[HN Gopher] The Railway Clearing House (1936) ___________________________________________________________________ The Railway Clearing House (1936) Author : jpkoning Score : 26 points Date : 2020-12-28 17:05 UTC (1 days ago) (HTM) web link (www.railwaywondersoftheworld.com) (TXT) w3m dump (www.railwaywondersoftheworld.com) | capnahab wrote: | Very interesting, I always wondered how that worked. Also the | huge loss of track, - 23000 miles in 1936, 10000 today. | Reason077 wrote: | Modern equivalent: Rail Settlement Plan | | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_Settlement_Plan | Doctor_Fegg wrote: | The Railway Clearing House's Junction Diagrams are on Wikimedia | Commons, and truly beautiful cartography: | | https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Railways_Junct... | pm90 wrote: | Always enjoy reading how these complex systems "emerge". I found | this part interesting: | | > The railways included in the RCH system had increased by 1845 | to sixteen, with 656 route-miles of track. The difficulties of | obtaining cash settlement between the railway companies and the | clearing house, led in 1850 to the passing of an Act of | Parliament conferring on the RCH the right to sue in the courts. | This ended the trouble and the companies subsequently settled all | payments promptly. | | It seems like just the right amount of regulatory power to get | everyone on the same page and ensure the system works. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2020-12-29 23:01 UTC)