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Conrail Bought by CSX

their services. Across the industry, operating ratio "(defined as the ratio of operating expenses to operating revenues...)" (Mil...

First World War and the Use of Railroads

railways were so relatively new that strategists had yet to really utilize their usefulness. With these basic elements in mind the...

Southern Slaves and Freedom Songs

followed the North Star in the Big Dipper to get oriented on which direction to travel (Curtis 34). Hidden within the lyrics of ...

Transportation Handouts and Railroads

In three pages this paper discusses the practice of government handouts to the railroad and other transportation industries since ...

Humor in the Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne / Humor Through Characterization and Contrast

In six pages this paper examines how humor is employed for contrast and in characterization in the 4 stories 'Mrs. Bullfrog,' 'Mr....

Multicultural Writing and Exile

In seven pages th is paper discusses how exile is thematically developed in such multicultural writings as Goodbyes by Pablo Nerud...

Federal Government's Morill Act Land Grants

In four pages this paper discusses the U.S. federal government's nineteenth century land grants with the two Morill Acts for railr...

Military Strategic Changes Attributed to Railroads

In six pages this paper discusses the changes in military strategy in the United States that resulted from railroads in a consider...

Scandalous Presidency of Ulysses Grant

he was seventeen his father, evidently sensing the need for a change in direction, enrolled him in the military academy at West Po...

Railroads of China

In five pages the significance of Chinese railroads on the country's industrial development is examined. Six sources are cited in...

Film Reviews and Business History

In eighteen pages film reviews consisting of seven reactions and summaries of approximately two and a half pages each consider suc...

Harriet Tubman's Life and Activism

In five pages this paper discusses the life of Harriet Tubman, her life as a slave and her activism such as her Underground Railro...

Process of Collective Bargaining

In six pages the collective bargaining process is explored with the primary focus being the early 1990s negotiations involving the...

Overview of Chinese Americans

In seven pages Chinese Americans are considered in terms of their American historical significance with political struggles and ra...

Pullman, Illinois and George Pullman

In five page this paper examines the town of Pullman, Illinois in a consideration of whether or not its construction satisfied the...

Industrial Urban Recycling Areas

In five pages this paper considers how to revitalize such areas as Durham, North Carolina's tobacco warehouses, Knoxville Tennesse...

Africa and Profit From Slave Trade

(Shillington 20). Tunde Obadina, director of Africa Business Information Services, asserts that the "vast majority of slaves tak...

The Myths of Westward Expansion

that the Anglo Americans were superior to the Natives. They believed that they had the power, and the right, to take over land. Wi...

COST CONSIDERATIONS AND THE RAILROAD INDUSTRY

(Traffic World, 2008). This was down from 2005, which was 12.2% (Traffic World, 2008). Another factor to consider when it ...

THE THROW-AWAY WORKER: USE (AND ABUSE) OF CHINESE IMMIGRANTS IN DEVELOPING CANADA'S RAILROADS - AN OUTLINE

the immigrants were considered expendable when it came to building the railroads. History of Canadas Railroads Much of th...

REGULATORY AND ORGANIZATIONAL OVERSIGHT OF GROUND TRANSPORTATION

resulting in more than 6,000 injuries and 900 deaths. Why hasnt more been done on the ground transportation network front...

The Abolition Movement

also mean they would have to pay higher taxes, but they were willing to do so (Ratification debate on the U.S. Constitution). The ...

Siebert: The Underground Railroad from Slavery to Freedom

the Railroad, which would probably have delighted him no end (Quarles, p. 145). Seibert also does something else that has largely ...

Ousmane: “God’s Bits of Wood”

earliest in 1881, and again in 1920, 1925, and 1938; the strike that Sembene uses in his novel is the one that took place in 1947 ...

Tennessee Folklore: The Ghost Lights of Chapel Hill

his lantern, as he searches for his lost head" (Brown). In addition to the lights, some people have reported UFOs in the sky; oth...

Changes for the NMB

The NMB is the Board that mediates labor disputes in the airline and railroad industries. The Board was established 1934 Amendment...

The National Railroad Passenger Corporation

The Inspector General for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation is a separate and independent organization. Its purpose is t...

Railroad Accidents

The general public does not know how many train accidents really happen. There are far more than most of us know. The big ones get...

American Cultural Connection and 'The Celestial Railroad' by Nathaniel Hawthorne

In six pages this paper examines how American culture is reflected in this short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Eight sources are ...

'Nightmare of History'

In three pages this paper examines the observation by J. Baldwin that James Joyce 'is right about history being a nightmare--But i...