Wendover Productions | The One Tiny Law That Keeps Amtrak Terrible @Wendoverproductions | Uploaded January 2023 | Updated October 2024, 13 hours ago.
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Writing by Sam Denby and Tristan Purdy
Editing by Alexander Williard
Animation led by Josh Sherrington
Sound by Graham Haerther
Thumbnail by Simon Buckmaster
Historic US rail map data courtesy Bygone Maps, LLC and licensed under CC-BY-SA (historic rail graphics correspondently avaliable under a CC-BY-SA license)
References
[1] homesignalblog.wordpress.com/2021/12/27/efficiency-and-the-decline-of-american-freight-railroads
[2] wx4.org/to/foam/maps/2Wx4/001/1905-05ColoradoMidland_PTT.pdf
[3] wx4.org/to/foam/maps/2Wx4/001/1909ca_SP-SRR-A%26WP-L%26N_WashingtonSunsetRoute.pdf
[4] trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/28-class-i-operating-ratios-reach-new-lows-in-2019
[5] trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/class-i-operating-ratios-reach-another-new-low-despite-pandemic
[6] oig.dot.gov/sites/default/files/Amtrak_Root_Causes_Final_Report_9_8_08_with_508_charts.pdf
[7] media.amtrak.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Host-Railroad-Report-Card-2021-Final-v2.pdf
[8] freightwaves.com/news/economics/flashback-friday-interstate-commerce-commission-1-2
[9] freightwaves.com/news/freightwaves-classicsleaders-jp-morgan-greatly-influenced-us-railroads-in-the-late-19th-century
[10] enotrans.org/article/amtrak-at-50-the-rail-passenger-service-act-of-1970
[11] transportgeography.org/contents/applications/rail-deregulation-united-states
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Watch Jet Lag: The Game at youtube.com/jetlagthegame
Buy a Wendover Productions t-shirt: standard.tv/collections/wendover-productions/products/wendover-productions-shirt
Subscribe to Half as Interesting (The other channel from Wendover Productions): youtube.com/halfasinteresting
Youtube: YouTube.com/WendoverProductions
Instagram: Instagram.com/sam.from.wendover
Twitter: Twitter.com/WendoverPro
Sponsorship Enquiries: wendover@standard.tv
Other emails: sam@wendover.productions
Reddit: Reddit.com/r/WendoverProductions
Writing by Sam Denby and Tristan Purdy
Editing by Alexander Williard
Animation led by Josh Sherrington
Sound by Graham Haerther
Thumbnail by Simon Buckmaster
Historic US rail map data courtesy Bygone Maps, LLC and licensed under CC-BY-SA (historic rail graphics correspondently avaliable under a CC-BY-SA license)
References
[1] homesignalblog.wordpress.com/2021/12/27/efficiency-and-the-decline-of-american-freight-railroads
[2] wx4.org/to/foam/maps/2Wx4/001/1905-05ColoradoMidland_PTT.pdf
[3] wx4.org/to/foam/maps/2Wx4/001/1909ca_SP-SRR-A%26WP-L%26N_WashingtonSunsetRoute.pdf
[4] trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/28-class-i-operating-ratios-reach-new-lows-in-2019
[5] trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/class-i-operating-ratios-reach-another-new-low-despite-pandemic
[6] oig.dot.gov/sites/default/files/Amtrak_Root_Causes_Final_Report_9_8_08_with_508_charts.pdf
[7] media.amtrak.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Host-Railroad-Report-Card-2021-Final-v2.pdf
[8] freightwaves.com/news/economics/flashback-friday-interstate-commerce-commission-1-2
[9] freightwaves.com/news/freightwaves-classicsleaders-jp-morgan-greatly-influenced-us-railroads-in-the-late-19th-century
[10] enotrans.org/article/amtrak-at-50-the-rail-passenger-service-act-of-1970
[11] transportgeography.org/contents/applications/rail-deregulation-united-states
