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===Plan rejected=== Many small railroads failed during the [[Great Depression in the United States|Great Depression]] of the 1930s. Of those lines that survived, the stronger ones were not interested in supporting the weaker ones.<ref name="Kolsrud"/> Congress repudiated Ripley's Plan with the ''Transportation Act of 1940,'' and the consolidation idea was scrapped.<ref>United States. Transportation Act of 1940, Sept. 18, 1940, ch. 722, {{USStat|54|898}}.</ref>
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