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• Framework for predicting external impacts of railroad abandonment : final report (Washington, D.C. : Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary, Office of University Research, 1974., 1974), by Thomas J. Humphrey, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and United States. Department of Transportation. Office of University Research (page images at HathiTrust)
• Availability and use of abandoned rights of way. Task 1: alternate use suitability criteria. Final report. (1977), by S. Sieczkowski, J. Krauss, and S. Bysshe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Availability and use of abandoned rights of way. Task 2: inventory of abandoned rights of way. Final report. (1977), by S. Sieczkowski (page images at HathiTrust)
• Availability and use of abandoned rights of way. Task 3: the rail banking concept. Final report. (1977), by L. Marston, S. Beresford, and A. Waldo (page images at HathiTrust)
• Availability and use of abandoned rights of way. Task 4: A. survey of federal programs. B. survey of state and local programs. (1977), by G. O'Donahoe, C. Franz-Goldman, B. Green, B. Schwartz, S. Stoddart, V. Alexander, A. Borst, R. Bowen, A. Damsgaard, and D. Garson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Availability and use of abandoned rights of way. Task 4: case studies of railroad abandonments. Final report. (1977), by G. O'Donahoe, R. Bowen, C. Franz-Goldman, B. Green, B. Schwartz, S. Stoddart, V. Alexander, A. Borst, A. Damsgaard, and D. Garson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Automobile scrappage and recycling industry study - overview report. Final report. (1977), by Robert Kaiser, R. P. Wasson, and A. C. W. Daniels (page images at HathiTrust)
• Identification of approaches for the control of health, environmental, and safety hazards associated with air bag use and disposal. Final report. (1979) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Abandoned housing research: a compendium. (For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1973), by United States. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (page images at HathiTrust)

• Housing management, foreclosures, and abandonments hearing before the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, United States Senate, Ninety-fourth Congress, first session ... Chicago, July 14, 1975. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1975), by Housing United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking (page images at HathiTrust)

• Offshore oil and gas operations site clearance and rig disposal : hearing before the Subcommittees on Oceanography, Gulf of Mexico, and the Outer Continental Shelf and Fisheries Management of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, first session ... June 29, 1993 (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1993), by Gulf of Mexico United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Oceanography and United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Fisheries Management (page images at HathiTrust)

• Abandonment rates of the known domestic oil resource (Bartlesville Project Office, U.S. Dept. of Energy ;, 1989), by United States. Dept. of Energy. Bartlesville Project Office (page images at HathiTrust)

• Framework for predicting external impacts of railroad abandonment : final report (Washington, D.C. : Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary, Office of University Research, 1974., 1974), by Thomas J. Humphrey, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and United States. Department of Transportation. Office of University Research (page images at HathiTrust)
• A reexamination of the Amtrak route structure : preliminary report to Congress and the public (The Department, 1978), by United States. Department of Transportation (page images at HathiTrust)
• Railroad abandonments and alternatives : report on effects outside the Northeastern Region : report of the Secretary of Transportation to the United States Congress pursuant to Section 904 of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Act of 1976. (U.S. Dept. of Transportation, 1976), by United States. Department of Transportation (page images at HathiTrust)
• A methodology for evaluating the impact of railroad abandonment on rural highways : final report (Purdue University, 1976), by Lynn O. Purnell, Indiana. State Highway Commission (1961-1981), Purdue University. School of Civil Engineering, and Joint Highway Research Project (Ind.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Light traffic railway lines : abandonment policy and alternatives to abandonment (College of Commerce and Business Administration, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1974), by John Fitzgerald Due (page images at HathiTrust)
• Effects of railroad abandonment on the modal distribution of traffic and on related costs (Dept. of Transportation, Office of Transportation Systems Analysis and Information ;, 1977), by H. B. Weinblatt, Donald E. Matzzie, Consad Research Corporation, and United States. Dept. of Transportation. Office of Transportation Systems Analysis and Information (page images at HathiTrust)
• Survey of conditions of tracks on lines proposed for abandonment (The Dept., 1949), by Pacific Electric Railway Company and California Public Utilities Commission. Transportation Department (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Analysis and evaluation of past experience in rationalizing railroad networks : October, 1974, final report (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1975), by James Sloss, Forrest N. Krutter, Thomas J. Humphrey, and United States. Department of Transportation. Office of University Research (page images at HathiTrust)
• Illinois rail abandonment impact. (The Commission, 1974), by Illinois. Commission for Economic Development (page images at HathiTrust)
• Local rail service : the state experience (Washington, D.C. : Congressional Research Service, 1980., 1980), by John W. Fischer and Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service (page images at HathiTrust)
• Studies on the economic impact of railway abandonment and service discontinuance. (Washington, D.C., 1965), by United States. Office of Transportation, Boston University. Bureau of Business Research, and W.B. Saunders Company (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• The Illinois statewide trail user study : final report (Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, Illinois Chapter, 1990), by Paul H. Gobster, Minn.) North Central Forest Experiment Station (Saint Paul, and Rails-to-Trails Conservancy. Illinois Chapter (page images at HathiTrust)
• Illinois rail abandonment impact. (The Commission, 1974), by Illinois. Commission for Economic Development (page images at HathiTrust)

• Abandoned railroads in Maine; their potential for trail use. (Dept. of Parks & Recreation], 1973), by Arnold S. Biondi, Frederick W. Lyman, and Maine. Dept. of Parks and Recreation. Planning & Research Division (page images at HathiTrust)

