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Author : St. Clair Griffin Reed
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 840 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (38 download)
Download or read book A History of the Texas Railroads written by St. Clair Griffin Reed and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 840 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William R. Childs
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781585444526
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (445 download)
Download or read book The Texas Railroad Commission written by William R. Childs and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before OPEC took center stage, one state agency in Texas was widely believed to set oil prices for the world. The Texas Railroad Commission (TRC) evolved from its founding in 1891 to a multi-divisional regulatory commission that oversaw not only railroads but also a number of other industries central to the modern American economy: petroleum production, natural gas utilities, and motor carriers (buses and trucks). William R. Childs's unprecedented study of the TRC from its founding until the mid-twentieth century extends our knowledge of commission-style regulation. It focuses on the interplay between business and regulators, between state and national regulatory commissions, and among the three branches of government through a process of "pragmatic federalism." Drawing on extensive primary research, Childs demonstrates that the alleged power of regulatory commissions has been more constrained than most observers have recognized. As he shows, the myth of power was devised by the agency itself as part of building a civil religion of Texas oil. Together, the myth and the civil religion enabled the TRC to convince Texas oil operators to follow production controls and thus stabilized the American oil industry by the 1940s. The result of this fascinating study is a more nuanced understanding of federalism and of regulation, the forces shaping it, and its outcomes.
Author : St. Clair Griffin Reed
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 822 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (519 download)
Download or read book A History of the Texas Railroads written by St. Clair Griffin Reed and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 822 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David M. Bernstein
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439639981
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)
Download or read book Southern Pacific Railroad in Eastern Texas written by David M. Bernstein and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2011-03-14 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Southern Pacific Railroad and its predecessors served Texas from 1853 to 1996. Stretching from El Paso to the Louisiana border and from the Rio Grande Valley to the Red River, Southern Pacific opened up vast areas of the state to settlement by transporting people, building materials, and livestock. The railroad fueled Texas’s economy by moving oil, timber, agricultural commodities, coal, automobiles, petrochemicals, cement, steel, consumer goods, and myriad other products. It hauled the marble that built the state capitol in Austin and the materials to build the massive seawall in Galveston. Southern Pacific also played an important role in developing the ports of Beaumont, Galveston, Houston, and Corpus Christi. This book is a photographic record of Southern Pacific in eastern Texas during the 50-year period following World War II to the 1996 merger with the Union Pacific Railroad.
Author : Fred W. Frailey
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253045274
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)
Download or read book Last Train to Texas written by Fred W. Frailey and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2020-02-01 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Midnight train rides, head-on freight collisions—there is never a dull moment when it comes to trains. Take a look at America's biggest railroads and meet the thunderous personalities who operate them. In Last Train to Texas, author Fred W. Frailey examines the workings behind the railroad industry and captures incredible true stories along the way. Discover how men like William "Pisser Bill" F. Thompson swerve from financial ruin, bad merger deals, and cutthroat competition, all while racking up enough notoriety to inspire a poem titled "Ode to a Jerk." Bold, savvy, and ready for a friendly brawl, the only thing louder and more thrilling than these men are the trains that they handle. Come along with Frailey as he travels the world, one railroad at a time. Whether it's riding the Canadian Pacific Railway through a blizzard, witnessing a container train burglary in the Abo Canyon, or commemorating a poem to Limerick Junction in Dublin, Ireland, Frailey's journeys are rife with excitement and the occasional mishap. Filled with humorous anecdotes and thoughtful insights into the railroading industry, Last Train to Texas is an adventure in every sense of the word.
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ISBN 13 : 9780996970907
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (79 download)
Download or read book The Texas Railroad written by and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Richard K. Troxell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781556228810
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (288 download)
Download or read book Texas Trains written by Richard K. Troxell and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Texas is rich in railroad history starting with the Republic of Texa and railroading in Texas continues to thrive today. It's buried somewhere in Texas, a one of a kind 10 K missing train.
Author : Todd DeFeo
Publisher : The DeFeo Groupe, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1735110302
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (351 download)
Download or read book A Brief History of the Indiana, Alabama & Texas Railroad written by Todd DeFeo and published by The DeFeo Groupe, LLC. This book was released on 2020-08-31 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Indiana, Alabama & Texas Railroad emerged from a proposal to build a line between Mobile, Alabama, and Evansville, Indiana. Despite its grand plans, the railroad completed only about 30 miles of narrow gauge track from Clarksville, Tennessee, toward Princeton, Kentucky. The Louisville & Nashville Railroad purchased the railroad in 1886 and converted the line to standard gauge. The Louisville & Nashville abandoned the route, later known as the Clarksville & Princeton Branch, in May 1933, relegating it to the history books. Author Todd DeFeo recounts the captivating story of this largely forgotten railroad.
Author : Robert S. Maxwell
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 9781574410617
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (16 download)
Download or read book Whistle in the Piney Woods written by Robert S. Maxwell and published by University of North Texas Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Story of the founding of the Houston, East and West Texas Railroad, its symbiotic relationship with forests and the lumber industry and its role in the development of East Texas.
