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Evansville Western Railway
The Evansville Western Railway is a Class II (as of 2022) regional railroad operating in the southern Illinois and Indiana region. It is one of three regional railroad subsidiaries owned and operated by P&L Transportation. Overview Founded in August 2005, the railroad commenced its first operations on January 1, 2006, when P&L Transportation, formerly Four Rivers Transportation, the parent company of both the Evansville Western and Paducah & Louisville railroads, leased of mainline track, ties and track equipment between CSX's Howell Yard in Evansville, Indiana, and the end-of-track at Okawville, Illinois, from CSX Transportation. This line was once part of the Louisville & Nashville's former Saint Louis Subdivision route that previously terminated in the metro-area of East St. Louis, Illinois, before being embargoed and slightly shortened under CSX ownership during the fall of 1993. CSX Transportation retains title to the real estate comprising the right of way on wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EMD SD40-2
The EMD SD40-2 is a AAR wheel arrangement#C-C, C-C diesel–electric locomotive built by Electro-Motive Diesel, EMD from 1972 to 1989. The SD40-2 was introduced in January 1972 as part of EMD's ''EMD Dash 2, Dash 2'' series, competing against the GE U30C. Although higher-horsepower locomotives were available, including EMD's own EMD SD45-2, SD45-2, the reliability and versatility of the SD40-2 made it one of the best-selling models in EMD's history, edged out only by the EMD GP9, GP9, and was the standard of the industry for several decades after its introduction. The SD40-2 was an improvement over the EMD SD40, SD40, with modular electronic control systems similar to those of the experimental DDA40X. Peak production of the SD40-2 was in the mid-1970s. Sales of the SD40-2 began to diminish after 1981 due to the oil crisis, increased competition from GE Dash 7 Series, GE's Dash-7 series and the introduction of the EMD SD50, which was available concurrently to late SD40-2 product ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BNSF Railway
BNSF Railway is the largest freight railroad in the United States. One of six North American Class I railroads, BNSF has 36,000 employees, of track in 28 states, and over 8,000 locomotives. It has three Transcontinental railroad, transcontinental routes that provide rail connections between the western and eastern United States. BNSF trains traveled over in 2010, more than any other North American railroad. The BNSF Railway Company is the principal operating subsidiary of parent company Burlington Northern Santa Fe, LLC. Headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, the railroad's parent company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., of Omaha, Nebraska. The current CEO is Kathryn Farmer. According to corporate press releases, BNSF Railway is among the top transporters of intermodal freight in North America. It also hauls bulk cargo, including coal. The creation of BNSF started with the formation of a holding company on September 22, 1995. This new holding compa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unit Train
A unit train, also called a block train or a trainload service, is a train in which all cars (wagons) carry the same commodity and are shipped from the same origin to the same destination, without being split up or stored en route. They are distinct from wagonload trains, composed of differing numbers of cars for various customers. Unit trains enable railways to compete more effectively with road and internal waterway transport systems. Time and money are saved by avoiding the complexities and delays that would otherwise involve assembling and disassembling trains at rail yards near the origin and destination. Unit trains are particularly efficient and economical for high-volume commodities. Since they often carry only one commodity, cars are of all the same type; often identical. Some commodities (e.g., coal) can be loaded at the origin while the train moves slowly on a loop track. The procedure is reversed at the receiving end, and because there generally is not any commodity ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interstate 64
Interstate 64 (I-64) is an east–west Interstate Highway in the Eastern United States. Its western terminus is at Interstate 70, I-70, U.S. Route 40 (US 40), and U.S. Route 61, US 61 in Wentzville, Missouri. Its eastern terminus is at the Bowers Hill Interchange with Interstate 264 (Virginia), I-264 and Interstate 664, I-664 at Bower's Hill, Virginia, Bower's Hill in Chesapeake, Virginia. I-64 connects Greater St. Louis, the Louisville metropolitan area, the Lexington–Fayette metropolitan area, the Charleston metropolitan area, West Virginia, Charleston, WV metropolitan area, the Greater Richmond Region, and Hampton Roads. Route description , - , Interstate 64 in Missouri, MO , , - , Interstate 64 in Illinois, IL , , - , Interstate 64 in Indiana, IN , , - , Interstate 64 in Kentucky, KY , , - , Interstate 64 in West Virginia, WV , , - , Interstate 64 in Virginia, VA , , - , Total , I-64 has concurrencies with Interstate 55, I-55, Interstate 57, I- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Opdyke, Illinois
Opdyke is a census-designated place in the southeastern part of Jefferson County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 236. History Opdyke was laid out in 1871, following construction of the St. Louis & Southeastern Railroad. The nearby, earlier town of Lynchburg was largely abandoned and moved to Opdyke. A part of the railroad investment in this area was funded by a mortgage of $4,525,000 by Calhoun & Opdyke of New York. The town is named for Opdyke. It is possible that the name of the village is all that they got out of the investment. The original surveys of Illinois, made around 1800, show the Goshen Road passing through what is now the center of Opdyke in a north–south direction. The road was about a quarter mile east of the north–south section road that now forms the western boundary of the village. Few traces of this road now remain, and it is not clear if the road was still present at the time of the founding of the village. Opdy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Vernon Airport
