Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign CommercePublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Railroad Legislation Affecting Short Lines
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign CommercePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroad law
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Railroad Legislation Affecting Short Lines (Sec. 15a--Recapture Clause of I.C. Act)
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign CommercePublisher:
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
The Interstate Commerce Act
Author: United StatesPublisher:
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Category : Interstate commerce
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Abandonment of Railroad Lines
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate CommercePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Abandonment of Railroad Lines
Author: United States. U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on interstate commercePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Staggers Rail Act of 1980
Author: United States. Congress HousePublisher:
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Category : Railroad law
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
Report of the Director General of Railroads
Author: United States. Federal Railroad AdministrationPublisher:
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
ICC Consideration of Railroad Line Sales
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Surface TransportationPublisher:
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Category : Railroad law
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Short Line Rail Infrastructure Needs
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Ground TransportationPublisher:
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Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
The Economics of Railroad Safety
Author: Ian SavagePublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 146155571X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
The American public has a fascination with railroad wrecks that goes back a long way. One hundred years ago, staged railroad accidents were popular events. At the Iowa State fair in 1896, 89,000 people paid $20 each, at current prices, to see two trains, throttles wide open, collide with each other. "Head-on Joe" Connolly made a business out of "cornfield meets" holding seventy-three events in thirty-six years. Picture books of train wrecks do good business presumably because a train wreck can guarantee a spectacular destruction of property without the messy loss of life associated with aircraft accidents. A "train wreck" has also entered the popular vocabulary in a most unusual way. When political manoeuvering leads to failure to pass the federal budget, and a shutdown is likely of government services, this is widely called a "train wreck. " In business and team sports, bumbling and lack of coordination leading to a spectacular and public failure to perform is also called "causing a train wreck. " A person or organization who is disorganized may be labelled a "train wreck. " It is therefore not surprising that the public perception of the safety of railroads centers on images of twisted metal and burning tank cars, and a general feeling that these events occur quite often. After a series of railroad accidents, such as occurred in the winter of 1996 or the summer of 1997, there are inevitable calls that government "should do something.