source, the service system, the arrival and service patterns, and the priorities used for controlling the line. Letâs ï¬rst look at the primary input into the waiting line system: the customers. The Customer Population The customer population can be considered to be ï¬nite or inï¬nite. When potential
As a result of the Great Railroad Strike of 1877, railroad companies lost millions of dollars because without the workers to maintain the tracks, operate the cars, etc. The trains could not function, which meant that people could not ride them. Comments.
TITLE: Announcement of Wage Cuts on the B&O Railroad. NOTES: The Strike of 1877 was touch off by a series of wage cuts on nearly every Railroad in the Nation. The B&O Railroad was one of the last roads to cut the wages of its workers, but at the same time approved a dividend increase for the stockholders.