The Manufacturers Railway Company is a defunct railway company in

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. It was owned by

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History

The railway company was founded in 1887 by

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, the President of

. By 1906, Busch was still President while William D. Orthwein was Vice President. The company's line connected with the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis and the

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. The MRS accessed the

using

trackage rights Railway companies can interact with and control others in many ways. These relationships can be complicated by bankruptcies. Operating Often, when a railroad first opens, it is only a short spur of a main line. The owner of the spur line may ...

over the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis via the MacArthur Bridge. MRS owned railroad cars used to transport Anheuser-Busch's products. It also provided locomotive maintenance and painting services to other companies. On March 25, 2011, it was announced that Anheuser-Busch had applied to shut down the MRS, after the brewery began shipping outbound products via truck instead of rail. However, on April 8, Foster Townsend Rail Logistics (reporting marks: FTRL) announced that it planned to take over operations of the line once Manufacturers Railway ceased operations. On October 2, 2011, FTRL Railway began providing rail switching services at Anheuser Busch's St. Louis brewery.

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Union Pacific Railroad - Manufacturers Railway Company MRS #460
{{DEFAULTSORT:Manufacturers Railway Saint Louis Missouri Defunct Illinois railroads Defunct Missouri railroads Railway companies established in 1887 Switching and terminal railroads Anheuser-Busch

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