way to run a railroad

English

Etymology

From the demanding nature of running a railroad before telecommunications.

Noun

way to run a railroad

(US) Method of managing a complex operation.
This is no way to run a railroad.

This is a hell of a way to run a railroad.

Is this any way to run a railroad?

See also

couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery

References

1977, Alfred D. Chandler, The Visible Hand: The Managerial Revolution in American Business

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