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Challenges and opportunities for intercity passenger rail service (Washington : U.S. Government Publishing Office, 2017., 2017), by Pipelines United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Railroads (page images at HathiTrust)

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Filed under: Passenger trains -- Fiction

The Naked Storm (published under "Simon Eisner" pseudonym; New York: Lion Book, 1952), by C. M. Kornbluth (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

Filed under: Railroad trains -- United States

Study of merger alternatives : run-through trains : a report to the Rail Services Planning Office, Interstate Commerce Commission (The Office, 1977), by R.L. Banks & Associates and United States. Rail Services Planning Office (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Railroad trains -- United States -- Dispatching

Inspection and regulation of train-dispatching service : hearings before a subcommittee of the Committee on interstate commerce, United States Senate, Seventy-ninth Congress, second session, on S. 1538, a bill to promote the safety of railroad employees and travelers on railroads, and to promote efficiency of railroad operation by providing for inspection and investigation of conditions under which train-dispatching service may be performed, and for the promulgation of rules and regulations governing such conditions. April 15, 16, and 17, 1946. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1946), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate Commerce. Subcommittee on S. 1538 (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

Filed under: Railroad trains -- United States -- Dynamics

Safety of high speed ground transportation systems (Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Research and Development, 2002), by Samuel Holmes, Martin P. Schroeder, Applied Research Associates, John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.), and United States. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Research and Development (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Railroad trains -- United States -- Names

Names and nicknames of freight trains operated on the railroads of the United States and Canada. (Association of American Railroads, 1952), by Association of American Railroads (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

Filed under: Express trains -- United States

Review of Amtrak train "The Inter-American" report by the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives, Ninety-fourth Congress, first session. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1975), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: High speed trains -- United States

U.S. passenger rail technologies. (Congress of the U.S., Office of Technology Assessment :, 1984), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (page images at HathiTrust)
Case studies in private/public cooperation to revitalize America : report of the Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the United States together with supplementary and additional views. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1981), by United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee (page images at HathiTrust)
Advanced transportation systems : hearing before the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred First Congress, first session ... October 17, 1989. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 1989., 1989), by Science United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)
Tax exempt bonds for high speed rail projects : hearing before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, One Hundredth Congress, second session, on S. 1245, March 24, 1988. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1988), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance (page images at HathiTrust)
High-speed passenger rail : how fast will it get here? : hearing before the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, first session, June 23, 2009. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2010), by Science United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)
Department of Transportation and related agencies appropriations for fiscal year 1994 : hearings before a subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, first session, on H.R. 2490/2750. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1993), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Transportation and Related Agencies (page images at HathiTrust)
A high-speed passenger rail system for the United States : hearing before the Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the United States, Ninety-seventh Congress, first session, July 23, 1981. (U.S. G.P.O., 1981), by United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee (page images at HathiTrust)
Key issues in the application of existing conventional high speed railroad technologies to mobilization (US Army Corps of Engineers, Construction Engineering Research Laboratory ;, 1991), by Donald E. Plotkin and Construction Engineering Research Laboratories (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
Successes and failures of Amtrak and the Amtrak Reform and Accountability Act of 1997 : hearing before the Subcommittee on Railroads of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, second session, March 6, 2002. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2002), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Railroads (page images at HathiTrust)
High-speed rail projects in the United States (The Office, 1999), by United States General Accounting Office and United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Budget (page images at HathiTrust)
High speed railroad technology : hearing before the Subcommittee on Transportation, Aviation, and Materials of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, House of Representatives, One hundredth Congress, first session, April 3, 1987. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1987), by Space United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science (page images at HathiTrust)
Advanced rail technology : report (U.S. G.P.O., 1982), by Aviation United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Transportation (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Railroad accidents -- United States

