Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Surface Transportation
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Category : Railroad law
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
FRA Railroad Safety Program
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Surface Transportation
Publisher:
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Category : Railroad law
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroad law
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Railroad Safety
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Railroad Safety Authorization for Fiscal Year 1979
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Subcommittee on Transportation and Commerce
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
2004 Iowa Rail Safety Report
Author: Iowa. Office of Rail Transportation
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 30
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 30
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Railroad Track Safety
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Railroads
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Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Recommendations for State of Iowa railroad transportation policy
Author: Iowa. Governor's Working Group on Railroad Policy
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 16
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 16
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Iowa's Last Narrow-Gauge Railroad
Author: John Tigges
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738541181
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
When talk began circulating in 1848 about the importance of railroads, the people of Cascade grew anxious. Without direct access to navigable rivers other than the Mississippi over 36 miles away, their community could very well fade from existence. They needed a railroad as soon as possible. The idea raced forward, with the backing of the Chicago, Clinton, Dubuque and Minnesota Railroad Company, or "the River Road," which ran along the western bank of the Mississippi River and passed through Bellevue. Their hopes and dreams became reality in a three-foot-gauge line 31 years later, in 1879. In 1880, the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway purchased the River Road, which included the narrow-gauge branch line to Cascade. Overjoyed at having a larger entity involved, anticipation for the widening of the rails to standard gauge grew quickly. This book relates the story from the beginning to its abandonment in 1936. Today Bellevue and Cascade survive as thriving small towns and are economically healthy. Despite the fact that 70 years have passed since the last spike was pulled, many people know of and recall Iowa's last narrow-gauge railroad.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738541181
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
When talk began circulating in 1848 about the importance of railroads, the people of Cascade grew anxious. Without direct access to navigable rivers other than the Mississippi over 36 miles away, their community could very well fade from existence. They needed a railroad as soon as possible. The idea raced forward, with the backing of the Chicago, Clinton, Dubuque and Minnesota Railroad Company, or "the River Road," which ran along the western bank of the Mississippi River and passed through Bellevue. Their hopes and dreams became reality in a three-foot-gauge line 31 years later, in 1879. In 1880, the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway purchased the River Road, which included the narrow-gauge branch line to Cascade. Overjoyed at having a larger entity involved, anticipation for the widening of the rails to standard gauge grew quickly. This book relates the story from the beginning to its abandonment in 1936. Today Bellevue and Cascade survive as thriving small towns and are economically healthy. Despite the fact that 70 years have passed since the last spike was pulled, many people know of and recall Iowa's last narrow-gauge railroad.
American Railroads
Author: John F. Stover
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226776603
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
Few scenes capture the American experience so eloquently as that of a lonely train chugging across the vastness of the Great Plains, or snaking through tortuous high mountain passes. Although this vision was eclipsed for a time by the rise of air travel and trucking, railroads have enjoyed a rebirth in recent years as profitable freight carriers. A fascinating account of the rise, decline, and rebirth of railroads in the United States, John F. Stover's American Railroads traces their history from the first lines that helped eastern seaports capture western markets to today's newly revitalized industry. Stover describes the growth of the railroads' monopoly, with the consequent need for state and federal regulations; relates the vital part played by the railroads during the Civil War and the two World Wars; and charts the railroads' decline due to the advent of air travel and trucking during the 1950s. In two new chapters, Stover recounts the remarkable recovery of the railroads, along with other pivotal events of the industry's recent history. During the 1960s declining passenger traffic and excessive federal regulation led to the federally-financed creation of Amtrak to revive passenger service and Conrail to provide freight service on bankrupt northeastern railroads. The real savior for the railroads, though, proved to be the Staggers Rail Act of 1980, which brought prosperity to rail freight carriers by substantially deregulating the industry. By 1995, renewed railroad freight traffic had reached nearly twice its former peak in 1944. Bringing both a seasoned eye and new insights to bear on one of the most American of industries, Stover has produced the definitive history of railroads in the United States.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226776603
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
Few scenes capture the American experience so eloquently as that of a lonely train chugging across the vastness of the Great Plains, or snaking through tortuous high mountain passes. Although this vision was eclipsed for a time by the rise of air travel and trucking, railroads have enjoyed a rebirth in recent years as profitable freight carriers. A fascinating account of the rise, decline, and rebirth of railroads in the United States, John F. Stover's American Railroads traces their history from the first lines that helped eastern seaports capture western markets to today's newly revitalized industry. Stover describes the growth of the railroads' monopoly, with the consequent need for state and federal regulations; relates the vital part played by the railroads during the Civil War and the two World Wars; and charts the railroads' decline due to the advent of air travel and trucking during the 1950s. In two new chapters, Stover recounts the remarkable recovery of the railroads, along with other pivotal events of the industry's recent history. During the 1960s declining passenger traffic and excessive federal regulation led to the federally-financed creation of Amtrak to revive passenger service and Conrail to provide freight service on bankrupt northeastern railroads. The real savior for the railroads, though, proved to be the Staggers Rail Act of 1980, which brought prosperity to rail freight carriers by substantially deregulating the industry. By 1995, renewed railroad freight traffic had reached nearly twice its former peak in 1944. Bringing both a seasoned eye and new insights to bear on one of the most American of industries, Stover has produced the definitive history of railroads in the United States.
Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1973
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 982
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 982
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Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1974, Hearings ... 93d Congress, 1st Session
Author: United States. Congress. House. Appropriations
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1420
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1420
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