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Amtrak, America's railroad : transportation's orphan and its struggle for survival /

"Discover the story of Amtrak, America's Railroad, 50 years in the making. In 1971, in an effort to rescue essential freight railroads, the US government founded Amtrak. In the post-World War II era, aviation and highway development had become the focus of government policy in America. As...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Doughty, Geoffrey H. (Autor), Darbee, Jeffrey T. (Autor), Harmon, Eugene E. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2021]
Colección:Railroads past and present
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505 0 |a Introduction -- Part One: This Is What We Had -- Part Two: Creating a New National Network -- Part Three: Where Do We Go from Here? -- Part Four: The Road to the Future -- Epilogue. 
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