The Development of the Private Railroad Freight Car, 1830–1966
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9628631 |
|---|---|
| Authors | William E O'Connell (William & Mary, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1970 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 190-209 |
| Publication date | 1970-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Business History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-6805 • E-ISSN: 2044-768X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3112353 |
| OpenAlex | W2461698095 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
After initial widespread use of private cars under the “common road” concept of early railways, railroad-owned freight cars predominated from the 1840's through the 1860's, except for a short-lived boom in cars owned by “fast freight” lines. From this time on, however, the percentage of private cars has increased as railroads refused to build specialized freight cars because of high initial costs, rapid technological obsolescence, outside pressure, and managerial shortsightedness
Boom · Business · Obsolescence · Transport engineering · Engineering · Marketing · Transport and Economic Policies
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,04 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2001 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |