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100 | 1 | _aGallamore, Robert E. | |
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_aAmerican railroads : _bdecline and renaissance in the twentieth century / _cRobert E. Gallamore & John R. Meyer. |
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_aCambridge, Massachusetts : _bHarvard University Press, _c2014. |
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_axiii, 506 pages ; _c25 cm |
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_avolume _2rdacarrier |
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504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 437-496) and index. | ||
505 | 0 | _aThe 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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_aRailroads _zUnited States _xHistory _y20th century. |
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_aRailroads and state _zUnited States _xHistory _y20th century. |
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700 | 1 | _aMeyer, John Robert. | |
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