WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE PASSENGER TRAIN

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE PASSENGER TRAIN?

INTRODUCTION;

AS the 1800s ended the 1900s began. More and more rairoad track were laid soon trains connected every part of our country THEY become a favorite way for people to travel by the late 1920s,20,000 passenger train carried and family  visits in many towns

How did  this happen? There is no simple answer  however we can better undertand what happened by learning more about the history of passenger trains,

RIDING THROUGH THE 1930S AND WORLD WAR II

TRAINS PLAYED A MAJOR role  during the Great Depression of the 1930s Millions of Americans were homeless and hungry  they ate spoiled food they picked  out of garbage cans they under newspapers or in cardboard boxes

HOBOSE

THE railroad companies should  have been able to build more then 4,000 new cars a year in 1946, they produced only 285 new coaches they nations passenger  trains were run-down and not getting any better

FACING NEW COMPETITION

AS the railroads went downhill the American people took to the airplanes were no longer needed to fight the wer now they carried passengers and there was more bad news for the train industry Detroit  outomobile manufacturers began producing millions of care

 FINALLY

In 1967, the united states post office decided to transport first-class mail by plane instead of train

ALL of these things helped cause the near –death of passenger trains

STEPPING IN

THE Federal govermment wanted to save passenger train service in 1970 congress set up nationl railroad passenger corporation

Passenger trains provided a way for americcans to travel long before the car and the plane-and they still play an important role especially near major cities