The American Railway Association (ARA) was an industry trade group representing railroads in the United States. The organization had its inception in meetings of General Managers and ranking railroad operating officials known as Time Table Conventions, the first of which was held on October 1, 1872, at Louisville, Kentucky. In 1875, the group changed its name to General Time Convention and in October 1892, to American Railway Association. In January 1919, ten separate groups of operating officers were amalgamated with the association and carried on their activities as divisions, sections or committees of the larger group.
On October 12, 1934, the ARA ceased to exist, having joined with several other railroad industry trade groups to merge into the Association of American Railroads.
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James Truslow Adams (1940). Dictionary of American History. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
american, railway, association, industry, trade, group, representing, railroads, united, states, organization, inception, meetings, general, managers, ranking, railroad, operating, officials, known, time, table, conventions, first, which, held, october, 1872, . The American Railway Association ARA was an industry trade group representing railroads in the United States The organization had its inception in meetings of General Managers and ranking railroad operating officials known as Time Table Conventions the first of which was held on October 1 1872 at Louisville Kentucky In 1875 the group changed its name to General Time Convention and in October 1892 to American Railway Association In January 1919 ten separate groups of operating officers were amalgamated with the association and carried on their activities as divisions sections or committees of the larger group American Railway AssociationAbbreviationARAFormation1892Dissolved1934TypeTrade AssociationLegal statusDefunctPurposeAdvocate for railroad industryLocationUnited StatesRegion servedNorth AmericaMembershipRailroads and associatesOfficial languageEnglish On October 12 1934 the ARA ceased to exist having joined with several other railroad industry trade groups to merge into the Association of American Railroads Contents 1 Officers 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksOfficers edit1890 1896 Henry S Haines President 1 1907 W C Brown President 2 1915 J T King President 3 1917 W W Atterbury President 4 1921 Daniel Willard Chairman of the Board 5 1921 R H Aishton President 5 See also editAmerican Railway Engineering and Maintenance of Way Association AREMA Association of American Railroads History of rail transport in the United States Railroad chronometerReferences edit Haines Henry S American Railway Management Addresses Delivered before the American Railway Management Association New York John Wiley amp Sons 1907 Steel Rail Problem PDF The New York Times October 31 1907 Retrieved 2009 01 09 Transportation and Car Accounting Officers Railway Age Gazette 59 Google Books Digitized January 9 2007 26 Jul Dec 1915 OCLC 166345218 Committee to Cope with Car Shortage PDF The New York Times February 3 1917 Retrieved 2009 01 09 a b Willard to Head Board PDF The New York Times January 7 1921 Retrieved 2009 01 09 James Truslow Adams 1940 Dictionary of American History New York Charles Scribner s Sons External links editARA 1934 merge into AAR PSU edu ARA items Gutenberg org ARA items Archive org MCB 1919 merge into ARA Hathitrust org MCB items Hathitrust org MCB items Archive org MCB 1864 1867 formation Hathitrust org nbsp This United States rail related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title American Railway Association amp oldid 1221914294, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
