percentages." In 1885, William H. Vanderbilt the railroad magnate, and Hugh J. Jewett defined railroad pooling in a letter to the Hepburn Committee of the...
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The Union Pacific Railroad (reporting marks UP, UPP, UPY) is a Class I freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over 32,200 miles (51...
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Amtrak (redirect from National Railroad Passenger Corporation)
forward to rescue it. The 1961 Doyle Report proposed that the private railroads pool their services into a single body. Similar proposals were made in 1965...
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The Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC; also sometimes called the Texas Railroad Commission, TRC) is the state agency that regulates the oil and gas industry...
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Operations were run jointly with the Boston and Lowell Railroad (B&L) from 1857 to 1878 as a railroad pool. Following the dissolution of this agreement, the...
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The Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company (reporting mark MNCW), also branded as MTA Metro-North Railroad and commonly called simply Metro-North, is a...
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Northern Pacific Railway (redirect from Northern Pacific Railroad)
the Coast Pool Train service between Portland and Seattle with the Great Northern Railway and the Union Pacific Railroad. NP and GN Coast Pool Trains lasted...
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TTX Company (category Union Pacific Railroad)
freight car management services to the North American rail industry. TTX's pool of railcars—over 168,000 cars and intermodal well cars—supports shippers...
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a railroad pool with the Boston and Lowell Railroad in 1857. The Nashua and Lowell only made a modest profit from operating the Stony Brook Railroad, but...
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Nenana Ice Classic (redirect from Ice pool)
rounds at the trading post bar." The ice pool subsequently became inactive until 1916. In that year, railroad workers revived the betting through ticket...
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Seaboard Air Line Railroad (reporting mark SAL), which styled itself as "The Route of Courteous Service", was an American railroad that existed from April...
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Erie Lackawanna Railway (redirect from Erie–Lackawanna Railroad)
Erie Lackawanna Railroad until 1968, was formed from the 1960 merger of the Erie Railroad and the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad. The official...
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Norfolk and Western Railway (redirect from Norfolk & Western Railroad)
(reporting mark NW), commonly called the N&W, was a US class I railroad, formed by more than 200 railroad mergers between 1838 and 1982. It was headquartered in...
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Reading Company (redirect from Reading Railroad)
Reading Railroad and logotyped as Reading Lines, the Reading Company was a railroad holding company for most of its existence, and a single railroad in its...
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Milwaukee Road (redirect from Milwaukee and Waukesha Railroad)
Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (CMStP&P), better known as the Milwaukee Road (reporting mark MILW), was a Class I railroad that operated in the Midwest...
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Springs Pool is the resort's main and largest pool, featuring a 67-foot waterslide. Boulder Ridge Cove Pool is the second and smallest pool at the resort...
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In the United States, a Class II railroad, sometimes referred to as a regional railroad, is a railroad company that is not Class I, but still has a substantial...
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Niland Geyser (section Union Pacific Railroad)
(23–24 m) deep and 100 feet (30 m) wide between the geyser and railroad tracks. The original pool was emptied, but several small mud pots were still in the...
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of couplings and air brakes enabled the pooling and interchange of locomotives and rolling stock. The railroad had its largest impact on the American transportation...
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Kansas City Southern Railway (redirect from Kansas City Southern Railroad)
the Poteau Valley Railroad Company, the Texarkana & Fort Smith Railway Company, the Arkansas Western Railway Company, the Glenn Pool Tank Line Company...
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Alberta Wheat Pool converted into a tea house and museum[third-party source needed] Alberta Central Railroad Museum – former Alberta Wheat Pool, second-oldest...
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2024 Texas elections (section Railroad Commissioner)
third 6-year term. Christie Clark, attorney Christi Craddick, incumbent Railroad Commissioner Corey Howell, construction operator Jim Matlock, oil & gas...
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Western Maryland Railway (redirect from Western Maryland Railroad)
1892 with the opening of the Potomac Valley Railroad, controlled by WM, between Williamsport and Big Pool, Maryland. This connection brought a major increase...
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Rail transport in Russia (redirect from Russian railroad)
Communication until 2003, and Russian Railways since then – including the pooling and redistribution of revenues. This has been crucial to two long-standing...
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Ansorge Hotel (section Railroad "boom town")
parallel from Malo through Curlew to Grand Forks. The prediction of a "railroad boom" to benefit Curlew and its immediate vicinity prompted William Ansorge...
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The Midland Valley Railroad (MV) was a railroad company incorporated on June 4, 1903 for the purpose of building a line from Hope, Arkansas, through Muskogee...
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The Central Pacific Railroad (CPRR) was a rail company chartered by U.S. Congress in 1862 to build a railroad eastwards from Sacramento, California, to...
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Pacific Railroad (CRI&P RW, sometimes called Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway) (reporting marks CRI&P, RI, ROCK) was an American Class I railroad. It...
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Jay Gould (category 19th-century American railroad executives)
Jason Gould (/ɡuːld/; May 27, 1836 – December 2, 1892) was an American railroad magnate and financial speculator who founded the Gould business dynasty...
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In economics, a common-pool resource (CPR) is a type of good consisting of a natural or human-made resource system (e.g. an irrigation system or fishing...
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