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	United States History - Printer-friendly - MSN Encarta
		But Germany continued its attacks, and the United States found out about a secret message, the Zimmermann telegram, in which the German government proposed an alliance with Mexico and discussed the possibility of Mexico regaining territory lost to the United States.
		The United States never joined the League of Nations, started in 1919, and signed a separate peace treaty with Germany in 1921.
		In the United States, fears of radicalism, horror at Soviet bolshevism, and the impact of wartime hysteria led to a second blast of attacks on radicals.
	encarta.msn.com /text_1741500823___129/United_States_(History).html (1907 words)

	United States Railroad Administration - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Over 100,000 railroad cars and 1,930 steam locomotives were ordered at a cost of $380 million, all of new USRA standard designs, which were up-to-date and standardized types, designed to be the best that could be produced to replace much outdated equipment.
		On March 21, the Railroad Control Act became law; it guaranteed the return of the railroads to their former owners within 21 months of a peace treaty, and guaranteed that their properties would be handed back in at least as good a condition as when they were taken over.
		It is estimated that the USRA and the nationalizing of the American railroads between December 28, 1918, and March 1, 1920, cost the United States government $1.12 billion dollars, which was a huge amount of money back then (approximately $15 billion in 2003 dollars, adjusted for inflation).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_States_Railroad_Administration (1622 words)

	FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION : PRESS ROOM
		Railroads were the largest hotel keepers with sleeping cars run by the Pullman company and purchased all kinds of other products.
		The railroads were the first and chief means by which the United States could absorb millions of immigrants each year.
		When there was only one railroad company between a farm town and a larger city or town, that railroad had no competing company and would charge "whatever the customer could bear" or a much higher price.
	www.fra.dot.gov /us/content/1408 (3181 words)

	United States Control
		To state in a word the history of Government control over New York canals it may be said that apparently the transportation lines were operated solely for the benefit of the railroads and that private companies were in effect excluded from the canal because no one under existing circumstances would compete with the Federal government.
		Unlike the administration of the railroads the Federal government did not guarantee the payment of dividends nor provide for the upkeep of the property, nor in fact did it assume any financial obligation whatsoever connected directly with the canal itself.
		He considered, moreover, that the general merchandise service which the railroad administration had inaugurated at his suggestion was a long step toward bringing home to the citizens of the state the advantages of waterway transportation.
	www.history.rochester.edu /canal/bib/whitford/1921/CHAP15.html (6009 words)

	USRP Badges - Railroadiana Online
		Thus when a question regarding a "United States Railroad Police" badge was recently posted to our question board, some collectors were skeptical.
		Most railroad collectors and historians are familiar with the United States Railroad Administration or USRA, the governmental organization that took over US railroads during World War One, but the United States Railroad Police is virtually unknown.
		According to the documentation of the USRA, the United States Railroad Police only lasted two years, and W.J. Flynn of the US Secret Service (NY Field Office) was appointed as Director at a salary of $7,500 a year.
	www.railroadiana.org /badges/pgBadges_USRP.php (472 words)

	California State Railroad Museum Foundation - The Railroad Stations of Sacramento, Part II
		Passenger trains especially were well patronized; the railroads had done an excellent job during the past two decades of convincing folks to "see America first." In this age before freeways and jet airplanes, long distance travel was synonymous with trains—and Americans wanted to travel.
		Just before America’s railroads were nationalized in 1917, the SP had agreed to look into the matter of replacing its 1879 Victorian Gothic structure.
		Four years later, shortly after the United States Railroad Administration (USRA) was dissolved, planning was revived for a new depot to serve trains of the mighty Espee in Sacramento.
	www.csrmf.org /doc.asp?id=309 (2723 words)

	California State Railroad Museum Foundation - River City Depots
		When railroad historians and enthusiasts think of passenger stations, often their interests are limited to specific types and timeframes.
		The railroad’s owners knew this could not handle the expected traffic, especially since completion of the Transcontinental Railroad was imminent.
		The new railroad and its depot opened to considerable local fanfare because of the simple reason that the WP was not controlled by the Central Pacific/Southern Pacific railroads, and thus competition seemed likely.
	www.californiastaterailroadmuseum.org /doc.asp?id=145 (1822 words)

	Guide to Federal Records - Records of the United States Railroad Administration [USRA]
		Functions: Operated such railroads, coastwise steamship lines, inland waterways, and telephone and telegraph companies as were seized by the government in the interest of national defense.
		Railroads and other seized carriers were returned to private control on March 1, 1920, under terms of the Transportation Act (41 Stat.
		USRA functions thereafter concerned with liquidation and final settlement of accounts.
	www.archives.gov /research/guide-fed-records/groups/014.html (1130 words)

	NP Ry. Auburn, 1918. From Railway to Railroad...
		The United States Railroad Administration had been organized under an act of Congress back in March of 1917, to be enacted only if the railroad situation worsened.
		The railroad men would put up a sign showing boxcars, each to be filled in as the money was collected, with cars being added to fill the train out, reaching Auburn's hoped-for quota of nearly $20 per person in the process.
		The return to normalcy was accompanied by news from Washington, D. From the USRA came an order directing that American railroads, beginning in December, were to begin paying their employees just like the rest of the nation's industries, twice a month.
	home.netcom.com /~whstlpnk/torailroad.html (7616 words)

