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  2. Bauxite and Northern Railway - Wikipedia

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    The Bauxite & Northern Railway (reporting mark BXN) is a Class III railroad operating in the United States state of Arkansas. BXN operates over 7 miles (11 km) of track in Bauxite, Arkansas. Traffic consists of largely of alumina, and the railroad hauls 4,059 carloads per year. In 2005, the railroad was purchased by holding company RailAmerica.

  3. Wikipedia : WikiProject Trains/ICC valuations/Bauxite and ...

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    The railroad of the Bauxite & Northern Railway Company, hereinafter called the carrier, is a single-track standard-gauge steam railroad, situated in the central part of the State of Arkansas, extending from Bauxite to Bauxite Junction, with a branch line from Bauxite to Gibbons, a total distance of 2.172 miles. The carrier also owns 2.610 miles ...

  4. History of rail transport in Cameroon - Wikipedia

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    Independent from 1960, the Republic of Cameroon devoted its initial rail transport efforts to the construction of a 29-kilometre-long (18 mi) branch from the Northern Railway to Kumba. This line went into operation in 1969. The new Republic's biggest project was a 622 km (386 mi) extension of the Central Railway from Yaoundé to Ngaoundéré ...

  5. Rio Tinto (corporation) - Wikipedia

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    Northern Rhodesia was the location of Rio Tinto's first major international expansion of mining activities. The company's first major acquisition occurred in 1929, when the company issued stock for the purpose of raising 2.5 million pounds to invest in Northern Rhodesian copper mining companies, which was fully invested by the end of 1930.

  6. Bauxite & Northern Railway - Wikipedia

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    From a railroad name with an ampersand: This is a redirect from the title of a railroad that is correct, but uses an ampersand (&) in place of the word "and". Wikipedia's naming convention for railroad companies is to use "and".

  7. Bauxite - Wikipedia

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    World bauxite production in 2005 One of the world's largest bauxite mines in Weipa, in northern Queensland, Australia. Australia is the largest producer of bauxite, followed by Guinea and China. [10] Bauxite is usually strip mined because it is almost always found near the surface of the terrain, with little or no overburden.

  8. List of rolling stock items in the UK National Collection

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    List of rolling stock items in the UK National Collection. Locomotives from the National Collection in the Great Hall of the UK National Railway Museum. The UK National Collection is a collection of around 280 historic rail vehicles (predominantly of British origin). The majority of the collection is kept at four national museums:

  9. RailAmerica - Wikipedia

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    Revenue. US$410.6 million (2009) [ 1] RailAmerica, Inc., based in Jacksonville, Florida, was a holding company of a number of short-line railroads and regional railroads in the United States and Canada . In 2007, RailAmerica was acquired by Fortress Investment Group. Before that, it traded on the New York Stock Exchange with the ticker symbol ...