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    The United States Railroad Administration (USRA) was the name of the nationalized railroad system of the United States between December 28, 1917, and March...
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    transportation in the United States consists primarily of freight shipments along a well integrated network of standard gauge private freight railroads that also...
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    The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is an agency in the United States Department of Transportation (DOT). The agency was created by the Department...
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    Railroads played a large role in the development of the United States from the industrial revolution in the Northeast (1820s–1850s) to the settlement...
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  • all U.S. railroads from 1917 to 1920 under the United States Railroad Administration, and nationalization of the northeastern freight railroads under Conrail...
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    orders nationalization of the railroads shortly after the US enters World War I. The United States Railroad Administration manages the system until 1920...
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  • States Railroad Administration (1917-1920), the nationalized rail system during World War I USRA standard locomotives built by this administration United States...
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    Rail speed limits in the United States are regulated by the Federal Railroad Administration. Railroads also implement their own limits and enforce speed...
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    the longest railroad in New England. Maine Central had expanded to 1,358 miles (2,185 km) when the United States Railroad Administration assumed control...
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  • USRA standard (category Rolling stock of the United States)
    locomotives and railroad cars were designed by the United States Railroad Administration, the nationalized rail system of the United States during World...
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    The United States Social Security Administration (SSA) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government that administers Social Security, a social...
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    Aviation Administration, the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal Railroad Administration, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. As...
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    United States Railroad Administration. A period of relative labor harmony followed, marked by the establishment of the 8-hour day across the railroad...
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  • Pickering Valley". Railway World: In Which is Incorporated the United States Railroad and Mining Register. Quarto Volume 3: 1028. October 27, 1877 – via...
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  • upheld in Schenck v. United States. The railroads were also nationalized during the war as the United States Railroad Administration. Following the war...
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    USRA 0-6-0 (category Standard gauge locomotives of the United States)
    designed under the control of the United States Railroad Administration, the nationalized railroad system in the United States during World War I. This was...
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    United States Railroad Administration during World War I. In the original documentation in the creation of the service, all Class I railroad companies...
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    the largest narrow-gauge railroad network in North America with 1,861 miles (2,995 km) of track interconnecting the states of Colorado, New Mexico, and...
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  • under the Federal Possession and Control Act, creating the United States Railroad Administration (USRA). It took control of the railways on 28 December 1917...
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    USRA Light Mikado (category Standard gauge locomotives of the United States)
    designed under the control of the United States Railroad Administration, the nationalized railroad system in the United States during World War I. This was...
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  • USRA 0-8-0 (category Standard gauge locomotives of the United States)
    designed under the control of the United States Railroad Administration, the nationalized railroad system in the United States during World War I. This was...
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  • Federal Railroad Administration reported. In 2014, every week in the United States, about 16 people were killed by trains. The most populous states have...
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  • 0-8-0 (section United States)
    The USRA 0-8-0 was a USRA standard class, designed by the United States Railroad Administration during World War I. This was the standard heavy switcher...
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    Southern Railway 1401 (category Individual locomotives of the United States)
    (SOU) as a member of the Ps-4 class, which was based on the United States Railroad Administration (USRA) Heavy Pacific design with some minor differences...
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    William Gibbs McAdoo (category United States Railroad Administration)
    to prevent friction. After the United States entered World War I in April 1917, the United States Railroad Administration was formed to run America's transportation...
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  • Railway subsidiary operated by the then nationalized railroad operator (United States Railroad Administration). Walk-in-the-Water Wildlife Management Area (WMA)...
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  • USRA 2-8-8-2 (category Standard gauge locomotives of the United States)
    designed under the control of the United States Railroad Administration, the nationalized railroad system in the United States during World War I. These locomotives...
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  • 1917, after the United States entered World War I. The United States Railroad Administration introduced changes to support the war effort. It standardized...
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  • adopted by the United States Railroad Administration (USRA), the body created by the Government to oversee and control the railroads during the War,...
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    USRA Heavy Mikado (category Standard gauge locomotives of the United States)
    under the control of the United States Railroad Administration (USRA), the nationalized railroad system in the United States during World War I. These...
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