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Author : St. Clair Griffin Reed
Release : 1941
Genre : Railroads
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Book Synopsis A History of the Texas Railroads by : St. Clair Griffin Reed
Download or read book A History of the Texas Railroads written by St. Clair Griffin Reed. This book was released on 1941. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : St. Clair Griffin Reed
Release : 1941
Genre : Railroads
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : /5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis A History of the Texas Railroads by : St. Clair Griffin Reed
Download or read book A History of the Texas Railroads written by St. Clair Griffin Reed. This book was released on 1941. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Hugh Hemphill
Release : 2006
Genre : Railroads
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Book Rating : 395/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Railroads of San Antonio and South Central Texas by : Hugh Hemphill
Download or read book The Railroads of San Antonio and South Central Texas written by Hugh Hemphill. This book was released on 2006. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Toyota scouted the nation in 2002 for a new plant location, a San Antonio site?s proximity to two rail lines clinched the decision. It was the city?s greatest economic breakthrough in recent years. Of even greater effect was arrival of the first railroad a century and a quarter earlier, launching the region?s first major growth.These are among the landmark events outlined in The Railroads of San Antonio and South Central Texas, the first general interest book to sort out the regional operations and impact of seven rail lines: the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio/Southern Pacific; International & Great Northern/Missouri Pacific; San Antonio & Aransas Pass; San Antonio & Gulf Shore/San Antonio & Gulf; Missouri?Kansas?Texas; Artesian Belt/San Antonio Southern; and the San Antonio, Uvalde & Gulf. There is a closing chapter on Amtrak and the Union Pacific.Written by Hugh Hemphill, longtime director of the Texas Transportation Museum in San Antonio, this lavishly-illustrated book is vital to understanding the evolution of an important link in the nation?s transportation system.Included are five appendices that codify data, ranging from an index of towns and the railroads serving them to a listing of surviving depots to a summary of regional railroad museums and tourist railroads.
Author : Fred W. Frailey
Release : 2020-02-01
Genre : Transportation
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Book Rating : 274/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Last Train to Texas by : Fred W. Frailey
Download or read book Last Train to Texas written by Fred W. Frailey. This book was released on 2020-02-01. 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.
Author : William R. Childs
Release : 2005
Genre : Business & Economics
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Book Rating : 526/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Texas Railroad Commission by : William R. Childs
Download or read book The Texas Railroad Commission written by William R. Childs. This book was released on 2005. 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.
