Gallamore, Robert E., <br/><br/>
American railroads :  decline and renaissance in the twentieth century / 
Robert E. Gallamore and John R. Meyer. 
 - Cambridge, Massachusetts :  Harvard University Press,  (c)2014. 
 - 1 online resource (xiii, 506 pages) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies 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. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780674369368 
<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>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HE2751  / .A447 2014