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	The Story of the Aransas Harbor Terminal Railroad (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Railroad rails were laid on the the barges so that the loaded flat cars could be shoved on the decks for the trip out to the jetties.
		The sidings of the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railroad and the AHTRR were choked with cars of cotton and the railroad was considering the construction of a freight yard having anywhere from 10 to 15 tracks.
		A locomotive bell from one of the railroads was borrowed and mounted on an automobile, to be driven through the streets of the city with someone vigorously ringing the bell to attract attention.
	www.aransaspass.org /history_cont_.htm (5473 words)

	Ballard Terminal Railroad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Ballard Terminal Railroad, a short line railroad in Seattle, Washington, USA's Ballard neighborhood, was formed in 1997 to operate trains on three miles of track on the north side of Salmon Bay.
		To ensure continued service, the companies and other investors formed the Ballard Terminal Railroad, and it began operation early the next year with a 1940s-era locomotive formerly belonging to the Milwaukee Road.
		The Ballard Terminal Railroad runs from N.W. 40th Street and 8th Avenue N.W., just south of its Bright Street Yard and on the edge of Fremont, northwest toward Ballard proper.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ballard_Terminal_Railroad (267 words)

	Erie Railroad Terminal
		Reaching Jersey City, the railroad's goal was to cross the Hudson River to lower Manhattan with a ferry route.
		The terminal was built between 1886 and 1889 after the Erie Railroad completed its "cut" through the Palisades from the Hackensack River to the Hudson River.
		In 1960 the Erie Railroad merged with the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroads.
	www.njcu.edu /programs/jchistory/Pages/E_Pages/Erie_Railroad_Terminal.htm (575 words)

	History of Cincinnati Union Terminal
		Union Terminal was first proposed in the early part of the 20th century as a solution to the chaotic existing railroad system, which consisted of seven lines operating out of five stations.
		Union Terminal centralized the freight and passenger operations of the Big Four (later the New York Central); the Pennsylvania; the Chesapeake & Ohio; the Norfolk & Western; the Southern; the Louisville & Nashville; and the Baltimore & Ohio railroads.
		The Union Terminal complex originally was composed of 22 distinct buildings whose construction required 224,534 cubic yards of concrete, 100,500 square yards of paving, 8,250,000 bricks, and 45,421 net tons of steel.
	library.cincymuseum.org /uthisthelp.htm (1637 words)

	1992 Census of Transportation, Communications, and Utilities: SIC definitions
		Establishments primarily engaged in furnishing bus transportation, over regular routes and on regular schedules, the operations of which are principally outside a single municipality, outside one group of contiguous municipalities, and outside a single municipality and its suburban areas.
		Terminals operated by motor freight transportation companies for their own use are classified in Industry Group 421.
		Establishments primarily engaged in renting railroad cars, whether or not also performing services connected with the use thereof, or in performing services connected with the rental of railroad cars.
	www.census.gov /epcd/www/uc92sics.html (6241 words)

	Terminal station
		A terminal station, or terminus (plural: termini) is commonly used to describe a bus station or rail station (US: train station, UK: railway station).
		In the context of rail transport, a terminal station refers to the termination of the railway line at that point.
		The largest and most famous rail terminal is that of Grand Central Terminal in New York City, USA.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/terminal_station (553 words)

	Railroad Terminal
		Terminal where trains load or unload passengers or goods.
		Synonyms: railroad station (n), railway station (n), train depot (n), train station (n).
		Another project will pave the road between Chad's agricultural center of Moundou with the railroad terminal in Ngaoundere which is already connected to the port of Douala.
	www.websters-online-dictionary.org /definition/Railroad+Terminal (234 words)

	Choctaw Freight Station
		It was argued that this building was significant to the history of Arkansans and the history of Arkansas railroading, because it was the "flagship" freight station for the Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf Railroad, an important regional railroad headquartered in Little Rock.
		Historians stressed that this building was the last example of a two-story brick freight station in the state of Arkansas, and that it was extremely rare to have adjacent surviving examples of both passenger and freight stations from the same era.
		George W. Donaghey, a railroad contractor and later Governor of Arkansas, was involved in the design of the roof trusses which used massive timbers in a style usually reserved for railroad truss bridges.
	www.trainweb.org /choctawterminal (1231 words)

	Alaska Journal of Commerce: AIDEA sells terminal to railroad 06/09/03
		The railroad will be able to operate the coal loading terminal at a lower cost because it will have no debt on the facility, McMillan said.
		McMillan said there was a danger that the terminal might have been sold and dismantled had the deal with the railroad not gone through.
		The authority purchased 49 percent of the coal terminal in 1995 from Hyundai in an effort to help Hyundai, Usibelli and the railroad cut costs and retain the coal export contract.
	www.alaskajournal.com /stories/060903/loc_20030609001.shtml (602 words)

	Alexander's Gas & Oil Connections - Oil railroad terminal opened on Caspian Sea coast. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		It plans to increase the annual amount of oil, which is shipped from Aktau to Batumi via Baku and Tbilisi, to 6 mm tonnes with the help of another oil loading ramp at the Dyubendy railway station.
		The oil will be shipped to Batumi in evasion of the Ali-Bairamly oil terminal, which started transportation of the Tengiz oil to the Georgian Black Sea coast in March 1997.
		Azerbaijani President Geidar Aliyev attended the opening ceremony of the oil railway terminal and estimated it as a notable event in the life of the country.
	www.gasandoil.com /goc/news/ntc80734.htm (369 words)

	definition of terminal
		Pertaining to a railroad terminal; connected with the receipt or delivery of freight; as, terminal charges.
		Growing at the end of a branch or stem; terminating; as, a terminal bud, flower, or spike.
		Either of the ends of the conducting circuit of an electrical apparatus, as an inductorium, dynamo, or electric motor, usually provided with binding screws for the attachment of wires by which a current may be conveyed into or from the machine; a pole.
	www.brainydictionary.com /words/te/terminal229051.html (237 words)

