Railroad bankruptcies and mergers from Chicago West 1975-2001: financial analysis and regulatory critique Conant, Michael

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Conant, Michael

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TextSeries: Research in Transportation ecoonomics vol.7Publication details: Amsterdam Jai Press 2004 Description: x, 154 pISBN:

9780762310791

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Summary: Two major U.S. Midwestern railroads, the Rock Island Lines and the Milwaukee Road, filed for bankruptcy after 1975 and the court ordered them dismembered. This study explains the economic factors causing financial failure such as total rail line excess capacity in the region leading to low density of freight traffic; in addition, Labour union rules required unnecessary large train crews. The regulations of the interstate commerce commission aggravated the economic problems by limiting rail line abandonment and mergers designed to improve efficiency. Congress passed the Staggers Act in 1980 to correct a large part of the regulatory limitations to efficient reorganization of the U.S. rail system, but it was too late to save the Rock Island and the Milwaukee Road.

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Two major U.S. Midwestern railroads, the Rock Island Lines and the Milwaukee Road, filed for bankruptcy after 1975 and the court ordered them dismembered. This study explains the economic factors causing financial failure such as total rail line excess capacity in the region leading to low density of freight traffic; in addition, Labour union rules required unnecessary large train crews. The regulations of the interstate commerce commission aggravated the economic problems by limiting rail line abandonment and mergers designed to improve efficiency. Congress passed the Staggers Act in 1980 to correct a large part of the regulatory limitations to efficient reorganization of the U.S. rail system, but it was too late to save the Rock Island and the Milwaukee Road.

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