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  2. Rail transportation in the United States - Wikipedia

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    To preserve a declining freight rail industry, Congress passed the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973, sometimes called the "3R Act". The act was an attempt to salvage viable freight operations from the bankrupt Penn Central and other lines in the northeast, mid-Atlantic and Midwestern regions. [11]

  3. [61]: 352–96 Congress responded by enacting antitrust legislation to prohibit monopolies of railroads (and other industries), beginning with the Sherman Antitrust Act in 1890. [63] The Panic of 1893 was the largest economic depression in U.S. history at that time. It was the result of railroad overbuilding and shaky railroad financing, which ...

  4. List of railway companies - Wikipedia

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    TUVASAS (Turkish wagon industry) TULOMSAS (Turkish Locomotiveand Engines industry) TUDEMSAS (Turkish carriage wagon industry) EUROTEM (Railway Vehicles Industry and Trade Joint Stock Company) SİTAŞ (Sivas Sleeper Manufacturing Industry and Trade Joint Stock Company) RAYSİMAŞ (Rail Systems Engineering, Consultancy Joint Stock Company)

  5. List of rolling stock manufacturers - Wikipedia

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    Throughout railroad history, many manufacturing companies have come and gone. This is a list of companies that manufactured railroad cars and other rolling stock.Most of these companies built both passenger and freight equipment and no distinction is made between the two for the purposes of this list.

  6. List of railway industry occupations - Wikipedia

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    One man is holding a bar, while others are using rail tongs to position a rail. Photo published in 1917. This is a list of railway industry occupations, but it also includes transient functional job titles according to activity. [1]

  7. Rail transport - Wikipedia

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    The quick spread of railways throughout Europe and North America, following the 1830 opening of the first intercity connection in England, was a key component of the Industrial Revolution. The adoption of rail transport lowered shipping costs compared to water transport, leading to "national markets" in which prices varied less from city to city.

  8. List of common carrier freight railroads in the United States

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    LVR Railroad (LVR) Lapeer Industrial Railroad (LIRR) LaSalle Railway (LSRY) Laurinburg and Southern Railroad (LRS) Lehigh Valley Rail Management (LVRM) Little Kanawha River Railroad (LKRR) Little Rock and Western Railway (LRWN) Little Rock Port Authority Railroad (LRPA) Live Oak Railroad (LOR) Livonia, Avon and Lakeville Railroad (LAL) Longview ...

  9. Railroad classes - Wikipedia

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    Class III railroads are typically local shortline railroads serving a small number of towns and industries or hauling cars for one or more railroads; often, they once had been branch lines of larger railroads or even abandoned portions of main lines. Some Class III railroads are owned by railroad holding companies such as Genesee & Wyoming or ...