SOUTHERN RAILWAY TRACK REPAIR CREW REPAIR EQUIPMENT USED IN LAYING QUARTER MILE LONG SECTIONS OF WELDED TRACK ON THE COMPANY'S RIGHT-OF-WAY. IN 1974 THE COMPANY SPENT 18.6 PERCENT OF ITS REVENUE ON TRACK MAINTENANCE, THE HIGHEST IN THE INDUSTRY. AS A RESULT, THE MAXIMUM SPEED ON SOUTHERN'S 10,531 MILES OF TRACK IS 60 MILES PER HOUR VIRTUALLY ALL THE COMPANY'S TRACK CAN BE TRAVELED AT THAT SPEED COMPARED TO ANOTHER RAILROAD COMPANY WITH SOME TRACK THAT CAN BE TRAVELED AT EIGHT MILES PER HOUR
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- 1974-10
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Environmental Protection Agency. 12/2/1970
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- National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures
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- Records of the Environmental Protection Agency
DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern - Location
- Culpeper (Va.)
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- image
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- Slide
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- Environmental Protection Agency. 12/2/1970. SOUTHERN RAILWAY TRACK REPAIR CREW REPAIR EQUIPMENT USED IN LAYING QUARTER MILE LONG SECTIONS OF WELDED TRACK ON THE COMPANY'S RIGHT-OF-WAY. IN 1974 THE COMPANY SPENT 18.6 PERCENT OF ITS REVENUE ON TRACK MAINTENANCE, THE HIGHEST IN THE INDUSTRY. AS A RESULT, THE MAXIMUM SPEED ON SOUTHERN'S 10,531 MILES OF TRACK IS 60 MILES PER HOUR VIRTUALLY ALL THE COMPANY'S TRACK CAN BE TRAVELED AT THAT SPEED COMPARED TO ANOTHER RAILROAD COMPANY WITH SOME TRACK THAT CAN BE TRAVELED AT EIGHT MILES PER HOUR. 1974-10. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://catalog.archives.gov/id/556863. (Accessed April 18, 2024.)
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- Environmental Protection Agency. 12/2/1970, (1974-10) SOUTHERN RAILWAY TRACK REPAIR CREW REPAIR EQUIPMENT USED IN LAYING QUARTER MILE LONG SECTIONS OF WELDED TRACK ON THE COMPANY'S RIGHT-OF-WAY. IN 1974 THE COMPANY SPENT 18.6 PERCENT OF ITS REVENUE ON TRACK MAINTENANCE, THE HIGHEST IN THE INDUSTRY. AS A RESULT, THE MAXIMUM SPEED ON SOUTHERN'S 10,531 MILES OF TRACK IS 60 MILES PER HOUR VIRTUALLY ALL THE COMPANY'S TRACK CAN BE TRAVELED AT THAT SPEED COMPARED TO ANOTHER RAILROAD COMPANY WITH SOME TRACK THAT CAN BE TRAVELED AT EIGHT MILES PER HOUR. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://catalog.archives.gov/id/556863
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- Environmental Protection Agency. 12/2/1970. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://catalog.archives.gov/id/556863>.