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There's a detailed analysis (with facts and figures) on causes and consequences of governments choosing to subsidize automobiles and trucks and the effect this had on railroad passenger service in George W. Hilton and John F. Due's The Electric Interurban Railways in America. It concentrates on electric lines but has considerable data on steam roads. Norm From: "JK public@redtower.net [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> To: "CBQ@yahoogroups.com" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2016 11:00 AM Subject: [CBQ] Heyday of Railroads? Another question that came to mind while reading Corbin's book was the timeframe that could be considered railroad's most "prosperous" time. I think a lot of people might say the 1930s, but at that point in time rail and passenger service had already dropped and many small lines had shut down. At what point did railroads being to feel the loss of traffic & revenue due to automobiles/trucks? I'd just throw out a figure of around 100 years ago...1916, but interested in what others may have seen. Cheers! Jan Kohl www.castlegraphics.com __._,_.___ Posted by: Norm Metcalf <normmetcalf@yahoo.com> __,_._,___ |