COMPILATION OF EXECUTIVE SUMMARIES. EXECUTIVE SUMMARIES OF SEVEN ISSUE PAPERS IN THE STUDY OF RAIL MERGERS AND CONSOLIDATIONS

This paper is a compilation of the Executive Summaries of a series of seven issue papers: Service (Report 1); Impact on Other Carriers (2); Labor Impact (3); Environmental and Community Impact (4); Role of Government (5); Defense (6); and Alternatives to Merger (7). These papers have been prepared to review the advantages and disadvantages of mergers, to identify the principal problems involved; and to propose solutions to the problems identified.

• Corporate Authors:

  Interstate Commerce Commission

  Rail Services Planning Office
  Washington, DC  United States  20423
• Publication Date: 1977-8-2

Media Info

• Pagination: 30 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bankruptcy; Collective bargaining; Competition; Consolidations; Environmental impacts; Industry structure; Joint use; Mergers; Military shipments; Socioeconomic factors; Trackage rights; Traffic managers; Transportation policy
• Identifier Terms: Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976; U.S. Interstate Commerce Commission
• Uncontrolled Terms: Shippers
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Old TRIS Terms: Joint facilities; Military traffic; National transportation policies
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Environment; Finance; Freight Transportation; Policy; Railroads; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00165092
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 23 1977 12:00AM