Author: Joseph P. Schwieterman Publisher: Truman State Univ Press ISBN: 9781931112147 Category : Transportation Languages : en Pages : 333
Book Description
The history of the American West is an epic tale richly accompanied by railroads. From the Illinois prairie to the shores of Oahu, many legendary rail lines are now just dusty trails bereft of their former significance. These abandoned routes show the profound changes that affect the way we travel and conduct business. Through the use of maps, photographs, and a fast-moving narrative, Schwieterman illustrates the circumstances surrounding the rise and fall of rail service in fifty-eight communities distinguished for their notable railroad histories.
Author: Ronald F. Balazik Publisher: ISBN: 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.).
Author: John Fitzgerald Due Publisher: ISBN: Category : Railroads Languages : en Pages : 56
Book Description
This paper briefly reviews past policy of the Interstate Commerce Commission toward railway abandonment and the changes in federal policy with regard to abandonment provided by the 3R and 4R Acts. The results of the listing of candidates for abandonment by the railways are noted, and the information relevant for abandonment policy provided by impact and cost function studies is summarized. The role of state rail planning is noted.
Author: Joseph P. Schwieterman
Author: Joseph P. Schwieterman
Author: Dale G. Anderson
Author: Oregon. Governor's Task Force on Rail Line Abandonments
Author: Ronald F. Balazik
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Author: John Fitzgerald Due
Author: Kathleen O'Leary Morgan
Author: United States. Interstate Commerce Commission
Author: Jerry Fruin