FreightWaves Classics: U.S. railroads were nationalized in World War I

In the recent FreightWaves Classics article “FreightWaves Classics: Railway Express Agency was THE express package delivery service,” information about the nationalization of the nation’s railroad express services and railroads was included.

This article expands on the information, presenting an overview of the nationalization of most of America’s railroads during World War I.

Railroad problems prior to World War I

Interstate Commerce Commission seal.

Congress and the Wilson administration had...

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