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Author Gallamore, Robert E.,
Title American railroads : decline and renaissance in the twentieth century / Robert E. Gallamore & John R. Meyer.
Publisher Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2014.


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Descript 1 online resource (xiii, 506 pages)
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Contents The enduring American railroads -- The ills of government regulation of rail rates and services -- The policy dilemma of competition and consolidation -- The impact of rival freight modes on railroads -- The decline of railway passenger service, 1900/1970 -- Mergers at mid-century and the Penn Central debacle -- The RRR and RRRR Acts and Northeast rail reorganization -- The brief, mainly happy life of Conrail, 1976/1999 -- The Staggers Rail Act and railroad experience under deregulation -- How railroads got their final sizes and shapes -- The enduring problem of rail passenger service in the Amtrak era -- Advancing technology for enduring railroads -- Decline and renaissance of American railroads in the twentieth century; pulling into the terminal.
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ISBN 9780674369368 (electronic bk.)
067436936X (electronic bk.)
9780674725645
0674725646
Standard # 10.4159/9780674369368 doi
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Author Gallamore, Robert E.,
Subject Railroads -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Railroads and state -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Alt author Meyer, John Robert,
Descript 1 online resource (xiii, 506 pages)
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Descript text file PDF rda
Contents The enduring American railroads -- The ills of government regulation of rail rates and services -- The policy dilemma of competition and consolidation -- The impact of rival freight modes on railroads -- The decline of railway passenger service, 1900/1970 -- Mergers at mid-century and the Penn Central debacle -- The RRR and RRRR Acts and Northeast rail reorganization -- The brief, mainly happy life of Conrail, 1976/1999 -- The Staggers Rail Act and railroad experience under deregulation -- How railroads got their final sizes and shapes -- The enduring problem of rail passenger service in the Amtrak era -- Advancing technology for enduring railroads -- Decline and renaissance of American railroads in the twentieth century; pulling into the terminal.
Note In English.
Unlimited number of concurrent users. UkHlHU
ISBN 9780674369368 (electronic bk.)
067436936X (electronic bk.)
9780674725645
0674725646
Standard # 10.4159/9780674369368 doi
Author Gallamore, Robert E.,
Subject Railroads -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Railroads and state -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Alt author Meyer, John Robert,

Subject Railroads -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Railroads and state -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Descript 1 online resource (xiii, 506 pages)
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
Descript text file PDF rda
Contents The enduring American railroads -- The ills of government regulation of rail rates and services -- The policy dilemma of competition and consolidation -- The impact of rival freight modes on railroads -- The decline of railway passenger service, 1900/1970 -- Mergers at mid-century and the Penn Central debacle -- The RRR and RRRR Acts and Northeast rail reorganization -- The brief, mainly happy life of Conrail, 1976/1999 -- The Staggers Rail Act and railroad experience under deregulation -- How railroads got their final sizes and shapes -- The enduring problem of rail passenger service in the Amtrak era -- Advancing technology for enduring railroads -- Decline and renaissance of American railroads in the twentieth century; pulling into the terminal.
Note In English.
Unlimited number of concurrent users. UkHlHU
Alt author Meyer, John Robert,
ISBN 9780674369368 (electronic bk.)
067436936X (electronic bk.)
9780674725645
0674725646
Standard # 10.4159/9780674369368 doi
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