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Rock And Rail LLC
Rock and Rail is a short line railroad operating in southern Colorado that is currently a subsidiary of Martin Marietta Materials Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. is an American company and a member of the S&P 500 Index. The company is a supplier of aggregates and heavy building materials, with operations spanning 26 states, Canada and the Caribbean. In particular, Martin .... The company began operations in July 1988. References External links Official website Colorado railroads Spin-offs of the Union Pacific Railroad {{DEFAULTSORT:Rock and Rail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RRRR Though The Royal Gorge
RRRR may refer to: * the reporting mark for the Rock and Rail LLC * Raritan River Railroad * the morse code for surface raider, used in conjunction with SOS is a Morse code distress signal (), used internationally, that was originally established for maritime use. In formal notation is written with an overscore line, to indicate that the Morse code equivalents for the individual letters of "SOS" ... See also * RRR (other) * RR (other) * R (other) {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Short Line Railroad
:''Short Line is also one of the four railroads in the American version of the popular board game Monopoly, named after the Shore Fast Line, an interurban streetcar line.'' A shortline railroad is a small or mid-sized railroad company that operates over a relatively short distance relative to larger, national railroad networks. The term is used primarily in the United States and Canada. In the U.S., railroads are categorized by operating revenue, and most shortline railroads fall into the Class III or Class II categorization defined by the Surface Transportation Board. Shortlines generally exist for one of three reasons: to link two industries requiring rail freight together (for example, a gypsum mine and a wall board factory, or a coal mine and a power plant); to interchange revenue traffic with other, usually larger, railroads; or to operate a tourist passenger train service. Often, short lines exist for all three of these reasons. History At the beginning of the railroad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains. Colorado is the eighth most extensive and 21st most populous U.S. state. The 2020 United States census enumerated the population of Colorado at 5,773,714, an increase of 14.80% since the 2010 United States census. The region has been inhabited by Native Americans and their ancestors for at least 13,500 years and possibly much longer. The eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains was a major migration route for early peoples who spread throughout the Americas. "''Colorado''" is the Spanish adjective meaning "ruddy", the color of the Fountain Formation outcroppings found up and down the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. The Territory of Colorado was organized on February 28, 1861, and on August 1, 1876, U.S. President Ulyss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Marietta Materials
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. is an American company and a member of the S&P 500 Index. The company is a supplier of aggregates and heavy building materials, with operations spanning 26 states, Canada and the Caribbean. In particular, Martin Marietta Materials supplies resources for the construction of roads, sidewalks and foundations. Martin Marietta's Magnesia Specialties business provides a full range of magnesium oxide, magnesium hydroxide and dolomitic lime products. The present-day materials business is distantly descended from Superior Stone, an aggregates company founded in 1939 in Raleigh, North Carolina. In 1959 the company was purchased by the American-Marietta Corporation, which merged with the Glenn L. Martin Company a year later to form Martin Marietta Corporation. Martin Marietta in turn merged with Lockheed Corporation in 1995, and a year later the "new" Martin Marietta was spun off as independent company, with Lockheed Martin retaining various aerospace, d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colorado Railroads
This list of Colorado railroads identifies the variety of active, historic, and defunct railroads that operate in the United States, U.S. Colorado, State of Colorado. __TOC__ Common freight carriers *BNSF Railway (BNSF) *Colorado Pacific Railroad (COPR) *Cimarron Valley Railroad (CVR) *Colorado and Wyoming Railway (CW) *Denver Rock Island Railroad (DRIR) *Great Western Railway of Colorado (GWR) *Hudson Terminal Railroad (HTR) *Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad (KO) *Keenesburg Direct Railroad (KDR) *Kyle Railroad (KYLE) *Nebraska Kansas Colorado Railway (NKCR) *Rock and Rail LLC (RRRR) *San Luis Central Railroad (SLC) *San Luis and Rio Grande Railroad (SLRG) *Union Pacific Railroad (UP) *Utah Railway (UTAH) Historic attraction carriers *Cripple Creek and Victor Narrow Gauge Railroad *Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad *Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad *Fort Collins Municipal Railway *Georgetown Loop *Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway *Platte Valley Trolley (Denver Tramway H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
