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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.
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 ...
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 ...
Rail transport in Jamaica. Kingston railway station, closed since 1992, as seen in 2007. The railways of Jamaica were constructed from 1845, making it the second British colony to receive a railway system, following Canada in 1836 with the Champlain and St Lawrence Railroad. [ 1][ 2] Construction started only twenty years after the Stockton ...
The Reading and Northern is also well known for operating several passenger excursions over its system. A subsidiary, the Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway (LGSR), offers daily service between Jim Thorpe and Lehigh Gorge State Park between the months of April and November, while RBMN itself runs regular weekend trains to Jim Thorpe from Reading and ...
The station was opened by the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway on 1 July 1889, which had taken ownership in October 1884. The station connected to the local ironstone and bauxite mines via the Crommelin Mineral Tramway. The ore was then transported by rail to Ballymena and thence to Larne for shipment. [1]
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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.