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.
Officers 1890–1896, Henry S. Haines, PresidentHaines, Henry S., American Railway Management, Addresses Delivered before the American Railway Management Association, New York, John Wiley & Sons, 1907 1907, W. C. Brown, President 1915, J. T. King, President 1917, W. W. Atterbury, President 1921, Daniel Willard, Chairman of the Board 1921, R. H. Aishton, President
See also American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association (AREMA) Association of American Railroads History of rail transport in the United States Railroad chronometer
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ARA 1934 merge into AAR, PSU.edu ARA items, Gutenberg.org ARA items, Archive.org MCB items, Hathitrust.org MCB items, Archive.org