	Walthers Model Railroad Mall -- product information page for 187-249
		Following the federal takeover of the nation's railroads in late 1917, the United States Railroad Administration (USRA) began developing standardized locos-a radical idea at the time-to create a national pool of engines that could be operated anywhere they were needed.
		While 233 were built under USRA control, the design proved to be popular and over 900 copies were built with minor variations.
		Some 27 different railroads owned heavy "Mikes," many of which were later upgraded and rebuilt, and served until the end of steam.
	www.walthers.com /exec/productinfo/187-249 (184 words)

	Michael Heavener: What does EX mean?
		Some of it goes with minutiae-oriented railroad micro-management, and some is uniquely a characteristic of railroad aficionados.
		The Jachsonville, Kallem, Linderton and Marshall (JKLandM) resulted from the 1918 reorganization of FGandHI by the United States Railroad Administration (USRA) to meet impending traffic demands of the incipient World War I. It was still owned by the same financiers but managed by people who understood how to haul cargo for profit.
		The same year, the railroad began catering to the growing tourist trade, running excursions pulled by the perky little Ten-Wheeler on a six-mile branch with balloon loops at each end.
	www.heavenr.com /railroad/whatsex.html (1224 words)

	Rail
		The DuPage Railroad Safety Council is a non-for-profit organization made up of railroad officials, government officials, engineers, educators and private citizens who have a deep concern for safety at railroad crossings.
		In-service railroad test operational experience for locomotives equipped with alerting lights, used in combination with the standard headlight, was also evaluated in terms of capital costs, maintenance, operational concerns, and accident data.
		Nationwide in-service railroad test operational experience for freight cars equipped with a selected pattern of retroreflective material was also evaluated in terms of degradation of brightness, operational concerns, capital costs, maintenance, and accident data.
	www.photocop.com /rail.htm (5385 words)

	A Bibliography of Kansas Railroads
		Title: Memorial of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad company, to the Senate and House of representatives of the state of Kansas.
		Author: Gage, Norris L. Title: The relations of Kansas railroads to the state of Kansas.
		Author: Glaab, Charles Nelson, 1927- Title: Kansas City and the railroads : communitry policy in the growth of a regional metropolis / by Charles N. Glaab.
	www.kancoll.org /research/kanrails.htm (1323 words)

	Federal Transit Administration (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		FTA is one of 10 modal administrations within the U.S. Department of Transportation.
		Headed by an Administrator who is appointed by the President of the United States, FTA functions through a Washington, DC, headquarters office and 10 regional offices which assist transit agencies in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa.
		The Federal Transit Administration administers federal funding to support a variety of locally planned, constructed, and operated public transportation systems throughout the U.S., including buses, subways, light rail, commuter rail, streetcars, monorail, passenger ferry boats, inclined railways, and people movers.
	www.fta.dot.gov (263 words)

	History of the NHRR
		The New Haven Railroad was formed in 1872 when the New York and New Haven and Hartford and New Haven railroads were merged together to form the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company.
		The various 'war emergency' protections afforded the railroad by the USRA and the great influx of military related business put the New Haven back on its feet again.
		The short-lived and controversial administration of president Patrick McGinnis, which commenced during April 1954 and was over in January 1956, put the New Haven through a comprehensive corporate image design project which gave the railroad a new 'NH' logo and red, white, and fl corporate color scheme.
	www.nhrhta.org /htdocs/history.htm (1192 words)

	Passenger Cars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The 4070 was built by American Locomotive (builders #60310) in Schenectady, NY for the Grand Trunk Western railroad.
		It is a USRA (United States Railroad Administration), light Mikado-type with a 2-8-2 wheel arrangement.
		There are two small wheels on the pony truck in front; eight large (63 inch) driving wheels in the middle, and two smaller wheels underneath the cab.
	www.midwestrailway.org /engines/4070.html (321 words)

	Links to Railroad History Resources, Railroad History Archives, Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of ...
		The New Jersey State Archives (http://www.njarchives.org/) holds the records of many railroad companies that ran in the state.
		The Florida Gulf Coast Railroad Museum, Inc., was founded in 1981 to acquire, protect, preserve and operate interesting and historic examples of railroad rolling stock, artifacts, and other aspects of railroad history, with emphasis on railroads that served the state of Florida.
		Railroads represented include the Grand Trunk Western Railway, the Michigan Central Railroad, New York Central Railroad, and the Boyne City, Gaylord & Alpena Railroad.
	railroads.uconn.edu /links.htm (1399 words)

	America on the Move \| Railway clerks union button
		American railroads were one of the nation's first big businesses, and, as such, workers joined the new industrial order in its infancy.
		By the 1920s, railroad workers were organized into both independent unions and into those that were affiliated with the American Federation of Labor.
		Craft unions in the early 20th century often excluded women and people of color from their membership rolls and most railroad unions followed the conventions of the day, restricting membership to white males.
	americanhistory.si.edu /onthemove/collection/object_188.html (362 words)

