Railroaders without Borders

"This book will undoubtedly appeal to readers interested in railroads but also to anyone intrigued by the study of business. Outstanding photographs and maps add visual interest. Overall, the author's wide-ranging research, extensive command of railroad history, and clear expression make this volume a pleasure to recommend."—The Annals of Iowa

"This is an important addition to our knowledge of railway restructurings worldwide, a process that continues, and in which RDC continues to play an important role."—The Lexington Quarterly

"Railroaders without Borders covers the recent appearance of a revolutionary railway holding company, whose purpose has been to acquire and rejuvenate properties that have suffered financial failure. While its 1987 beginning concerned a Pennsylvania company, its later ventures have spanned the globe. Grant's detailed narratives follow RDC's growth through both successes and failures."—J. Parker Lamb, author of Railroads of Meridian

"H. Roger Grant has brought his considerable research and writing skills to the story of a unique and exotic present-day railroad enterprise that spans an area from the American Great Plains, to the Andes, to the Zambezi River, and the Baltic Sea—with postscripts in Colombia, Germany, and France. Keeping up with the Railroad Development Company's multiple management and rail acquisition ventures—including all their inevitable political, cultural, and operational challenges—is not easy, but Grant handles them deftly and clearly. Some of those ventures were successful, some not, but each invariably makes for fascinating reading."—Herbert H. Harwood, Jr., author of The Railroad That Never Was: Vanderbilt, Morgan, and the South Pennsylvania Railroad