Friday, February 21, 2014

Corporate Conglomerates: Whether By Air Or Rail, "The Urge To Merge" Is Alive And Well In Transportation Industry.


If you want  some real entertainment, Google the histories of  U.S. Airways and Norfolk Southern Railroad.

The list of airlines and railroads absorbed to become the two companies seen here is vastly long, and extremely distinguished.

And, kinda' sad, too.

Shot location: CLT (Photo courtesy of Norfolk Southern)

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

At one time, Norfolk & Western owned a chunk of Piedmont

Unknown said...

They both have heritage units with predecessor companies.