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Louisiana Railroads
The following railroad companies operate in the U.S. state of Louisiana. Common freight carriers * Acadiana Railway (AKDN) * Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi Railroad (ALM) * Baton Rouge Southern Railroad (BRS) * Bogalusa Bayou Railroad (BBAY) *BNSF Railway (BNSF) *Canadian National Railway (CN) through subsidiary Illinois Central Railroad (IC) * CG Railway (CGR) *CSX Transportation (CSXT) *Delta Southern Railroad (DSRR) * Geaux Geaux Railroad (GOGR) *Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS) * Louisiana and Delta Railroad (LDRR) * Louisiana and North West Railroad (LNW) * Louisiana Southern Railroad (LAS) * New Orleans and Gulf Coast Railway (NOGC) * New Orleans Public Belt Railroad (NOPB) *North Louisiana and Arkansas Railroad *Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) through subsidiary Alabama Great Southern Railroad (AGS) * Ouachita Railroad (OUCH) * Port Rail (Lake Charles) (PRLC) * Timber Rock Railroad (TIBR) **Operates the Southern Gulf Railway *Union Pacific Railroad (UP) * Zee Railr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Railroad
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of land transport, next to road transport. It is used for about 8% of passenger and rail freight transport, freight transport globally, thanks to its Energy efficiency in transport, energy efficiency and potentially high-speed rail, high speed.Rolling stock on rails generally encounters lower friction, frictional resistance than rubber-tyred road vehicles, allowing rail cars to be coupled into longer trains. Power is usually provided by Diesel locomotive, diesel or Electric locomotive, electric locomotives. While railway transport is capital intensity, capital-intensive and less flexible than road transport, it can carry heavy loads of passengers and cargo with greater energy efficiency and safety. Precursors of railways driven by human or an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Orleans And Gulf Coast Railway
The New Orleans and Gulf Coast Railway Company (NOGC) is a short-line railroad headquartered in Belle Chasse, Louisiana. It is a subsidiary of the Rio Grande Pacific Company and operates two former Union Pacific Railroad The Union Pacific Railroad is a Railroad classes, Class I freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over routes in 23 U.S. states west of Chicago and New Orleans. Union Pacific is the second largest railroad in the United Stat ... (UP) branch lines located outside New Orleans, Louisiana. The company operates of track and interchanges with the UP in Westwego. The line delivers shipments of a variety of food products, oils, grains petroleum products, chemicals and steel products. References External linksHawkinsRails' New Orleans & Gulf Coast page Louisiana railroads Switching and terminal railroads {{Louisiana-transport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Orleans Regional Transit Authority
The New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (RTA or NORTA) is a public transportation agency based in New Orleans. The agency was established by the Louisiana State Legislature in 1979, and has operated bus and historic streetcar service throughout the city since 1983, when it took over the city's mass transit system after nearly six decades' control by New Orleans Public Service, Inc. (now Entergy New Orleans). In , the system had a ridership of , or about per weekday as of , making the Regional Transit Authority the largest public transit agency in the state of Louisiana. Basic rates for all modes, except ferries, are $1.25 per boarding (or $0.40 for 65 and up, disabled and Medicare, $0.50 for 5–17). 24-hour Jazzy Passes are $3, or $1 for youth and $0.80 for seniors, good for all modes including ferries. There are free transfer cards, good for next 120 minutes of unlimited use (round-trips/stopovers prohibited). Under 5 with a limit of three per paid rider can board for f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amtrak
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Trade name, doing business as Amtrak (; ), is the national Passenger train, passenger railroad company of the United States. It operates intercity rail service in 46 of the 48 contiguous United States, contiguous U.S. states and three Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian provinces. ''Amtrak'' is a portmanteau of the words ''America'' and ''track.'' Founded in 1971 as a Quasi-corporation, quasi-public corporation to operate many U.S. passenger rail routes, Amtrak receives a combination of state and federal subsidies but is managed as a for-profit corporation, for-profit organization. The company's headquarters is located one block west of Washington Union Station, Union Station in Washington, D.C. Amtrak is headed by a Board of Directors, two of whom are the United States Secretary of Transportation, secretary of transportation and chief executive officer (CEO) of Amtrak, while the other eight members are nominated to serve a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Camden And Highland Railroad
