CONGRESSIONAL SYMPOSIUM RAILROADS--1977 AND BEYOND: PROBLEMS AND PROMISES (BACKGROUND MATERIAL)

This background material provides relevant material for a two-day Congressional symposium on Railroads. It is not intended to be comprehensive but is selected on the basis of its relevance to the topics of the Symposium. The material has generally been organized to provide basic statistics relevant to railroads, railroad employment, general industry analysis, regulatory reform, Conrail, electrification prospects and a directory of key people and organizations along with a glossary of common railroad terms.

• Corporate Authors:

  United States House of Representatives

  Subcommittee on Transportation and Commerce
  Washington, DC  United States  20515
• Publication Date: 1977

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: 275 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Competition; Deficits; Deregulation; Energy consumption; Financial capital; Forecasting; Industry structure; Legislation; Marketing; Personnel; Pricing; Productivity; Profitability; Railroad electrification; Statistics; Traffic managers; Transportation modes
• Identifier Terms: Conrail; Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976
• Uncontrolled Terms: Shippers
• Old TRIS Terms: Energy intensiveness
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Data and Information Technology; Energy; Law; Railroads; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00168099
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: United States House of Representatives
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 13 1978 12:00AM