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Iowa Railroads
The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Iowa. Common freight carriers *Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad (BSVY) *BNSF Railway (BNSF) *Burlington Junction Railway (BJRY) *Canadian National Railway (CN) through subsidiaries Illinois Central Railroad (IC) Cedar River Railroad (CEDR) and Chicago Central and Pacific Railroad (CC) *Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) through subsidiary Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad (DME) *Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway (CIC) *D&I Railroad (DAIR) *Iowa Interstate Railroad (IAIS) *Iowa Northern Railway (IANR) **Operates the D&W Railroad *Iowa Northwestern Railroad (IANW) *Iowa River Railroad (IARR) *Iowa Southern Railway (ISRY) *Iowa Traction Railroad (IATR) *Keokuk Junction Railway (KJRY) *Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) *Union Pacific Railroad (UP) Private freight carriers *CBEC Railway *East Camden and Highland Railroad *Greater Davenport Redevelopment Corporation Passenger carriers *Amtrak (AMTK) *Fourth Street Elevator Defu ... [...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] |
