Extent: | 1 Online-Ressource (523 p.) 15 halftones, 14 line illustrations, 14 maps |
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Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Language: | English |
Notes: | Frontmatter Contents Preface Railroad Companies and Abbreviations 1 The Enduring American Railroads 2 The Ills of Government Regulation of Rail Rates and Services 3 The Policy Dilemma of Competition and Consolidation 4 The Impact of Rival Freight Modes on Railroads 5 The Decline of Railway Passenger Service, 1900–1970 6 Merger s at Midcentury and the Penn Central Debacle 7 Two Railroad Reform and Revitalization Acts and the Northeast Rail Crisis in the 1970s 8 The Brief, Mainly Happy Life of Conrail, 1976–1999 9 The Making of the Staggers Rail Act, and Experience under Deregulation 10 How Railroads Got Their Final Sizes and Shapes 11 The Enduring Problem of Rail Passenger Service in the Amtrak Era 12 Advancing Technology for American Railroads 13 Decline and Renaissance of American Railroads in the Twentieth Century – Pulling into the Terminal Afterword: Future Policies for US Railroads Notes Acknowledgments Index In English |
ISBN: | 978-0-674-36936-8 ; 978-0-674-97079-3 |
Other identifiers: | 10.4159/9780674369368 [DOI] |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014482111