	Genealogy Research
		The Railroad Retirement Board, like the Social Security Administration, was not established until the mid-1930's, and it began maintaining its own records of all covered rail service in 1937.
		If a person was not actually working for a railroad after 1936, he or she would not be listed in these records.
		The Board's records are kept by the railroad employee's social security number (SSN) and a person's SSN often appears on his or her death certificate.
	www.rrb.gov /mep/genealogy.asp (817 words)

	THOMAS F. DOYLE: An Inventory of His Papers Relating to the Order of Railroad Telegraphers at the Minnesota Historical ...
		He arrived in the United States in the late 1880s or early 1890s, and was employed on the Grand Trunk Railway in Michigan at the time he joined the ORT on November 18, 1890.
		The basic structural unit of the ORT was the subordinate (system) division, each of which included all of the Order's members employed on a given railroad system.
		There are form directives from the United States Railroad Administration (1918), and letters concerning Doyle's retirement (1934) and his career as a telegrapher (1954).
	www.mnhs.org /library/findaids/P0009.html (762 words)

	Indiana Transportation Museum - Equipment - Nickel Plate No. 587 Steam Engine
		Operations of the three railroads were consolidated during the next two years and a systemwide renumbering program was adopted for locomotives and rolling stock.
		This versatile and universally successful locomotive design was utilized in both freight and passenger service on railroads throughout the United States, and its design elements ultimately served as the basis of larger, more powerful locomotives built during the final three decades of steam locomotive construction in this country.
		Of the 625 USRA light Mikados constructed between 1918 and 1920, No. 587 is one of only six known to exist in 1984, and of its original group of 15 it is the sole survivor.
	www.itm.org /equipment/nkp_587.htm (806 words)

	PRR Class G24 gondolas
		The PRR received 750 of these cars in total, (500 from lines west, 50 from the GR&I and 200 from the LIRR.) 200 of the lines west's cars were transferred to the LIRR in late 1924.
		The cars were built with K brakes but were later retrofitted with AB brakes and some of the rebuilt cars ran into the 60's with one car still on the roster as late as 1963.
		Cars 5700-5796 were purchased during 1924 from the Pennsylvania Railroad where they had been owned by various subsidiaries.
	prr.railfan.net /freight/classpage.html?class=G24 (340 words)

	RR Museum of PA -
		Ferguson, the Supreme Court ruled that passengers on railroad cars could be racially segregated and, by extension, in public facilities.
		Pennsylvania Railroad Atlantic Class Locomotive No. 460 races a plane carrying newsreel films of Charles Lindbergh's triumphal welcome in Washington, DC, and gets the films to Broadway theaters before the plane.
		This locomotive is on display at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania.
	www.rrmuseumpa.org /education/historytimeline3.htm (487 words)

	Berkshires & Kanawhas
		This new 2-8-4 locomotive was sent to the Boston and Albany Railroad by Lima in the early spring of 1925 for test on that railroad.
		This locomotive was later shipped to the Illinois Central Railroad as part of its order for fifty "Berkshires" and became Illinois Central road number 7049.
		Notably among them were the Boston and Albany Railroad, the Chesapeake and Ohio, the Erie Railroad, the Illinois Central Railroad, the Nickel Plate Road and the Pere Marquette Railroad.
	www.steamlocomotive.com /berkshire (547 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online:
		John Bayly Payne, vice president of the Texas and Pacific Railway, was born in March 1872 in Bowling Green, Kentucky, the son of George Bayly and Emma Fox (Fleenor) Payne.
		After graduating from Ogden College in Bowling Green he began his railroad career in the mechanical department of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad at Topeka, Kansas.
		Payne rose through various ranks of railroad work to traffic manager and vice president of eight Texas railroads, including the Texas and New Mexico, the Pecos Valley Southern, and the Weatherford, Mineral Wells and Northwestern.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/PP/fpa58.html (281 words)

	WHMC-Rolla -- R096 -- Information Sheet
		This is a monthly record of revenues and expenses of the Sapulpa and Oil Field Railroad.
		The Sapulpa and Oil Field Railroad was built in 1915-1916 to tap the Cushing oil field, one of the largest pools in Oklahoma.
		Upon the discovery of oil, attempts were made to induce the then St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Company to build a branch from its main line at Depew to Shamrock, a distance of almost nine miles.
	web.umr.edu /~whmcinfo/shelf4/r096/info.html (279 words)

	USUSC MSS 163: Utah-Idaho Central Railroad Co., Providence Station Papers
		These papers consist of freight tariff publications from the United States Railroad Administration, daily abstracts and balance sheets, waybills, and a memorandum for cash book.
		Box 1 contains the United States Railway Administration circulars which concern freight tariffs that are geographically specific and contain detailed charges for different types of freight, such as cement, livestock, and canned goods.
		The papers that comprise this collection were found in an abandoned building in Logan and had received water damage prior to their donation to Utah State University.
	library.usu.edu /Specol/manuscript/collms163.html (446 words)

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