A History of the Texas Railroads

A History of the Texas Railroads
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Total Pages : 844
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105035165633
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Synopsis A History of the Texas Railroads by : St. Clair Griffin Reed

A History of the Texas Railroads

A History of the Texas Railroads
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Total Pages : 822
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ISBN-10 : OCLC:51962720
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Synopsis A History of the Texas Railroads by : St. Clair Griffin Reed

The Texas Railroad Commission

The Texas Railroad Commission
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Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Total Pages : 350
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ISBN-10 : 1585444529
ISBN-13 : 9781585444526
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Synopsis The Texas Railroad Commission by : William R. Childs

Before OPEC took center stage, one state agency in Texas was widely believed to set oil prices for the world. The Texas Railroad Commission (TRC) evolved from its founding in 1891 to a multi-divisional regulatory commission that oversaw not only railroads but also a number of other industries central to the modern American economy: petroleum production, natural gas utilities, and motor carriers (buses and trucks). William R. Childs's unprecedented study of the TRC from its founding until the mid-twentieth century extends our knowledge of commission-style regulation. It focuses on the interplay between business and regulators, between state and national regulatory commissions, and among the three branches of government through a process of "pragmatic federalism." Drawing on extensive primary research, Childs demonstrates that the alleged power of regulatory commissions has been more constrained than most observers have recognized. As he shows, the myth of power was devised by the agency itself as part of building a civil religion of Texas oil. Together, the myth and the civil religion enabled the TRC to convince Texas oil operators to follow production controls and thus stabilized the American oil industry by the 1940s. The result of this fascinating study is a more nuanced understanding of federalism and of regulation, the forces shaping it, and its outcomes.

The Railroads of San Antonio and South Central Texas

The Railroads of San Antonio and South Central Texas
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Publisher : Maverick Books
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1893271390
ISBN-13 : 9781893271395
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Synopsis The Railroads of San Antonio and South Central Texas by : Hugh Hemphill

As Toyota scouted the nation in 2002 for a new plant location, a San Antonio site?s proximity to two rail lines clinched the decision. It was the city?s greatest economic breakthrough in recent years. Of even greater effect was arrival of the first railroad a century and a quarter earlier, launching the region?s first major growth.These are among the landmark events outlined in The Railroads of San Antonio and South Central Texas, the first general interest book to sort out the regional operations and impact of seven rail lines: the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio/Southern Pacific; International & Great Northern/Missouri Pacific; San Antonio & Aransas Pass; San Antonio & Gulf Shore/San Antonio & Gulf; Missouri?Kansas?Texas; Artesian Belt/San Antonio Southern; and the San Antonio, Uvalde & Gulf. There is a closing chapter on Amtrak and the Union Pacific.Written by Hugh Hemphill, longtime director of the Texas Transportation Museum in San Antonio, this lavishly-illustrated book is vital to understanding the evolution of an important link in the nation?s transportation system.Included are five appendices that codify data, ranging from an index of towns and the railroads serving them to a listing of surviving depots to a summary of regional railroad museums and tourist railroads.

The Texas Railroad

The Texas Railroad
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Total Pages : 339
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ISBN-10 : 0996970908
ISBN-13 : 9780996970907
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Whistle in the Piney Woods

Whistle in the Piney Woods
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Publisher : University of North Texas Press
Total Pages : 154
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ISBN-10 : 157441061X
ISBN-13 : 9781574410617
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Synopsis Whistle in the Piney Woods by : Robert S. Maxwell

Story of the founding of the Houston, East and West Texas Railroad, its symbiotic relationship with forests and the lumber industry and its role in the development of East Texas.

Texas Trains

Texas Trains
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Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1556228813
ISBN-13 : 9781556228810
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Synopsis Texas Trains by : Richard K. Troxell

Texas is rich in railroad history starting with the Republic of Texa and railroading in Texas continues to thrive today. It's buried somewhere in Texas, a one of a kind 10 K missing train.

Vicksburg, Shreveport and Texas Railroad History

Vicksburg, Shreveport and Texas Railroad History
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Total Pages : 27
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ISBN-10 : OCLC:191907363
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Synopsis Vicksburg, Shreveport and Texas Railroad History by : Vicksburg, Shreveport, and Texas Railroad Company

Southern Pacific Railroad in Eastern Texas

Southern Pacific Railroad in Eastern Texas
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Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages : 132
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ISBN-10 : 9781439639986
ISBN-13 : 1439639981
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Synopsis Southern Pacific Railroad in Eastern Texas by : David M. Bernstein

The Southern Pacific Railroad and its predecessors served Texas from 1853 to 1996. Stretching from El Paso to the Louisiana border and from the Rio Grande Valley to the Red River, Southern Pacific opened up vast areas of the state to settlement by transporting people, building materials, and livestock. The railroad fueled Texass economy by moving oil, timber, agricultural commodities, coal, automobiles, petrochemicals, cement, steel, consumer goods, and myriad other products. It hauled the marble that built the state capitol in Austin and the materials to build the massive seawall in Galveston. Southern Pacific also played an important role in developing the ports of Beaumont, Galveston, Houston, and Corpus Christi. This book is a photographic record of Southern Pacific in eastern Texas during the 50-year period following World War II to the 1996 merger with the Union Pacific Railroad.

A History of the Tex Mex Railway

A History of the Tex Mex Railway
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Total Pages : 32
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ISBN-10 : UTEXAS:059173006766653
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Synopsis A History of the Tex Mex Railway by : Stanley C. Green