Railway Track And Track Work Classic Reprint

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Download or read book American Railway Association written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-06 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from American Railway Association: Historical Statement, Present Activities, August 15, 1921 The American Railway Association had its inception in meetings of General Managers and ranking operating railway officials known as Time-Table Conventions, the first of which was held on October 1, 1872, at Louisville. The only business transacted at these sessions was the adoption of summer and winter time schedules for through passenger trains, until April, 1883, when the system of Standard Time was made effective, and the adoption of the report in 1883 covering uniform train signals referred to hereafter. The "Time-Table Meeting" of October 13, 1875, changed its name to the "General Time Convention" by which name it was known until October, 1891, when the name was changed again to the "American Railway Association." The Southern Railway Time Convention was consolidated with the General Time Convention in April, 1886. The scope of the American Railway Association was enlarged in January, 1919, and the following organizations have since that date been amalgamated therein: American Railway Master Mechanics' Association. American Railway Perishable Freight Association. Association of Railway Telegraph Superintendents.- Association of Transportation and Car Accounting Officers. Freight Claim Association. International Association of Railway Special Agents and Police. Master Car and Locomotive Painters' Association. Master Car Builders' Association. Railway Signal Association. Railway Storekeepers' Association. The present membership of the Association is as follows:712 railroads, operating 315, 340 miles. Included in the membership list are railroads located in Canada, Cuba, Japan, Mexico, Philippine Islands, Porto Rico, and Yucatan. There are included also in the membership of the Association 5 steamship companies, 1 express company, and 1 private car line. The Articles of Organization and By-laws now in effect are attached (Exhibit A); also, a chart showing the present organization (Exhibit B). Activities Among the many improved methods of operation developed through the cooperative efforts of the representatives of the railroads through the American Railway Association may be mentioned the following: Standard Time As a result of the concerted action of the Association the railroads of the United States and Canada, on November 18, 1883, put into practical adoption a detailed system of Standard Time, the distinctive features of which were the following: 1. It provided for an elastic instead of a rigid boundary line between the hour sections. 2. It designated every point upon the boundary lines where the change from one hour section to the other v;as to be made. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.