• Effect of Midwest flooding on rail transportation : hearing before the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, first session, September 23, 1993. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1994), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials (page images at HathiTrust)

• Minnesota railroad line abandonment study : a report to the Legislature. (Railroad Planning Management Committee, Minnesota State Planning Agency, 1976), by Minnesota State Planning Agency. Railroad Planning Management Committee (page images at HathiTrust)

• Framework for predicting external impacts of railroad abandonment : final report (Washington, D.C. : Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary, Office of University Research, 1974., 1974), by Thomas J. Humphrey, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and United States. Department of Transportation. Office of University Research (page images at HathiTrust)
• A guide for public participation in rail abandonment cases under the interstate commerce act (Office of Public Assistance, 1986), by J. Carol Brooks, Samuel Ewer Eastman, Samuel J. Lebowich, and United States. Interstate Commerce Commission. Office of Public Assistance (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Consolidated Rail Corporation : hearing before a subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, first session, October 17, 1977. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off. :, 1977), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Government Activities and Transportation Subcommittee (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hearing on HR 2438, and HR 1995 (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1998), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Resources. Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands (page images at HathiTrust)
• The impact of U.S. railroad abandonment on domestic mineral industries (U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Mines :, 1980), by Ronald F. Balazik (page images at HathiTrust)
• Issues related to preserving inactive rail lines as trails (The Office, 1999), by United States General Accounting Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• The impact of U.S. railroad abandonment on domestic mineral industries (U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Mines :, 1980), by Ronald F. Balazik (page images at HathiTrust)
• Influences affecting the abandonment of Class II railroads (College of Commerce and Business Administration, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1976), by John Fitzgerald Due and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. College of Commerce and Business Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Light traffic lines and railway abandonment (College of Commerce and Business Administration, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1976), by John Fitzgerald Due and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. College of Commerce and Business Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Light traffic railway lines : abandonment policy and alternatives to abandonment (College of Commerce and Business Administration, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1974), by John Fitzgerald Due (page images at HathiTrust)
• Local rail service : the state experience (Washington, D.C. : Congressional Research Service, 1980., 1980), by John W. Fischer and Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service (page images at HathiTrust)

• Short line railroad operations as an alternative to loss of rail service : pros and cons. (Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation, 1975), by John Fitzgerald Due, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Department of Economics, and Wisconsin. Department of Transportation (page images at HathiTrust)

• Priority list of abandoned railroad lines having rights-of-way that may be developed for public transportation purposes (California Dept. of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning, 1976), by California. Division of Transportation Planning (page images at HathiTrust)
• Final environmental impact statement : finance docket 28611 : Southern Pacific Transportation Company to discontinue the operation of passenger trains between San Francisco and San Jose and intermediate points (The Section, 1978), by United States. Interstate Commerce Commission. Section of Energy and Environment and Southern Pacific Transportation Company (page images at HathiTrust)

• Report on the proposal of Sacramento Northern Railway to abandon passenger train service on main line between West Pittsburgh and Chico : Woodland Branch and Colusa Branch (California Railroad Commission, 1940), by Ward Hall, Sacramento Northern Railway, and Railroad Commission of the State of California (page images at HathiTrust)

• Before the Interstate Commerce Commission : statement of Chicago and North Western Railway Company in relation to proposed discontinuance of passenger trains 400-401 between Chicago, Illinois and Minneapolis, Minnesota and trains 518-519 between Chicago, Illinois and Mankato, Minnesota. (Interstate Commerce Commission, 1961), by Chicago and North Western Railway Company and United States Interstate Commerce Commission (page images at HathiTrust)

• Draft environmental impact statement : abandonment of rail lines in northwest Michigan : docket nos. AB 18 (sub-nos. 5, 19, and 20) (Interstate Commerce Commission, Office of Proceedings, Section of Energy And Environment, 1977), by United States. Interstate Commerce Commission. Section of Energy and Environment (page images at HathiTrust)

• Availability and use of abandoned railroad rights-of-way : report of the Secretary of Transportation to the President and the Congress pursuant to Section 809(a) of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976. (U.S. Department of Transportation, 1977), by United States. Department of Transportation (page images at HathiTrust)
• Effects of railroad abandonment on the modal distribution of traffic and on related costs. (U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary, Office of Transportation Systems Analysis and Information ;, 1977), by Donald E. Matzzie, Herbert Weinblatt, United States. Office of Transportation Systems Analysis and Information, and Consad Research Corporation (page images at HathiTrust)
• Issues related to preserving inactive rail lines as trails (The Office, 1999), by United States General Accounting Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Evaluation of the Secretary of Transportation's rail services report, Rail service in the Midwest and Northeast region : report of the Rail Services Planning Office to the United States Railway Association. (Interstate Commerce Commission :, 1974), by United States Railway Association and United States. Rail Services Planning Office (page images at HathiTrust)

• Railroad impact study : Wren, Iowa-Iroquois, South Dakota, Chicago & North Western Transportation Company railroad line (Business Research Bureau, School of Business, University of South Dakota, 1975), by Leonard A. Poth, Joy Sward, South Dakota. Task Force on Railroad Policy, and South Dakota. Dept. of Transportation (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Railroad impact study, Winner, South Dakota-Norfolk, Nebraska : Chicago & North Western Transportation Company Railroad Line (Business Research Bureau, 1976), by Leonard A. Poth, Joy Peterson, and University of South Dakota. Business Research Bureau (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

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