Howard E. Simpson, 1975 January 27

Howard E. Simpson was the last president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad; employee of Central of New Jersey Railroad; member of the United States Navy, Great Lakes area during World War I. In this oral history interview, he discusses: Daniel Willard; President Franklin D. Roosevelt; Baltimore and Ohio luxury trains during the Depression; the merger with the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, reasons, and the fight of fifty-one percent stock ownership; Walter J. Tuohy; problems of the railroads since 1953; decline in passenger service; hearings before the Interstate Commerce Commission; special equipment for presidential cars; railroad business cars; the philosophy of good passenger service.