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trof

(54,256 posts) Wed May 22, 2013, 07:50 PM May 2013

"The Great American Railroad War" - Greed, corruption, cheating, lying...

I'm reading this book by Dennis Drabelle.

It is mind boggling, jaw dropping.
Leland Stanford, Collis Huntington, Mark Hopkins, and Charles Crocker formed the Central Pacific, and later the Southern Pacific railroads.

Their shenanagins put today's political and congressional corruption to shame.

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"The Great American Railroad War" - Greed, corruption, cheating, lying... (Original Post) trof May 2013 OP

just put it on hold at the library! hedgehog May 2013 #1

It's amazing. Even to this jaded cynic. trof May 2013 #2

I want to read that gopiscrap May 2013 #3

I'm reading this book right now, and it sounds like today's stories with different players! hedgehog Jul 2013 #4

Too true. And the names are still familiar. trof Jul 2013 #5

hedgehog

(36,286 posts)

1. just put it on hold at the library!

Reply to trof (Original post)

Wed May 22, 2013, 07:54 PM

May 2013

thanks!

trof

(54,256 posts)

2. It's amazing. Even to this jaded cynic.

Reply to hedgehog (Reply #1)

Wed May 22, 2013, 08:04 PM

May 2013

The money these assholes made at the expense of American taxpayers is beyond obscene.
And...just like the crooked banksters today...nobody ever served one day behind bars.
I despair of the 'American System of Justice'.
What a laugh.