Main Line to Oblivion: The Disintegration of New York Railroads in the Twentieth Century |
Contents
Introduction | 5 |
The End of Railroad Competition 19001916 | 35 |
Railroads During Wartime and Under | 66 |
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abandonment activities American Railroads Annual Report anthracite anthracite coal Association of American Baltimore and Ohio banker Burgess and Kennedy capital carriers century Class I railroads coal Commerce Act Commission's community of interest commuter operations competition Congress corporate policy costs decline Delaware and Hudson depression dividend earnings eastern railroads eastern roads economic Elkins Act Erie excess capacity federal fifth system fixed charges freight Hepburn Act Ibid important improvement income increased industry's intercorporate Interstate Commerce Act Interstate Commerce Commission investment J. P. Morgan legislation Lehigh Valley less-than-carload mainline ment merger miles million Ontario and Western ownership passenger service Pennsylvania Railroad percent Perlman petition President properties proposed Public Service Commission rail management rail operations Railroad Combination railroad network railroad operations reduced regional reorganization revenues Ripley routes shippers Sweringens tion trackage traffic Transportation Act truck trunk lines York Central York Ontario York railroads