Amtrak, America's Railroad : Transportation's Orphan and Its Struggle for Survival /

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"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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Main Authors: Doughty, Geoffrey H. (Author), Harmon, Eugene E. (Author), Darbee, Jeffrey T. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2021]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Amtrak.
Railroads and state.
Railroads.
Passenger trains.
TRANSPORTATION / Railroads / General
Trains de voyageurs > États-Unis > Histoire.
Railroads > United States > History.
Railroads and state > United States > History.
Passenger trains > United States > History.
United States.
Livres numeriques.
History.
e-books.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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