Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate Commerce
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ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Abandonment of Railroad Lines
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate Commerce
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Abandonment of Railroad Lines
Author: United States. U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on interstate commerce
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 206
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 206
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Abandoned Tracks
Author: W. Thomas Mainwaring
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Pess
ISBN: 0268103607
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
In Abandoned Tracks, W. Thomas Mainwaring bridges the gap between scholarly and popular perceptions of the Underground Railroad. Historians have long recognized that many aspects of the Underground Railroad have been mythologized by emotion, memory, time, and wishful thinking. Mainwaring’s book is a rich, in-depth attempt to separate fact from fiction in one local area, while also contributing to a scholarly discussion of the Underground Railroad by placing Washington County, Pennsylvania, in the national context. Just as the North was not consistent in its perspective on the Civil War and the slavery issue, the Underground Railroad had distinct regional variations. Washington County had a well-organized abolition movement, even though its members helped a comparatively small number of fugitive slaves escape, largely because of the small nearby slave population in what was then western Virginia. Its origins as a slave county make it an interesting case study of the transition from slavery to freedom and of the origins of black and white abolitionism. Abandoned Tracks lends much to the ongoing scholarly debate about the extent, scope, and nature of the Underground Railroad. This book is written both for scholars of abolitionism and the Underground Railroad and for an audience interested in local history.
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Pess
ISBN: 0268103607
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
In Abandoned Tracks, W. Thomas Mainwaring bridges the gap between scholarly and popular perceptions of the Underground Railroad. Historians have long recognized that many aspects of the Underground Railroad have been mythologized by emotion, memory, time, and wishful thinking. Mainwaring’s book is a rich, in-depth attempt to separate fact from fiction in one local area, while also contributing to a scholarly discussion of the Underground Railroad by placing Washington County, Pennsylvania, in the national context. Just as the North was not consistent in its perspective on the Civil War and the slavery issue, the Underground Railroad had distinct regional variations. Washington County had a well-organized abolition movement, even though its members helped a comparatively small number of fugitive slaves escape, largely because of the small nearby slave population in what was then western Virginia. Its origins as a slave county make it an interesting case study of the transition from slavery to freedom and of the origins of black and white abolitionism. Abandoned Tracks lends much to the ongoing scholarly debate about the extent, scope, and nature of the Underground Railroad. This book is written both for scholars of abolitionism and the Underground Railroad and for an audience interested in local history.
Lost Railroads of New England
Author: Ronald Dale Karr
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780942147117
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The 3rd edition of a railroad classic, Lost Railroads of New England comprises a summary of the rise and fall of New England's railroads and a fully annotated directory of all abandoned segments of every common carrier railroad in New England, updated through January 1, 2010. This edition features all new maps showing rail trails as well as abandonments, with detailed city maps for areas of dense railroad activity; new sections on rail trails and lines that have been reinstated; many more photographs of trails and rail artifacts on abandoned lines; and many directory entries rewritten for better clarity and expanded with new information.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780942147117
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The 3rd edition of a railroad classic, Lost Railroads of New England comprises a summary of the rise and fall of New England's railroads and a fully annotated directory of all abandoned segments of every common carrier railroad in New England, updated through January 1, 2010. This edition features all new maps showing rail trails as well as abandonments, with detailed city maps for areas of dense railroad activity; new sections on rail trails and lines that have been reinstated; many more photographs of trails and rail artifacts on abandoned lines; and many directory entries rewritten for better clarity and expanded with new information.
Abandonment of Rail Line Between Skinner and Vanceboro, Canadian Pacific Limited, Docket No. AB-213 (Sub-No.4), Franklin, Somerset, Piscataquis, Penobscot, Aroostook, and Washington Counties
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 280
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Right-of-way
Author: Waldo Nielsen
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Laws Relating to Railroads
Author: Michigan
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Category : Railroad law
Languages : en
Pages : 408
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Category : Railroad law
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Abandonment of Railroad Lines
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate Commerce. Subcommittee on S. 1489
Publisher:
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
The Impact of U.S. Railroad Abandonment on Domestic Mineral Industries
Author: Ronald F. Balazik
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
This Bureau of Mines study is intended to identify and evaluate potential effects of impending large-scale U.S. rail line closings (abandonment) on domestic nonfuel mineral industries. This is the first nationwide study of rail abandonment impacts focused on non-fuel minerals. The analysis presented is based principally on a survey of 200 rail freight records and on statistical tests that correlated 2,000 points in the Bureau's Mineral Industry Location System (MILS) with 700 prospective abandonments throughout the United States. The conclusions derived from the analysis can be useful in evaluating proposed national rail abandonment policy and legislation regarding non fuel mineral shipping. Among these conclusions are the following: (1) Certain mineral materials (especially fertilizers) are likely to account for a large percentage of the rail traffic affected by abandonment in the next few years, but the total tonnage involved will be small; (2) abandonment will adversely affect some mineral shippers, particularly local short haulers; and (3) abandonment could significantly reduce the opportunity to develop new resources or reopen defunct mining facilities. Despite these problems, however, the data examined in this study do not indicate that current abandonment trends will cause widespread disruption of domestic non fuel mineral shipping. (Out of print.).
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
This Bureau of Mines study is intended to identify and evaluate potential effects of impending large-scale U.S. rail line closings (abandonment) on domestic nonfuel mineral industries. This is the first nationwide study of rail abandonment impacts focused on non-fuel minerals. The analysis presented is based principally on a survey of 200 rail freight records and on statistical tests that correlated 2,000 points in the Bureau's Mineral Industry Location System (MILS) with 700 prospective abandonments throughout the United States. The conclusions derived from the analysis can be useful in evaluating proposed national rail abandonment policy and legislation regarding non fuel mineral shipping. Among these conclusions are the following: (1) Certain mineral materials (especially fertilizers) are likely to account for a large percentage of the rail traffic affected by abandonment in the next few years, but the total tonnage involved will be small; (2) abandonment will adversely affect some mineral shippers, particularly local short haulers; and (3) abandonment could significantly reduce the opportunity to develop new resources or reopen defunct mining facilities. Despite these problems, however, the data examined in this study do not indicate that current abandonment trends will cause widespread disruption of domestic non fuel mineral shipping. (Out of print.).
Interstate Commerce Commission Notice
Author: United States. Interstate Commerce Commission
Publisher:
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Category : Storage and moving trade
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Storage and moving trade
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description