Timeline of Class I railroads (1930–1976)

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Timeline of Class I railroads edit
1910–1929  •  1930–1976  •  1977–present

The following is a brief history of the North American rail system, mainly through major changes to Class I railroads, the largest class by operating revenue.

Contents

1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976

References

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  2. 1 2 3 Moody's (1990), p. 286
  3. ↑ Moody's (1992), p. 234
  4. 1 2 Moody's (1976), p. 274
  5. 1 2 Moody's (1990), p. 277
  6. 1 2 ICC (1931)
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  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Christopher T. Baer, PRR Chronology (Pennsylvania Railroad Technical and Historical Society), accessed April 2009
  9. ↑ George C. Werner: Rock Island System from the Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved April 2009.
  10. ↑ ICC (1920), p. 437
  11. 1 2 3 George C. Werner: Burlington-Rock Island Railroad from the Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved April 2009.
  12. ↑ Oliphant's Earning Power of Railroads, 1946, p. 160
  13. ↑ ICC (1922)
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 6 ICC (1949)
  15. ↑ Oliphant's Earning Power of Railroads, 1946, pp. 191-192
  16. ↑ Moody's (1970), p. xli
  17. ↑ Moody's (1976), p. 755
  18. ↑ Moody's (1992), p. 257
  19. ↑ Moody's (1982), p. 83
  20. 1 2 ICC (1933)
  21. ↑ Oliphant's Earning Power of Railroads, 1946, pp. 361-362
  22. 1 2 3 ICC (1934)
  23. ↑ Howard C. Williams: Texas and New Orleans Railroad from the Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved April 2009.
  24. ↑ Moody's (1984), p. 647
  25. ↑ Moody's (1976), p. 261
  26. 1 2 3 ICC (1935)
  27. 1 2 3 ICC (1937)
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  30. ↑ Patricia L. Duncan: Fort Worth and Rio Grande Railway from the Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved April 2009.
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  32. 1 2 3 4 5 ICC (1939)
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  34. 1 2 Nancy Beck Young: Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf Railway from the Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved April 2009.
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  38. 1 2 H. Allen Anderson: Wichita Falls and Southern Railroad from the Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved April 2009.
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  41. 1 2 Moody's (1976), p. 407
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  43. ↑ ICC (1941)
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  48. 1 2 3 ICC (1943)
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  53. ↑ ICC (1942)
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  55. 1 2 Moody's (1986), p. 662
  56. ↑ Moody's (1982), p. 1260
  57. ↑ ICC (1926)
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  59. ↑ Moody's (1976), p. 604
  60. ↑ Moody's (1975), p. 131
  61. ↑ Moody's (1971), p. 357
  62. 1 2 Moody's (1988), p. 251
  63. ↑ ICC (1945)
  64. ↑ Moody's (1975), p. 141
  65. ↑ Moody's (1990), p. 205, 231
  66. ↑ Pennsylvania Railroad Board of Directors, Inspection of Physical Property, November 1948, pp. 122-128
  67. ↑ ICC (1920), p. 422
  68. 1 2 ICC (1946)
  69. ↑ R. A. LeMassena (1974). Rio Grande ... to the Pacific!. Sundance Publications. ISBN   0-913582-09-3., pp. 139, 149, 163
  70. 1 2 Moody's (1986), p. 89
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  72. ↑ Moody's (1976), p. 110
  73. ↑ Moody's (1985), p. 883
  74. 1 2 3 ICC (1947)
  75. 1 2 3 4 ICC (1948)
  76. ↑ Moody's (1976), p. 116
  77. 1 2 Moody's (1980), p. 788
  78. ↑ George C. Werner: Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway from the Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved April 2009.
  79. 1 2 3 Moody's (1984), p. 96
  80. 1 2 Moody's (1988), p. 237
  81. 1 2 ICC (1950)
  82. ↑ ICC (1936)
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  84. ↑ Moody's (1982), p. 33
  85. ↑ Chris Cravens: Wichita Valley Railway from the Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved April 2009.
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  87. ↑ Moody's (1975), p. 567
  88. ↑ Moody's (1976), p. 764
  89. ↑ ICC (1946, 1956)
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  91. ↑ Moody's (1992), pp. 257-258
  92. ↑ Moody's (1972), p. 37
  93. ↑ Moody's (1972), p. 98
  94. 1 2 3 4 Moody's (1992), p. 122
  95. 1 2 Moody's (1976), p. 1203
  96. ↑ ICC (1955, 1956)
  97. 1 2 3 Moody's (1984), p. 28
  98. ↑ Moody's (1985), p. 701
  99. 1 2 Moody's (1989), p. 30
  100. ↑ Moody's (1971), p. 102
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  102. ↑ Moody's (1969), p. 535
  103. ↑ Moody's (1976), p. 111
  104. ↑ ICC (1929, 1930)
  105. ↑ Moody's (1986), p. 746
  106. 1 2 Moody's (1972), p. 837
  107. ↑ Moody's (1976), p. 209
  108. ↑ Moody's (1989), p. 330
  109. ↑ Moody's (1988), p. 72
  110. 1 2 Moody's (1986), p. 663
  111. ↑ ICC (1963), p. 498
  112. ↑ ICC (1952), p. 152
  113. 1 2 Moody's (1982), p. 852
  114. ↑ David Minor: St. Louis, San Francisco and Texas Railway from the Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved April 2009.
  115. ↑ Moody's (1992), p. 407
  116. ↑ Moody's (1969), p. xxxvii
  117. 1 2 3 Moody's (1976), p. 656
  118. 1 2 ICC (1966)
  119. ↑ Moody's (1992), p. 258
  120. ↑ ICC (1964, 1965)
  121. ↑ Moody's (1975), p. xxx
  122. ↑ Moody's (1992), p. 97
  123. ↑ Moody's (1975), p. 566
  124. 1 2 3 Moody's (1976), p. 224
  125. ↑ Moody's (1992), p. 423
  126. ↑ Moody's (1990), p. 335
  127. ↑ Moody's (1980), p. 752
  128. ↑ Moody's (1992), p. 12
  129. ↑ Moody's (1984), p. 125
  130. 1 2 Moody's (1992), p. 539
  131. ↑ Moody's (1992), p. 203
  132. ↑ Moody's (1982), p. 711
  133. ↑ Moody's (1988), p. 298
  134. ↑ Moody's (1992), p. 415
  135. ↑ Moody's (1992), p. 32
  136. ↑ Lewis, p. 257
  137. ↑ Moody's (1986), p. 649
  138. ↑ ICC (1975, 1976)
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