Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vi
3. Figures and Maps ix
4. Tables xi
5. Acknowledgments xiii
6. Introduction 1
7. The Politics of Freight Rates 8
8. Public Money, Private Rights 29
9. Public Authority, Private Rights 46
10. Railways, Politics, and Administration 65
11. “A Board of Arbitrators” 81
12. “A Question of Figures” 103
13. Casualties of War 127
14. “An Equilator [?] Rather Than a Mathematical Equality” 156
15. Regions of Regulation 179
16. Conclusion: The Limits of Regulation 196
17. Chronology of Railway Freight Rate Regulation 211
18. Statistics on Railway Freight Operations 217
19. Notes 225
20. Bibliography 265
21. Index 281