Word: railroads
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Railroad Museum, placed in the tiled-floor room when the Library was built, doesn't attempt to deal with the complete history of railroading. But it contains examples of rails dating back to the start of steam transportation, as well as exhibits like ancient passes and valuable sketches of actual engines...
...fares, effective at month's end, will make many rail fares double competing bus fares. For the first time, railroad coach fares in many cases will be more than airline fares, e.g., New York-Cleveland: $19.33 by rail...
...Eastern roads had persuasive arguments to prove that their plight was not their fault. With investors shying away from railroads the carriers had trouble financing major improvements, except what could be done out of earnings. Furthermore, the ironclad rules of the railway brotherhoods kept railroad costs high by featherbedding. Worse still, the railroads had suffered from too much regulation, notably, out-of-date rules intended to keep them from becoming transportation monopolies-something which the buses and airlines now prevent, anyway...
...When Railroad Juggler Robert R. Young started to unload his Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad stock early this year, a Chicago trio began to buy up his holdings. By last week, Young was out and the trio had gobbled up 25% of Rock Island stock, one of the largest single holdings of any major railroad...
...Charles Deere Wiman, president of the century-old John Deere Plow Co. and brother of Theatrical Producer Dwight Deere Wiman. Virtually unknown was spruce Henry Crown, 53, who took his place (with Norris) on the Rock Island's executive board last week, and began to help run the railroad...