Labor and the railroads. (Houghton Mifflin, 1909), by James O. Fagan (page images at HathiTrust)
Steamboat disasters and railroad accidents in the United States : to which is appended accounts of recent shipwrecks, fires at sea, thrilling incidents, etc. (Dorr, Howland, 1840), by S. A. Howland (page images at HathiTrust)
Railroad employee fatalities investigated. (U.S. Dept. of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Safety], in the 20th century), by United States. Federal Railroad Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
Conservation of men; address to the operating men of the Chicago & north western railway on the prevention of accidents ([Geneva? Ill.], 1910), by Ralph Coffin Richards (page images at HathiTrust)
Rail safety : hearing before the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One hundredth Congress, first session, on rail safety, February 17, 1987. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1987), by Science United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)
Railroad safety : hearing before the Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Hazardous Materials of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, first session, July 23, 1987. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1988), by Tourism United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Transportation (page images at HathiTrust)
Nationwide rail safety : hearing before the Subcommittee on Tranportation, Tourism, and Hazardous Materials of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, first session, September 17, 1987. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1988), by Tourism United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Transportation (page images at HathiTrust)
Transportation of hazardous materials by rail : hearing before Government Activities and Transportation Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, second session, February 28, 1990. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1990), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Government Activities and Transportation Subcommittee (page images at HathiTrust)
Rules governing monthly reports of railway accidents ... 1915. Revision. Effective on July 1, 1915. (Gov. Prtg. Off., 1915), by United States Interstate Commerce Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
Rail safety technology : hearing before the Subcommittee on Transportation, Aviation, and Materials of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, House of Representatives, One hundredth Congress, first session, February 25, 1987. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 1987., 1987), by Space United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science (page images at HathiTrust)
Adequacy of laws and regulations governing rail transportation of hazardous chemicals : hearing before the Government Activities and Transportation Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, first session, July 31, 1991. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1992), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Government Activities and Transportation Subcommittee (page images at HathiTrust)
Hearings before the Employers' liability and workmen's compensation commission. In two volumes ... (Govt. Print. Off., 1911), by United States. Employers' Liability and Workmen's Compensation Commission and George Sutherland (page images at HathiTrust)
Railroad safety : hearing before the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, Ninety-ninth Congress, first session, on railroad safety, May 6, 1985. (U.S. G.P.O., 1985), by Science United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)
Rail safety : hearing before the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One hundredth Congress, first session, on rail safety. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1987), by Science United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)
Statistical trends in railroad hazardous materials transportation safety, 1978 to 1986 (Association of American Railroads, Research and Test Department ;, 1987), by Theodore S. Glickman, Peter C. L. Conlon, Aviva E. Harvey, and Association of American Railroads. Research and Test Dept. Environmental and Hazardous Material Research Division (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Transport of hazardous materials by rail (National Transportation Safety Board, 1991), by United States. National Transportation Safety Board (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Steamboat disasters and railroad accidents in the United States. (W. Lazell, 1840), by S. A. Howland (page images at HathiTrust)
Accident bulletin. (Bureau of Railroad Safety., 1966), by United States. Bureau of Railroad Safety (page images at HathiTrust)
Accident bulletin. Summary and analysis of accidents on railroads in the United States subject to the interstate commerce act. (U.S. govt. print. off., 1901), by United States. Interstate Commerce Commission. Bureau of Transport Economics and Statistics and United States Interstate Commerce Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
Railroad safety : human factor accidents and issues affecting engineer work schedules : briefing report to Congressional requesters. (The Office, 1993), by United States General Accounting Office (page images at HathiTrust)
What the safety committees of the Chicago and North Western Railway have done for the conservation of men ([publisher not identified], 1912), by Ralph Coffin Richards (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Report of the chief of the Bureau of safety covering the investigation of an accident which occurred on the Chicago great western railway near Wyeth, Mo., on January 3, 1920. ([Washington, 1921), by United States. Interstate Commerce Commission. Bureau of Safety and W. P. Borland (page images at HathiTrust)
Transportation safety : opportunities for enhancing safety across modes. (United States General Accounting Office, 1994), by Kenneth M. Mead, United States General Accounting Office, and United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight (page images at HathiTrust)
Federal Railroad Administration's safety programs (United States General Accounting Office, 1998), by Phyllis F. Scheinberg, United States General Accounting Office, and United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Railroads (page images at HathiTrust)
Locomotive fuel tank integrity (National Transportation Safety Board, 1992), by United States. National Transportation Safety Board (page images at HathiTrust)
Accidents at grade crossings and to trespassers. (Southern Pacific company, 1916), by Alexander Gordon (page images at HathiTrust)
Accident bulletin. Summary and analysis of accidents on railroads in the United States subject to the Interstate Commerce Act. (1909), by United States. Interstate Commerce Commission. Bureau of Transport Economics and Statistics and United States Interstate Commerce Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
Report of the Massachusetts Board of Railroad Commissioners in relation to the accident on the Old Colony railroad near the Quincy station, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 1890. ([Boston, 1890), by Massachusetts. Board of Railroad Commissioners (page images at HathiTrust)
Safety appliances and accident reports (G.P.O., 1900), by United States Interstate Commerce Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
Comparative safety on British and American railroads : an address (Publisher not identified, 1926), by Charles Frederick Carter (page images at HathiTrust)
Investigation by and report of Hon. R. F. Parker, railroad commissioner of Vermont, and W. B. Gilbert, Esq., civil engineer : with statement of Dr. M. Goldsmith and Dr. C. L. Allen, attending surgeons, relating to the accident upon the Rutland & Burlington Railroad, near the summit in Mt. Holly, June 8th, 1870. ([s.n.], 1870), by R. F. Parker, W. B. Gilbert, and Vermont. Railroad Commissioner (page images at HathiTrust)
Rail safety technology : hearing before the Subcommittee on Transportation, Aviation, and Materials of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, House of Representatives, One hundredth Congress, first session, February 25, 1987. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1987), by Space United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science (page images at HathiTrust)
Analysis of the accident statistics of the Interstate Commerce Commission for the year ending June 30, 1911. (Washington, 1911), by Association of American Railroads. Bureau of Railway Economics (page images at HathiTrust)
Highway grade-crossing accidents (Washington, 1935), by United States. Interstate Commerce Commission. Bureau of Transport Economics and Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
Rules governing monthly reports of railway accidents (Washington, United States, Federal Railroad Administration, 1968), by United States. Federal Railroad Administration and United States. Interstate Commerce Commission. Bureau of Transport Economics and Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
Special investigation report : recent accident history of hot box detector data management (The Board ;, 1981), by United States. National Transportation Safety Board (page images at HathiTrust)
Implementation report of the USDOT Grade Crossing Safety Task Force : report to Secretary Rodney E. Slater. (U.S. Dept. of Transportation, 1997), by United States. Dept. of Transportation. Grade Crossing Safety Task Force (page images at HathiTrust)
Railroad safety (Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, 1986), by Migdon R. Segal and Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service (page images at HathiTrust)
Rail-highway grade-crossing accidents [for the year ending December 31, 1935- (Dept. of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Bureau of Railroad Safety, 1936), by United States. Federal Railroad Administration. Bureau of Railroad Safety (page images at HathiTrust)

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