Word: offing
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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> The Justice Department decided that the abrupt cancellation of an Omaha-to-Billings, Mont., train last summer at remote Hemingford, Neb., was outrageous enough to file criminal charges against two Burlington Lines executives. When an expiring court injunction permitted abandonment of the service, they had the train flagged down in...
In an industry that lost $200 million on passenger service in 1968, horror stories of unconscionable service and rachitic equipment are a valuable asset. They help trains to become "un-derpatronized"-and therefore eligible for cancellation under ICC rules. There were 1,400 intercity passenger trains in 1958; now there...
The 61-27 Limited. To speed the way, the railroads have adopted a number of plans calculated to make the going miserable. Penn Central has walled up the main entrance of its Detroit terminal and removed the baggage lockers inside. A sign in a Union Pacific train advises passengers that...
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The railroads practice all sorts of tricks with timetables to discourage traffic. The Chesapeake and Ohio schedules its trains between Detroit and Grand Rapids to arrive after 2 a.m. The Southern Pacific's Lark reaches Los Angeles from San Francisco 35 minutes too late to connect with the eastbound...