Mount Vernon Outland Airport is a civil public use airport three miles (5 km) east of Mount Vernon, in Jefferson County, Illinois. The airport is named for longtime airport board member Earl Outland. It is home to EAA Chapter 1155. History Mount Vernon Outland Airport has no scheduled airline, but it was once served by Air Kentucky doing business as US Airways Express. From the 1960s through the mid-1980s, the airport was also served by Ozark Airlines. This ended with Ozark Airlines' sale to Trans World Airlines (TWA) in 1986. The airport was a stop in the 45th annual Air Race Classic in 2022 when a group of pilots raced parts across America. The airport was originally set to be a stop in the 2020 version, which was put on hold because of the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022, an Air Evac EMS base announced it would relocate to Mount Vernon after the airport's board of commissioners reached an agreement with the Air Evac management company. The agreement brings one of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akin, Illinois
Akin () is an unincorporated community in Eastern Township, Franklin County, Illinois, United States. Akin is east of Benton and north of Thompsonville. Akin had a post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letter (message), letters and parcel (package), parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post o ..., which closed on July 2, 2011. History The post office had been in operation at Akin since 1860. George W. Aken, the first postmaster, most likely gave the community his name. References Unincorporated communities in Franklin County, Illinois Unincorporated communities in Illinois {{FranklinCountyIL-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian National Railway
The Canadian National Railway Company () is a Canadian Class I freight railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, which serves Canada and the Midwestern and Southern United States. CN is Canada's largest railway, in terms of both revenue and the physical size of its rail network, spanning Canada from the Atlantic coast in Nova Scotia to the Pacific coast in British Columbia across approximately of track. In the late 20th century, CN gained extensive capacity in the United States by taking over such railroads as the Illinois Central. CN is a public company with 24,671 employees and, , a market cap of approximately US$75 billion. CN was government-owned, as a Canadian Crown corporation, from its founding in 1919 until being privatized in 1995. , Bill Gates was the largest single shareholder of CN stock, owning a 14.2% interest through Cascade Investment and his own Gates Foundation. From 1919 to 1978, the railway was known as "Canadian National Railways" (CNR). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akin Junction, Illinois
Akin () is an Unincorporated area#United States, unincorporated community in Eastern Township, Franklin County, Illinois, Eastern Township, Franklin County, Illinois, Franklin County, Illinois, United States. Akin is east of Benton, Illinois, Benton and north of Thompsonville, Illinois, Thompsonville. Akin had a post office, which closed on July 2, 2011. History The post office had been in operation at Akin since 1860. George W. Aken, the first postmaster, most likely gave the community his name. References Unincorporated communities in Franklin County, Illinois Unincorporated communities in Illinois {{FranklinCountyIL-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macedonia, Illinois
Macedonia is a village in Franklin County, Illinois, Franklin and Hamilton County, Illinois, Hamilton counties, Illinois, United States. The population was 30 at the 2020 census. The Hamilton County portion of Macedonia is part of the Mount Vernon, Illinois, Mount Vernon Mount Vernon, Illinois micropolitan area, Micropolitan Statistical Area. History The village was named after the kingdom of Macedonia (ancient kingdom), Macedonia. Geography Macedonia is located at . It is northeast of Benton, Illinois, Benton, the Franklin County seat, and west of McLeansboro, Illinois, McLeansboro, the Hamilton County seat. According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Macedonia has a total area of , of which (or 98.19%) is land and (or 1.81%) is water. Demographics As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census there were 30 people, 18 households, and 14 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 24 housing units at an average density of . The racial make ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McLeansboro, Illinois
McLeansboro () is a city and the county seat of Hamilton County, Illinois, Illinois, United States. The population was 2,675 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. McLeansboro is part of the Mount Vernon, Illinois micropolitan area. Geography According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, McLeansboro has a total area of , of which (or 95.48%) is land and (or 4.52%) is water. Climate History The city was named for Dr. William McLean, an early settler who had resided there in 1821. Demographics As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census there were 2,675 people, 1,114 households, and 661 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 1,365 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 94.02% White (U.S. Census), White, 0.97% African American (U.S. Census), African American, 0.37% Native American (U.S. Census), Native American, 0.26% Asian (U.S. Census), Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander (U.S. Census), Pacific Islan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norfolk Southern Railway
The Norfolk Southern Railway is a Class I freight railroad operating in the Eastern United States. Headquartered in Atlanta, the company was formed in 1982 with the merger of the Norfolk and Western Railway and Southern Railway. The company operates in 22 eastern states, the District of Columbia, and has rights in Canada over the Albany to Montreal route of the Canadian Pacific Kansas City. Norfolk Southern Railway is the leading subsidiary of the Norfolk Southern Corporation. Norfolk Southern maintains 28,400 miles of track, with the rest managed by other parties through trackage rights. Intermodal containers and trailers are the most common commodity type carried by NS, which have grown as the coal business has declined throughout the 21st century; coal was formerly the largest traffic source. The railway offers the largest intermodal rail network in eastern North America. NS was also the pioneer of Roadrailer service. Norfolk Southern and its chief competitor, CSX ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
