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Title: Former Electrified Commuter Railroads: What Are Their Lessons?
Accession Number: 01373758
Record Type: Component
Record URL: Availability: Transportation Research Board Business Office 500 Fifth Street, NW Find a library where document is available Abstract: During the first third of the 20th century, 16 commuter rail operations in major North American metropolitan areas adopted electric traction. Ten of these electrifications survive. The other six were discontinued between 1929 and 1949, although parts of the alignments of some properties have been returned to regional transit use. With a comparison of the histories of the former electric railroads with those of operations that survived, the reasons for their discontinuance are investigated. Perhaps unexpectedly, the Great Depression does not solely account for the demise of most of these lines. Instead, major geographic barriers precluding direct downtown service and the construction of new highway links appear to have been at least as important. Furthermore, all surviving electrifications addressed practical operating needs. However, no installations undertaken as technological test beds or in response to competing lines have survived.
Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 01447505
Report/Paper Numbers: 12-1224
Language: English
Authors: Allen, John GLevinson, Herbert SPagination: pp 102–110
Publication Date: 2012
ISBN: 9780309223249
Media Type: Print
Features: References; Tables
TRT Terms: Geographic Terms: Subject Areas: History; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Railroads; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: Feb 8 2012 5:00PM
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