Gallamore, Robert E. <br/><br/>
American railroads :  decline and renaissance in the twentieth century / 
Robert E. Gallamore & John R. Meyer. 
 - xiii, 506 pages ;  25 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-496) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780674725645 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2013042025 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Railroads--History--United States--20th century.<br/>Railroads and state--History--United States--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HE2751  / .G337 2014 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>385.0973/0904