Annual Report, Volumes 73-75U.S. Government Printing Office, 1959 - Interstate commerce With appendices. |
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... accidents involving train operations . Accidents at highway grade crossings again represented more than half of the total but for the first time since 1918 - the first year in which records were kept on the present basis , with grade ...
... accidents involving train operations . Accidents at highway grade crossings again represented more than half of the total but for the first time since 1918 - the first year in which records were kept on the present basis , with grade ...
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... accidents . The Bureau of Transport Economics and Statistics administers reporting of railroad accidents and provided most of the accident statistics shown herein . More detailed reports on railroad safety and locomotive inspection are ...
... accidents . The Bureau of Transport Economics and Statistics administers reporting of railroad accidents and provided most of the accident statistics shown herein . More detailed reports on railroad safety and locomotive inspection are ...
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... Accidents The following table shows data for the more serious train accidents . investigated during the last 5 years under the Accident Reports Act , approved May 6 , 1910 . 1955 1956 . 1957 1958 1959 . Year ended June 30-- Number of ...
... Accidents The following table shows data for the more serious train accidents . investigated during the last 5 years under the Accident Reports Act , approved May 6 , 1910 . 1955 1956 . 1957 1958 1959 . Year ended June 30-- Number of ...
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... Accidents at Rail - Highway Grade Crossings In 1958 , there were 3,099 accidents at rail - highway grade crossings resulting in the death of 1,271 persons and the injury of 3,161 . Auto- mobiles , buses , and trucks were involved in ...
... Accidents at Rail - Highway Grade Crossings In 1958 , there were 3,099 accidents at rail - highway grade crossings resulting in the death of 1,271 persons and the injury of 3,161 . Auto- mobiles , buses , and trucks were involved in ...
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... accidents involving tank cars of dangerous articles occurred and caused loss of lives , injuries , and property damage . One tank car of nitromethane exploded , resulting in the death of 2 persons and injury of an estimated 180. An ...
... accidents involving tank cars of dangerous articles occurred and caused loss of lives , injuries , and property damage . One tank car of nitromethane exploded , resulting in the death of 2 persons and injury of an estimated 180. An ...
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Page 176 - ... substantially less than the entire length of its railroad and of any intermediate railroad operated in conjunction and under a common management or control therewith, which lies between the termini of such proposed through route, (a) unless such inclusion of lines would make the through route unreasonably long as compared with another practicable through route which could otherwise be established...
Page 169 - (9) The foregoing provisions of this section shall not apply to notes to be issued by the carrier maturing not more than two years after the date thereof and aggregating (together with all other then outstanding notes of a maturity of two years or less) not more than 5 per centum of the par value of . the securities of the carrier then outstanding.
Page 5 - Act, the right to apply to the entire Commission for rehearing, reargument, or reconsideration of a decision, order, or requirement of a division of the Commission in any proceeding shall be limited and restricted to those proceedings in which...
Page 57 - ... the transportation in interstate or foreign commerce performed by any motor carrier or class of motor carriers lawfully engaged in operation solely within a single State is in fact of such nature, character, or quantity as not substantially to affect or impair uniform regulation by the Commission of transportation by motor carriers engaged in interstate or foreign commerce in effectuating the national transportation policy declared in this Act.
Page 296 - The transportation of passengers or property in interstate or foreign commerce wholly within a municipality or between contiguous municipalities or within a zone adjacent to and commercially a part of any such municipality or municipalities...
Page 217 - Act of 1949, as amended; (5) procure services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 USC 55a), at rates not to exceed $100 per diem for individuals...