If you didn't catch the references to "switchpoints" and "fast track" in the title, this book is a study of the resurgence of Canadian National Railway (CN). The book opens with a history lesson (mostly recent history, rather than a rehash of the pioneer folklore). The modern story of the railroads, and indeed of all commercial transportation, began with deregulation in the 1980s. For CN, a de-fining mo-ment came in 1995, when the railroad was transferred from government ownership to public ownership via an IPO.
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