The East Camden and Highland Railroad is a Class III short-line railroad with two main facilities in East Camden, Arkansas, and in Minden, Louisiana. It began operation in East Camden Industrial Park on July 24, 1972. EACH operates a 47.6 mile (76.6 km) line in Arkansas from East Camden to Eagle Mills (where it interchanges with Union Pacific Railroad). EACH traffic generally consists of freight transportation of lumber, paper products and scrap paper, synthetic bulk rubber, and chemicals. EACH also provides switching services at locations in four states: *The Highland Industrial Park in East Camden (formerly the Shumaker Ordnance Depot), with interchange to Union Pacific *The Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant at Doyline, Louisiana, with interchange to Kansas City Southern Railway *The Iowa Army Ammunition Plant at Middletown, Iowa, with interchange to BNSF Railway *The Milan Army Ammunition Plant at Milan, Tennessee, with interchanges to CSX Transportation and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zee Railroad
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Union Pacific Railroad
The Union Pacific Railroad is a Railroad classes, Class I freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over routes in 23 U.S. states west of Chicago and New Orleans. Union Pacific is the second largest railroad in the United States after BNSF Railway, BNSF, with which it shares a duopoly on transcontinental freight rail lines in the Western United States, Western, Midwestern United States, Midwestern and West South Central states, West South Central United States. Founded in 1862, the original Union Pacific Rail Road was part of the first transcontinental railroad project, later known as the Overland Route (Union Pacific Railroad), Overland Route. Over the next century, UP absorbed the Missouri Pacific Railroad, the Western Pacific Railroad, the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad and the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad. In 1995, the Union Pacific merged with Chicago and North Western Transportation Company, completing its reach into the Upper Midwest. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Gulf Railway
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Timber Rock Railroad
The Timber Rock Railroad (TIBR) is a shortline rail carrier operating in the states of Texas and Louisiana. Its single line runs from Kirbyville, Texas to DeRidder, Louisiana, about 41.5 miles. It is owned by the Watco Companies. History The TIBR began operations in 1998 when Watco leased the Kirbyville to DeRidder line from what is now the BNSF Railway. This line had been completed in 1906 by the Jasper and Eastern Railroad, a subsidiary of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe. Watco later leased other lines from BNSF, including Kirbyville to Tenaha, Texas in 2002, Kirbyville to Silsbee, Texas in February 2004, and Somerville, Texas to Silsbee in July 2004. At that point, the line was operating across about 290 miles of track. But thereafter, the line began discontinuing service on various segments. By the time in early 2017 when the BNSF exercised an option to take back over operation of the trackage from Silsbee to Tenaha, TIBR was reduced to the original Kirbyville to DeRi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port Rail (Lake Charles)
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Ouachita Railroad
The Ouachita Railroad Company is a short-line railroad headquartered in El Dorado, Arkansas, United States. OUCH operates a 26.2 mile line in Arkansas and Louisiana from El Dorado (where it interchanges with Union Pacific) to Lillie, Louisiana. Only the part from El Dorado to a plant south of town is in service. OUCH traffic generally consists of lumber, chemicals, and particleboard. The line was formerly part of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad until its liquidation. The line was then operated by the South Central Arkansas Railway from 1982 to 1983, when it was sold to the East Camden and Highland Railroad (EACH). EACH sold the line to Arkansas Shortline Railroads, Inc., a short-line railroad holding company A holding company is a company whose primary business is holding a controlling interest in the Security (finance), securities of other companies. A holding company usually does not produce goods or services itself. Its purpose is to own Share ..., in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alabama Great Southern Railroad
The Alabama Great Southern Railroad is a railroad in the U.S. states of Alabama, Georgia (U.S.), Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee. It is an operating subsidiary of the Norfolk Southern Corporation (NS), running southwest from Chattanooga, TN, Chattanooga (where it connects with the similarly owned Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway) to New Orleans, LA, New Orleans through Birmingham, AL, Birmingham and Meridian, MS, Meridian. The AGS also owns about a 30% interest in the Canadian Pacific Kansas City-controlled Meridian-Shreveport, LA, Shreveport Meridian Speedway. In 1970 AGS reported 3854 million net ton-miles (5627 million net tonne-kilometers) of revenue freight and ; at the end of that year it operated of road and of track. (Those totals do not include Class II subsidiary Louisiana Southern Railway, Louisiana Southern.) History The AGS's oldest predecessor was the Wills Valley Railroad, chartered by the Alabama Legislature in February 1852 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
