Re: PC: thougts on PCHS Newsletter on the web

["james koo" <l740@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Mr. Mancuso,

The library at the C.W. Post campus of Long Island University had a 

copy of No Way To Run A Railroad, as of 1992.  They may still have it:
                                                                      B. 
Davis Schwartz Memorial Library
Northern Blvd.
Brookville, NY 11548   
Tel (516)299-2305   FAX (516)299-4169   
Elec Mail reference -AT- eagle.liunet.edu   

Thank you.

Sincerely,

James Koo 
                                        
  
>From: Jejunabra -AT- aol.com
>Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 03:58:30 EST
>To: penn-central -AT- smellycat.com
>Subject: Re: PC: thougts on PCHS Newsletter on the web
>Reply-To: penn-central -AT- smellycat.com
>
>While Wreck of the Penn Central did not cover the entire story of that
>corporate disaster, it did however present enough of the factors to 
give one
>an idea of what caused it, one of the most important being the fact 
that the
>top three executives could not or would not work together as a team. I 
would
>like to read No Way to Run a Railroad, but that seems to be 
unobtainable. I do
>not believe Wreck of the Penn Central was designed to give the complete
>picture of the disaster.The authors Peter Binzen and Joe Daughan saw 
great
>urgency in getting the story out while the scent was still strong and 
key
>figures were still alive. As it happens, the top executives all died 
off one
>by one as did most of the board members and other key people in the 
executive
>suite. Of the Three Stooges, Perlman was the first to pass on, followed 
by
>Saunders, and Bevan in that order. Wreck's authors apparently knew 
these men
>were getting on in years and would not be around too much longer, which 
added
>to the urgency of getting the story out when they did instead of 
relying on
>lawyers involved who were not always inclined to tell it straight. If 
anyone
>has a copy of No Way to run a Railroad they want to get rid of at 
areasonable
>price, please let me know, I would like to read it.
>
>James Mancuso
>56B South Main street
>Perry,NY 14530
>
>


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