Railroad Access and Competition Issues.

Provides background on current railroad regulatory regime. Examines main points of contention between railroads and their captive customers, covering "bottlenecks," "paper barriers," and "terminal switching arrangements." Discusses legislation addressing these issues, a...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2007.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Competition. Consumers. Railroads. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Provides background on current railroad regulatory regime. Examines main points of contention between railroads and their captive customers, covering "bottlenecks," "paper barriers," and "terminal switching arrangements." Discusses legislation addressing these issues, and covers shipper and railroad points of view. Considers implications of injecting more rail-to-rail competition into the industry.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.