Title: Improving railroad productivity; final report.
Authors: Task Force on Railroad Productivity.; National Commission on Productivity.; Council of Economic Advisers (U.S.)
Year: 1973
Subjects: Railroads United States Management; Railroads Freight United States
Contents: pt. I. The setting: I. The changing market for rail freight transport ; II. Rail productivity growth ; III. Financial position of the railroads -- pt. II. Some policies for solving railroad problems: IV. Containerization and intermodalism ; V. Abandonment and rationalization of light-density lines ; VI Regulatory modernization ; VII. Labor relations ; VIII. Mergers and the corporate structure of the industry ; IX. Innovation ; X. Conclusion.