American railroads : decline and renaissance in the twentieth century /

"Once an icon of American industry, railroads fell into a long decline beginning around the turn of the twentieth century. Overburdened with regulation and often displaced by barge traffic on government-maintained waterways, trucking on interstate highways, and jet aviation, railroads measured...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Gallamore, Robert E. (Autor), Meyer, John Robert (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2014.
Temas:
1900-1999
Railroads > United States > History > 20th century.
Railroads and state > United States > History > 20th century.
TRANSPORTATION > Railroads > Pictorial.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Economic Policy.
Railroads
Railroads and state
Eisenbahn
United States
USA
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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