Re: Caution - learning from history - short and long trains
| June 29, 2015 12:39PM |
dougvv Wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> Good try. Good facts. Missed the point - I said
> about BEFORE airlines were competition. 1940s are
> after that point.
>
> Try figures before about 1925-1930 best before the
> Wright brothers first flight.
airlines weren't serious competion for the railroads until after WWII.
From 1955 Moody's Transportation Manual pages a27:
(millions of pasenger miles)
1946
first year in table)
Private autos 253,570
RRs 66,262
Buses 25,576
Airways 5,910
Inland waterways (including great lakes) 2,237
1953:
Private Autos 501,152
RRs 32,362
Buses 29,271
airways 17,448
waterways 1,487
really big jump for airways occured in late 1950's, once jets came in big.
ibid, pa26
graph on this page shows passenger miles with 1947-49 = 100
bottom line of graph is 20. Airways don't even come over the bottom line unitl 1941.
Big competition for *any* mode has been, since the 1920's, the private car.
hank
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> Hi,
>
> Good try. Good facts. Missed the point - I said
> about BEFORE airlines were competition. 1940s are
> after that point.
>
> Try figures before about 1925-1930 best before the
> Wright brothers first flight.
airlines weren't serious competion for the railroads until after WWII.
From 1955 Moody's Transportation Manual pages a27:
(millions of pasenger miles)
1946
first year in table)Private autos 253,570
RRs 66,262
Buses 25,576
Airways 5,910
Inland waterways (including great lakes) 2,237
1953:
Private Autos 501,152
RRs 32,362
Buses 29,271
airways 17,448
waterways 1,487
really big jump for airways occured in late 1950's, once jets came in big.
ibid, pa26
graph on this page shows passenger miles with 1947-49 = 100
bottom line of graph is 20. Airways don't even come over the bottom line unitl 1941.
Big competition for *any* mode has been, since the 1920's, the private car.
hank
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