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Jake Award
The Jake Award is an annual award presented to North American short line ( Class III) railroads by rail transport industry group ''American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association''. The award recognizes railroads with a frequency-severity index (FSI) rating of 0.00, thus having no FRA reportable injuries. 2007 Award Winners{{Cite web , url=http://www.aslrra.org/images/news_file/Jake_Awards_List_2007.pdf , title=Archived copy , access-date=2008-07-10 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100916160059/http://aslrra.org/images/news_file/Jake_Awards_List_2007.pdf , archive-date=2010-09-16 , url-status=dead *Aberdeen, Carolina and Western Railway *Alabama and Tennessee River Railway * Alliance Terminal Railroad *Alexander Railroad * Angelina and Neches River Railroad * Ann Arbor Railroad * Appalachian and Ohio Railroad * Arkansas Midland Railroad *Arkansas and Missouri Railroad *Belt Railway of Chicago *Birmingham Southern Railroad *Brandywine Valley Railroad * Brownsvi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Caribbean Sea, and to the west and south by the Pacific Ocean. Because it is on the North American Plate, North American Tectonic Plate, Greenland is included as a part of North America geographically. North America covers an area of about , about 16.5% of Earth's land area and about 4.8% of its total surface. North America is the third-largest continent by area, following Asia and Africa, and the list of continents and continental subregions by population, fourth by population after Asia, Africa, and Europe. In 2013, its population was estimated at nearly 579 million people in List of sovereign states and dependent territories in North America, 23 independent states, or about 7.5% of the world's population. In Americas (terminology)#Human ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brandywine Valley Railroad
The Brandywine Valley Railroad is a class III railroad operating in Pennsylvania. It was established in 1981 by the Lukens Steel Company to operate trackage at Coatesville, Pennsylvania and the neighboring town of Modena. It was acquired, with the rest of the Lukens properties, by Bethlehem Steel Corporation in 1998. The Brandywine Valley's main line was originally built by the Wilmington and Northern Railroad, largely following the Brandywine Creek, to connect Reading with Wilmington, Delaware. By the time of the Brandywine Valley's formation, the line had been abandoned north of Valley Station, just north of Coatesville. BVRY took over the line from this point, the site of an interchange with Amtrak's Keystone Corridor, south to Modena, below which the ex-W&N was owned by PennDOT and operated by a number of shortlines over the years. Under Bethlehem operation, BVRY took over operation of the Delaware Valley Railroad, then operating the remainder of the ex-Wilmington and Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escanaba And Lake Superior Railroad
The Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad is a Class III shortline railroad that operates of track in Northeastern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Its main line runs from Rockland, Michigan, to Green Bay, Wisconsin, and it also owns various branch lines and out-of-service track. In 1897, the Escanaba River Company built a railroad from Wells, Michigan to tap a large hardwood timber stand at LaFave’s Hill. In 1898, the company name was changed to the Escanaba & Lake Superior Railway (E&LS). History Founding to 1978 Isaac Stephenson, Jefferson Sinclair, Daniel Wells Jr., Harrison Ludington, and Nelson Ludington were the founders of the N. Ludington Company. It was again renamed to the I. Stephenson company when Isaac Stephenson became majority owner in the same year. The N. Ludington Company became part of this company, and along with being rebranded as the ''Escanaba River Company'', became a subsidiary of this new company in 1888. The Escanaba River Co. construc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elgin, Joliet And Eastern Railway
The Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway was a Class I railroad, operating between Waukegan, Illinois and Gary, Indiana. The railroad served as a link between Class I railroads traveling to and from Chicago, although it operated almost entirely within the city's suburbs, and only entered Chicago where it served the U.S. Steel South Works on the shores of Lake Michigan. Nicknames for the railroad included "The J" and "The Chicago Outer Belt Line". At the end of 1970, the EJ&E operated 164 miles of track and carried 848 million ton-miles of revenue freight in that year alone. On September 26, 2007, the Canadian National Railway announced that it planned to purchase a majority of the EJ&E, leaving a portion of the line in Indiana to be reorganized as the Gary Railway. The purchase was approved on December 24, 2008, by the U.S. Surface Transportation Board, and the deal was consummated effective February 1, 2009. In the years immediately following the merger, the railroad existed as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Illinois Railroad
The Eastern Illinois Railroad (EIRC) was a Class III, 53-mile shortline railroad that ran from Neoga, Illinois, to Metcalf, Illinois, with headquarters in Charleston, Illinois. The railroad hauled grain and lumber. There were 4 locomotives in operation on the EIRC when operations ceased, two they owned and two that were leased. They were an EMD GP9 and GP10, along with their prized pair of GP38-2 locomotives leased from ILSX and Wells Fargo. The president of EIRC was Everett Fletcher. In 2019, Watco's Decatur & Eastern Illinois Railroad filed in intent to acquire EIRC. According to the Senior Counsel for ADM (company) The Archer-Daniels-Midland Company, commonly known as ADM, is an American multinational food processing and commodities trading corporation founded in 1902 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The company operates more than 270 plants and 42 ..., a majority shareholder of NRG Inc. (which owned EIRC), EIRC ceased rail switching and terminal operations Decembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Camden And Highland Railroad
The East Camden and Highland Railroad is a Class III short-line railroad headquartered in East Camden, Arkansas. EACH operates a 47.6 mile (76.6 km) line in Arkansas from East Camden to Eagle Mills (where it interchanges with Union Pacific Railroad). EACH traffic generally consists of lumber, paper products and scrap paper, synthetic bulk rubber, and chemicals. EACH also provides switching services at locations in four states: *The Highland Industrial Park in East Camden (formerly the Shumaker Ordnance Depot), with interchange to Union Pacific *The Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant at Doyline, Louisiana, with interchange to Kansas City Southern Railway *The Iowa Army Ammunition Plant at Middletown, Iowa, with interchange to BNSF Railway *The Milan Army Ammunition Plant at Milan, Tennessee, with interchanges to CSX Transportation and Norfolk Southern The Norfolk Southern Railway is a Class I freight railroad in the United States formed in 1982 with the merger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corpus Christi Terminal Railroad
The Corpus Christi Terminal Railroad was a terminal railroad originally created in 1924 to facilitate heavy bulk freight cargo traffic flow from the recently completed deep water port channel of the new Corpus Christi Port. Wishing to maximize freight handling potential while holding down rates, the Port Authority decided to allow traffic to all of its docks and facilities by no less than three competing railroads, the Southern Pacific, the Missouri Pacific and the Texas Mexican, Tex-Mex railroads. To accomplish this the Port of Corpus Christi Authority built its own trackage along the channel and to the docks, and allowed all three carriers access to it. While the Authority's scheme at first heightened tensions among the three railroads, they eventually began to cooperate, assuring a good flow of bulk freight and the eventual success of the Port facilities. On August 3, 1997, Rail Link, a wholly owned subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming., leased the lines and took over day-to-day oper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Columbus And Ohio River Rail Road
The Columbus & Ohio River Railroad is a railroad in the U.S. state of Ohio owned by Genesee & Wyoming Inc. The main line, formerly part of the Pennsylvania Railroad's "Panhandle," was acquired from Conrail in 1992. It begins in Columbus along CSX Transportation and Norfolk Southern Railway tracks and stretches to Mingo Junction, Ohio near Steubenville on the Ohio River. It interchanges with CSX at Columbus, and Norfolk Southern at Columbus and Mingo Junction. The railroad also connects with Ohio Central Railroad in Coshocton, Ohio and Zanesville, Ohio. Ohio Central is also owned by Genesee & Wyoming. Overall, since 2023, CUOH has totaled 277 miles. There are trackage rights in Columbus, Ohio on CSX to reach Parsons Yard, and Norfolk Southern to reach Watkins Yard. In addition to the main line (known as the Pan Subdivision), five additional lines are part of the Columbus & Ohio River: Neilston Line - Former PRR line used to reach Grogan Yard in Columbus. Mount Vernon Subdivisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Columbia And Cowlitz Railway
