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About 700 railroads operate common carrier freight service in the United States. There are about 160,141 mi (257,722 km) of railroad track in the United States, nearly all standard gauge. Reporting marks are listed in parentheses. [1] A&R Terminal Railroad (ART) Aberdeen and Rockfish Railroad (AR) Aberdeen, Carolina and Western Railway (ACWR)
USF Reddaway Inc. (which did business as Reddaway) was an American less than truckload (LTL) trucking company based in Tualatin, Oregon.Reddaway was a subsidiary of transportation and logistics holding company Yellow Corporation (formerly known as YRC Worldwide) and operated in the Western United States as well as British Columbia, Alaska, and Hawaii.
The Chicago and North Western (reporting mark CNW) was a Class I railroad in the Midwestern United States.It was also known as the "North Western".The railroad operated more than 5,000 miles (8,000 km) of track at the turn of the 20th century, and over 12,000 miles (19,000 km) of track in seven states before retrenchment in the late 1970s.
Defunct public transport operators in the United States (4 C, 154 P) Defunct railroad companies of the United States (5 C, 11 P) Defunct shipping companies of the United States (9 C, 188 P)
It was on the line from Port Huron to Detroit that a 12-year-old Thomas Edison held his first job as a newsboy and candy butcher onboard passenger trains. [5] Grand Trunk established its own route to Chicago across Michigan when the New York Central Railroad 's William Henry Vanderbilt took over control of the Michigan Central in 1878. [ 5 ]
The Transkentucky Transportation Railroad, Inc. (reporting mark TTIS) [2] is a 50-mile rail transport line purchased from Louisville and Nashville Railroad in 1979 with the goal of transporting coal produced in Eastern Kentucky to the Ohio River. It is a Class III railroad [3] that operates freight service between Paris and Maysville. [4]
MBTX - Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority MC - Michigan Central Railroad ; New York Central Railroad ; Penn Central ; Maine Coast Railroad (1991-2000); Massachusetts Coastal Railroad (2007-)
Emery Worldwide was an American air freight forwarder and air cargo carrier founded in 1946. [1] Emery was a pioneer in the early air freight industry, initially renting space on existing carrier routes before developing a fleet of dedicated aircraft. For nearly 40 years, Emery was the largest freight carrier in the world. [2]