TY - BOOK AU - Gallamore,Robert E. AU - Meyer,John Robert TI - American railroads: decline and renaissance in the twentieth century SN - 9780674369368 AV - HE2751 .A447 2014 PY - 2014/// CY - Cambridge, Massachusetts PB - Harvard University Press KW - Railroads KW - United States KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Railroads and state KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; 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; 2; b UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=663457&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -