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While not much attention is given to today's railroad companies, it is certain that the railroad in the United States is still going just as strong as in its' historical heyday. As a matter of fact, the railroad is the oldest form of across land transportation in the history of the United States excepting the horse and wagon originally used by settlers in the establishing of the United States of America. Bibliography

Samson, William D. And Previts, Gary John (1995) Reporting for Success: The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and Management Information 1827-1856. Culverhouse College of Commerce. Online available at http://www.h-net.org/~business/bhcweb/publications/BEHprint/v028n2/p0235p0254.pdf

Reading Co." A Brief History (nd) Reading Company Technical & Historical Society,...

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Online available at http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,825855,00.html
Churella, Albert (2006) Saving the Railroad Industry to Death: The Interstate Commerce Commission, the Pennsylvania Railroad, and the Unfulfilled Promise of Rail-Truck Cooperation. Online available at http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~business/bhcweb/publications/BEHonline/200 6/churella.pdf

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Samson, William D. And Previts, Gary John (1995) Reporting for Success: The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and Management Information 1827-1856. Culverhouse College of Commerce. Online available at http://www.h-net.org/~business/bhcweb/publications/BEHprint/v028n2/p0235p0254.pdf

Reading Co." A Brief History (nd) Reading Company Technical & Historical Society, Online available at http://www.readingrailroad.org/reading/rdg_history.html.

Union Railroad (nd) Trainweb.org online available at http://www.trainweb.org/pt/union.html.

Central Railroad of New Jersery (nd) Trainweb.org online available at http://www.trainweb.org/pt/crnj.html
Make-Work Imperils Economic Growth (1959) Time & CNN 3 Aug 1959 Monday. Online available at http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,825855,00.html
Churella, Albert (2006) Saving the Railroad Industry to Death: The Interstate Commerce Commission, the Pennsylvania Railroad, and the Unfulfilled Promise of Rail-Truck Cooperation. Online available at http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~business/bhcweb/publications/BEHonline/200 6/churella.pdf


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