courtroom battles over the US government's proposal to form Conrail out of the six bankrupt ra...

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