The Columbia and Cowlitz Railway is a short-line railroad owned by Patriot Rail Corporation, and is headquartered in Longview, Washington. The railroad serves an route from the Weyerhaeuser Company mill in Longview to the junction just outside the city limits of Kelso. From there, traffic is either switched to the Patriot Woods Railroad, formally known as the Weyerhaeuser Woods Railroad, where it is transported to Weyerhaeuser's Green Mountain Sawmill at Toutle or it is switched to the BNSF/Union Pacific joint main line for movement to either Portland, Oregon, or Seattle, Washington. The railroad employs thirteen people and hauls around 12,000 carloads a year. History CLC was incorporated on April 9, 1925, and the line was constructed between 1926 and 1928. The railway was a wholly owned subsidiary of Weyerhaeuser Company until its sale in 2010 to Patriot Rails. Patriot also purchased the Weyerhauser Woods Railroad, changing its name to Patriot Woods Railroad. The two rai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cloquet Terminal Railroad
Cloquet Terminal Railroad is a small Class 3 terminal railroad operating of track in Cloquet, Minnesota. The railroad interchanges with the Burlington Northern Santa Fe and Canadian Pacific railroads in Cloquet and services the Sappi Paper Mill, a USG Ceiling Tile plant and a SMI Plant on the mill site. The railroad's shop and offices are located on Dunlap Island in the St. Louis River. The railroad owns 160 freight cars. In 2004, the railroad handled 6,000 railroad cars. Cloquet Terminal Railroad is owned by the Sappi Paper Mill and took over the operations of the Duluth and Northeastern Railroad on May 13, 2002. The Duluth & Northeastern, while the last operating logging railroad in Minnesota, had abandoned most of its route in the 1940s and the line between Cloquet and Saginaw, Minnesota in the 1990s. The Cloquet Terminal Railroad began a cosmetic restoration of Duluth and Northeastern 28 (originally Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway 332), a 2-8-0 steam locomotive, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarendon And Pittsford Railroad
Clarendon may refer to: Places Australia *Clarendon, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney *Clarendon, Queensland, a rural locality in the Somerset Region *Clarendon, South Australia *Clarendon, Victoria, in the Shire of Moorabool *Clarendon County, New South Wales Canada *Clarendon Parish, New Brunswick **Clarendon, a community in Petersville Parish, New Brunswick, near Clarendon Parish *Clarendon Station, Ontario *Clarendon, Quebec England *Clarendon Park, Leicester *Clarendon Park, Wiltshire :*Clarendon Palace, within the park *Great Clarendon Street and Little Clarendon Street, Oxford Jamaica *Clarendon Parish, Jamaica * Clarendon Park, Jamaica United States *Clarendon, Arkansas *Clarendon, New York * Clarendon, North Carolina *Clarendon, Pennsylvania *Clarendon, Texas *Clarendon, Vermont *Clarendon, Arlington, Virginia *Clarendon County, South Carolina *Clarendon Township, Michigan People *Earl of Clarendon, a peerage of England *Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon (1609– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago South Shore And South Bend Railroad
The Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad , also known as the South Shore Line, is a Class III freight railroad operating between Chicago, Illinois, and South Bend, Indiana. The railroad serves as a link between Class I railroads and local industries in northeast Illinois and northwest Indiana. It built the South Shore Line electric interurban and operated it until 1990, when it transferred to the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District. The railroad is owned by the Anacostia Rail Holdings Company. History The South Shore Line is the last remaining of the once numerous electric interurban trains in the United States. The South Shore began in 1901 as the Chicago and Indiana Air Line Railway, a streetcar route between East Chicago and Indiana Harbor. Reorganized in 1904 as the Chicago, Lake Shore and South Bend Railway, by 1908 its route had reached South Bend, Indiana via Michigan City, Indiana. The company leased the Kensington and Eastern Railroad, an Illi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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