( ( Without ( such ( rate increases ) ) ) ( , ( railroads ( ( would ( be ( ( ( forced back ) ( to ( ( the ( pre-deregulation days ) ) ( of ( inadequate returns ) ) ) ) ) ( to ( finance ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( track ( ( maintenance and ) replacement ) ) , ) ( declining ( and ( inadequate service ) ) ) ) , ) ( railroad bankruptcies ) ) , ) and ) ( ultimate ( railroad extinction ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) ) ) )
(ROOT (S (PP (IN Without) (NP (JJ such) (NN rate) (NNS increases))) (, ,) (NP (NNS railroads)) (VP (MD would) (VP (VB be) (VP (VBN forced) (PRT (RP back)) (PP (TO to) (NP (NP (DT the) (JJ pre-deregulation) (NNS days)) (PP (IN of) (NP (JJ inadequate) (NNS returns))))) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB finance) (NP (NP (NN track) (NN maintenance) (CC and) (NN replacement)) (, ,) (NP (JJ declining) (CC and) (JJ inadequate) (NN service)) (, ,) (NP (NN railroad) (NNS bankruptcies)) (, ,) (CC and) (NP (JJ ultimate) (NN railroad) (NN extinction))))))))) (. .)))
Without such rate increases, railroads would be forced back to the pre-deregulation days of inadequate returns to finance track maintenance and replacement, declining and inadequate service, railroad bankruptcies, and ultimate railroad extinction.
(ROOT (S (NP (NP (DT A) (-LRB- -LRB-) (NN n) (-RRB- -RRB-) (NN increase)) (PP (IN in) (NP (NN length)))) (VP (VBZ happens) (PP (TO to) (NP (NN metal) (NN railroad) (NNS tracks))) (PP (IN during) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN heat)) (PP (IN of) (NP (DT a) (NN summer) (NN day)))))) (. .)))