Author : Charles Shirley Potts
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Railroad Transportation in Texas written by Charles Shirley Potts and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michael A. Landis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780692990483
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (94 download)
Download or read book Show-Me Katy written by Michael A. Landis and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive, colorful look at the Missouri-Kansas-Texas "Katy" Railroad's route linking Parsons, Kansas with Sedalia, Missouri and St. Louis, Missouri. Also included are lines to El Dorado Springs; Moberly; Columbia; and Kansas City. With a special emphasis on the 1970s and 1980s, the book features more than 350 train photographs; detailed maps; and interviews with former employees. A town-by-town rundown highlights points of interest along the corridor, most of which became the Katy Trail State Park.
Author : Cary Franklin Poole
Publisher : The Overmountain Press
ISBN 13 : 9780932807878
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)
Download or read book A History of Railroading in Western North Carolina written by Cary Franklin Poole and published by The Overmountain Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this work, the most comprehensive of its kind, the author examines in engaging narrative and wonderful photography the development of the area’s complete railroading industry—Class 1 railroads, short lines, industrial and mining roads, and logging lines. Added to the textual histories are more than three hundred photographs and illustrations, including timetables and maps for most of the lines discussed.
Author : Murry Hammond
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467115746
Total Pages : 1 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (671 download)
Download or read book East Texas Logging Railroads written by Murry Hammond and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2016 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the first logging railroad was built in Jasper County in the 1870s, the virgin East Texas forest spread across a vast area the size of Indiana. That first eight-mile logging line heralded a boom era of lumbering and railroading that would last well into the 20th century. Before the era was over, thousands of miles of logging railroads would be built, and hundreds of communities would spring up along their routes. As times changed, the mills closed and nearly all of the early rail lines were abandoned, but most of the communities they helped establish survived those changes and thrive into the present day.
Author : J. Parker Lamb
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253005965
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)
Download or read book Railroads of Meridian written by J. Parker Lamb and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2012-07-05 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Lively, well-written and informative . . . It will be of great interest to fans of railroads in the deep South and their motive power and operations.” —Railfan & Railroad This generously illustrated narrative follows the evolution of dozens of separate railroads in the Meridian, Mississippi, area from the destruction of the town’s rail facilities in the 1850s through the current era of large-scale consolidation. Presently, there are only seven mega-size rail systems in the United States, three of which serve Meridian, making it an important junction on one of the nation’s four major transcontinental routes. The recent creation of a nationally prominent high-speed freight line between Meridian and Shreveport, the “Meridian Speedway,” has allowed the Union Pacific, Kansas City Southern, and Norfolk Southern railroads to offer the shortest rail route across the continent for Asia-US-Europe transportation. “This volume [is] an excellent presentation, in addition to being a railroad history story that ends on a positive, upbeat note.” —Michigan Railfan “An excellent contribution to the history of railroads in the South. Southern railroading in general has been a chronically neglected subject.” —Herbert H. Harwood, Jr., author of The Lake Shore Electric Railway Story “Chronicles Meridian’s intriguing 155-year history as a center of railroad activity.” —The Meridian Star
Author : Douglas L. Weiskopf
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738558844
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (588 download)
Download or read book Rails Around Houston written by Douglas L. Weiskopf and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Several railroads were chartered by the Republic of Texas, but the first line built was the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado, which began construction near the Port of Houston Turning Basin in 1851. The BBB&C would become the oldest segment of the countryas first transcontinental railroad under sole ownership: the Southern Pacificas Sunset Route, connecting New Orleans and Los Angeles and completed in 1883. By the time oil was discovered near Beaumont in 1901, Houston was such a transportation hub that it became the heart of the petrochemical industry. Houston saw narrow-gauge lines, two interurban lines, light rail, and even a monorail. For many years, the chamber of commerce proudly proclaimed that Houston was the place awhere seventeen railroads meet the sea.a More than 30 beautiful trains with names like Sunset Limited, Sunbeam, Sam Houston Zephyr, Twin Star Rocket, Bluebonnet, Texas Rocket, and Texas Chief would serve three depots.
Author : Teresa Van Hoy
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1461700310
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (617 download)
Download or read book A Social History of Mexico's Railroads written by Teresa Van Hoy and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2008-02-21 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Largely absent from our history books is the social history of railroad development in nineteenth-century Mexico, which promoted rapid economic growth that greatly benefited elites but also heavily impacted rural and provincial Mexican residents in communities traversed by the rails. In this beautifully written and original book, Teresa Van Hoy connects foreign investment in Mexico, largely in railroad development, with its effects on the people living in the isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico's region of greatest ethnic diversity. Students will be drawn to a fascinating cast of characters, as muleteers, artisans, hacienda peons, convict laborers, dockworkers, priests, and the rural police force (rurales) join railroad regulars in this rich social history. New empirical evidence, some drawn from two private collections, elaborates on the huge informal economy that supported railroad development. Railroad officials sought to gain access to local resources such as land, water, construction materials, labor, customer patronage, and political favors. Residents, in turn, maneuvered to maximize their gains from the wages, contracts, free passes, surplus materials, and services (including piped water) controlled by the railroad. Those areas of Mexico suffering poverty and isolation attracted public investment and infrastructure. A Social History of Mexico's Railroads is the dynamic story of the people and times that were changed by the railroads and is sure to engage students and general readers alike.
Author : Jonathan Kirk Gerland
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780970734709
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (347 download)
Download or read book Steam in the Pines written by Jonathan Kirk Gerland and published by . This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
