United States Railway Association

For the agency operating a nationalized railroad system during 1917–1920, see United States Railroad Administration.

The United States Railway Association (USRA) was a government-owned corporation created by United States federal law that oversaw the creation of Conrail, a railroad corporation that would acquire and operate bankrupt and other failing freight railroads.[1] USRA operated from 1974 to 1986.

  1. ^ Keeffe, Arthur John (July 1974). "Current Legal Literature: Hear That Whistle Down the Line?". ABA Journal. 60. American Bar Association: 860.