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A spreader is a type of maintenance equipment designed to spread or shape ballast profiles. The spreader spreads gravel along the railroad ties. The various ploughs, wings and blades of specific spreaders allow them to remove snow, build banks, clean and dig ditches, evenly distribute gravel, as well as trim embankments of brush along the side of the track.
The following is a list of unions and brotherhoods playing a significant role in the railroad industry of the United States of America.Many of these entities changed names and merged over the years; this list is based upon the names current during the height of American railway unionism in the first decades of the 20th century.
Alamo North Texas Railroad (ANTX) Alaska Railroad (ARR) Albany and Eastern Railroad (AERC) Albany Port Railroad (APD) Alexander Railroad (ARC) Aliquippa and Ohio River Railroad (AOR) Allegheny Valley Railroad (AVR) Allentown and Auburn Railroad (ALLN) Alton and Southern Railway (ALS) AN Railway (AN) Angelina and Neches River Railroad (ANR) Ann ...
Jackson and Lansing Railroad: JAIL Lake State Railway: LSRC Lake Superior & Ishpeming Railroad: LSI Lapeer Industrial Railroad: LIRR Marquette Rail: MQT Michigan Shore Railroad: MS Michigan Southern Railroad: MSO Mid-Michigan Railroad: MMRR West Michigan Railroad: WMI
The AAR is headquartered in Washington, D.C., not far from the Capitol.Its information technology subsidiary, Railinc, is based in Cary, North Carolina.Railinc IT systems and information services, including the Umler system, the Interline Settlement System and Embargoes system are an integral part of the North American rail infrastructure.
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Alton Railroad: AA: Ann Arbor Railroad (1895-1976) → Ann Arbor Railroad (1988) A&A: Anniston and Atlantic Railroad: AAR: Association of American Railroads: AB: Akron Barberton Cluster Railway: ABB: Akron and Barberton Belt Railroad: ABCK: Alaska British Columbia Transportation Company: ABEC: Aberdeen Electric Company: ABL: Alameda Belt Line: ABM