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Transportation In America Association of American Railroads
Transportation In America Association of American Railroads
Soft Cover
Copyright 1947
391 pages indexed
Contents
Forward
Introduction1
IGeneral Principles and Conclusions 6
IIRailroad Organization and Operations 15
IIIRailroad Research 21
IVRailroads and the Public 29
VRailroads and Government 34
VIRailroads in Relation to Competitive Transportation 40
VIIEconomic and Transportation Trends 66
VIIIFreight Traffic 103
IXPassenger Traffic 207
XOperating Methods and Procedures 213
XILabor and Personnel 224
XIIEngineering and Mechanical Research 235
XIIIRailroad Finance 244
XIVRailroad Accounting and Statistics 255
XVTaxation 265
XVILegislation 286
XVIIConsolidation of Railroads 293
XVIIIHighway Transport 304
XIXWater Transport 317
XXAir Transport 332
XXIPipe-Line Transport 348
XXIISubsidies 355
Appendix
AMembers and Staff of Subcommittees of the Railroad Committee for the Study of Transportation 363
BReports of the Railroad Committee for the Study of
Transportation 372
Index 384
This volume summarizes the work accomplished in the past five years by the Railroad Committee for the Study of Transportation. By authority of the Board of Directors of the Association of American Railroads, this Committee was organized in 1942, charged with responsibility to make an exhaustive study of every phase of railroad activities, with a view to determining, so far as possible, what policies and programs should be adopted in the interest of the industry.
The Committee was organized under the able direction of one of our Vice-Presidents, Mr. R. V. Fletcher, who served as its Chairman. The Committee began its work by organizing fifteen subcommittees, each charged with responsibility for making a careful study of a particular subject.
One hundred and sixty reports have been issued and distributed to railroads members of the Association. These reports deal with Accounting and Statistics, Air Transport, Consolidations, Economic Study, Engineering and Mechanical Research, Finance, Highway Transport, Labor and Personnel, Legislation, Operating Methods and Procedures, Pipe Line Transport, Public Relations, Taxation, Traffic, and Water Transport.
These reports constitute by far the most comprehensive survey of railroad problems and activities that has ever been undertaken. The reports as a whole constitute a veritable encyclopedia of information, which can be used to advantage by railroad men in their daily work. Many of these reports deal with particular commodities, comprehending practically the whole of the freight tonnage of the railroads.
With the publication of this final volume, the work of the Committee comes to a close. It has been, indeed, a worthwhile undertaking. The reports have already been used by many railroads to good effect. As time goes on, their value will be increasingly manifest. That the railroad industry is alert to its obligations and opportunities, the work of this Committee amply and eloquently demonstrates.
Careful examination of this summary volume will disclose many aspects of the study which readers will desire to pursue in greater detail in the reports themselves.
To the Committee, the various subcommittees, the members of their staffs, and especially to Mr. Fletcher, whose untiring and intelligent direction of the Committee furnished impetus and inspiration for its work, the railroad industry expresses its deep and lasting appreciation.
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