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Author: Edward A. Lewis Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing, Co. ISBN: 9780890242902 Category : Railroads Languages : en Pages : 372
Book Description
This edition lists nearly 600 shortline and regional railroads in the United States and Canada. Includes the history, radio frequency, locomotive roster and other information for each line as well as diesel profiles and a listing of past shortlines.
Author: Edward A. Lewis Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing, Co. ISBN: 9780890242902 Category : Railroads Languages : en Pages : 372
Book Description
This edition lists nearly 600 shortline and regional railroads in the United States and Canada. Includes the history, radio frequency, locomotive roster and other information for each line as well as diesel profiles and a listing of past shortlines.
Author: United States. Office of Federal Coordinator of Transportation. Section of Research Publisher: ISBN: Category : Railroads Languages : en Pages : 144
Author: John Fitzgerald Due Publisher: ISBN: Category : Railroads Languages : en Pages : 118
Book Description
The report asserts the probability of future widespread abandonments of branchline rail freight service. It stipulates the circumstances in which abandonments are most likely to occur, and assesses the negative impacts that may result. It is suggested that short line railroad operations may be an alternative to the complete loss of rail service. The report describes the savings that may accrue through a changeover from major railroad ownership to short line operation. Alternative institutional and financial mechanisms for establishing and operating short line roads are discussed. A broad description of capital and operating costs is given. Finally, several examples are provided of successful short line operations in the United States.
Author: H. Roger Grant Publisher: Indiana University Press ISBN: 0253066735 Category : Transportation Languages : en Pages : 239
Book Description
Discover the Sunset Cluster--railroads that were doomed to fail? The first two decades of the 20th century were the twilight of the Railroad Age. Major routes had long been established, and local service became the focus of new construction. Beginning in 1907, a cluster of five shortline railroads were established in otherwise unconnected parts of Iowa. They, however, would short lived. The five Iowa 'sunset cluster' railroads might appear to deserve eternal obscurity, being at best minor footnotes to American railroad history. After all, their total mileage barely exceeded 100 miles. Their average life span, moreover, covered about five years, and the Des Moines & Red Oak Railway (DM&RO) never turned a wheel. Yet, these Iowa shortlines had an immediate positive impact to their service area, but disappointingly they became victims of modal competition and the Good Roads Movement. Using contemporary newspapers, government reports, and other little-known sources, renowned railway historian H. Roger Grant offers a fascinating look at these shortline railroads. Sunset Cluster explores the almost desperate desire by communities to benefit from steel rails before the regional railroad map finally imploded and the challenges faced by latter-day shortline builders.
Author: Edward A. Lewis
Author: Edward A. Lewis
Author: United States. Office of Federal Coordinator of Transportation. Section of Research
Author: John Fitzgerald Due
Author: Lucius Beebe
Author: Albert M. Langley
Author: American Short Line Railroad Association. Meeting
Author: New York Short Line Railroad
Author: American Short Line Railroad Association. President
Author: H. Roger Grant
Author: United States. Office of Federal Coordinator of Transportation