Login
or
Register
Home
»
Trains Magazine
»
Forums
»
General Discussion
»
Train Trivia 11/16/05 (ANSWERED)
Edit post
Edit your reply below.
Post Body
Enter your post below.
Has to be Vanderbilt. The statement seems to lack the folksiness of Twain, Lincoln was much more lucid and down to earth when commenting upon business cases (although he would probably throw in a crack or two at the end), and Hoover was a civil engineer who probably loved all the players in the engineering field (not to mention most railroad construction had ceased by the time of his public emergence). <br /> <br />That being said, the statement is quite prophetic, in that today's railroad operations seem to be most beneficial to terminal sites located seaside, service to online towns is sometimes non-existant these days no matter how many grain elevators and lumber mills are located thereon, and the DM&E and KCS sagas show that any ambitious rail company will want to keep expanding or risk getting swallowed up by the big boys.
Tags (Optional)
Tags are keywords that get attached to your post. They are used to categorize your submission and make it easier to search for. To add tags to your post type a tag into the box below and click the "Add Tag" button.
Add Tag
Update Reply
Join our Community!
Our community is
FREE
to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account.
Login »
Register »
Search the Community
Newsletter Sign-Up
By signing up you may also receive occasional reader surveys and special offers from Trains magazine.Please view our
privacy policy
More great sites from Kalmbach Media
Terms Of Use
|
Privacy Policy
|
Copyright Policy