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Hardcover Amtrak, America's Railroad: Transportation's Orphan and Its Struggle for Survival Book

ISBN: 025306063X

ISBN13: 9780253060631

Amtrak, America's Railroad: Transportation's Orphan and Its Struggle for Survival

Discover the story of Amtrak, America's Railroad, 50 years in the making.

In 1971, in an effort to rescue essential freight railroads, the US government founded Amtrak. In the post-World War II era, aviation and highway development had become the focus of government policy in America. As rail passenger services declined in number and in quality, they were simultaneously driving many railroads toward bankruptcy. Amtrak was intended...

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