	TrainBoard.com - Official Railroad Links (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The Gloster Southern Railroad began Operations in August of 1986 between the Georgia-Pacific Plywood mill at Gloster, Mississippi and the IC interchange at Slaughter, Louisiana 20 miles north of Baton Rouge.
		Kyle Railroad operates on 692 miles of track in the northern tier of Kansas, eastern Nebraska and eastern Colorado serving the agriculture rich winter wheat and feed grain region of the high plains.
		The South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad (SKOL) was established in 1990, with 300 miles of trackage in the states of Kansas and Oklahoma.
	www.trainboard.com /railroads (8002 words)

	CSX Hamlet Terminal Tour
		Terminal trackage includes the east-west line between East Junction at the end of the Wilmington Subdivision, across Hamlet, and on thru the Richmond County countryside to Rockingham, thru Rockingham, and back out in the country, over the Pee Dee River, and into and thru the Siding at Pee Dee, where the Monroe Subdivision begins.
		Now for some real time railroading: Set up your cooler, lawn chairs, scanner, etc, well north of the station, as all four tracks (Wilmington/Dillon lead, 2 Monroe leads, and the Columbia line) are coming together north of the station.
		The railroad crosses the Pee Dee River well south of US-74, and the end of the Hamlet Terminal Subdivision is at the east end of the Pee Dee siding which begins just west of the river.
	www.frograil.com /tours/csx/SALhamlet.htm (4139 words)

	US CODE: Title 26,281. Terminal railroad corporations and their shareholders
		In the case of any taxable year ending after the date of the enactment of this section, paragraph (1) shall not apply to the extent that it would (but for this paragraph) operate to create (or increase) a net operating loss for the terminal railroad corporation for the taxable year.
		The term “terminal railroad corporation” means a domestic railroad corporation which is not a member, other than as a common parent corporation, of an affiliated group (as defined in section 1504) and—
		The term “related terminal income” means the income (determined in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary) of a terminal railroad corporation derived—
	straylight.law.cornell.edu /uscode/26/usc_sec_26_00000281----000-.html (562 words)

	Genesee & Wyoming
		GWI currently operates more than 47 railroads in five countries (United States, Canada, Mexico, Bolivia and Australia), over 9,300 miles of owned and leased track, with access to an additional 3,000 miles through track-access arrangements.
		Our goal is to become the worldwide leader in rail-related services, anticipating and responding rapidly to customer requirements and the dynamics of a competitive marketplace.
		As we celebrated our 100th anniversary in 1999, we took pride in the century of service that brought us to become a leading operator of shortline and regional freight railroads and related services in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Bolivia and Australia.
	www.gwrr.com /default.cfm?action=rail&section=3B5a (221 words)

	UP-Railroad Terms Glossary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Hump operations are the railroad's most efficient sorting operations, and the North Platte Terminal is UP's biggest hump yard.
		Crew used to bring a train into a terminal when the original crew has insufficient time to complete the trip and a second crew is necessary.
		Trains stopped between primary terminals and switched to further define the car blocks and to facilitate handling at the destination terminal.
	www.uprr.com /aboutup/gloss/rtalkgls.shtml (1454 words)

	Freight terminal meets with no, no, no, no
		What Hickey doesn't like is the idea of a special railroad yard, one designed for moving countless truck trailers and marine containers to and from freight trains that stretch as long as 2 miles.
		The federal government is expected to pay $300 million to $800 million for the proposed Detroit Intermodal Freight Terminal, or DIFT, depending on its location and design, with the rest funded through minor, undetermined matches by the state and railroads, said Ben Kohrman, communications director for the Michigan Department of Transportation.
		Residents and local politicians are uniformly skeptical, although the heads of two community-development groups at Thursday's meeting said the DIFT would improve a depressed area in southwest Detroit, where a rail yard now spews noise, dust and fumes.
	www.freep.com /news/locway/railroad20e_20050620.htm (765 words)

	Rossville Depot Railroad Museum
		The Danville Junction Chapter of the NRHS operates the Rossville Depot Railroad Museum in Rossville, Illinois.
		The depot, built by the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad in 1903, has been restored to the 1950’s era of that former road.
		Featured in the former baggage room is an operating HO scale model railroad constructed by members of the Chapter.
	www.prairienet.org /djc-nrhs/museum.html (462 words)

	Secretary Mineta Says Alaska Knows How to Run a Railroad; Cites Operation as Example to Follow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Alaskans know how to run a railroad and their success could serve as a model in the drive to reform Amtrak and save inter-city passenger rail, U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta said today during a visit to an Alaska Railroad terminal in Anchorage.
		Mineta said the Alaskan railroad has demonstrated a willingness to innovate, running long distance trains that combine first-class travel cars owned and operated by cruise lines, while continuing to serve commuters and local residents across the state.
		In addition, he said, the railroad’s sound business model has allowed the company to cover the cost of operations while partnering with the federal government to share the cost of new tracks and other capital needs.
	www.dot.gov /affairs/dot9805.htm (368 words)

	Governor Engler Announces Partnership to Develop $7 Million Railroad Terminal in Detroit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		A cooperative alliance of state, city and private partners will provide the funding to build a new railroad freight terminal in downtown Detroit, an investment that officials say will be a catalyst for future development in the Motor City.
		The terminal will be built adjacent to the existing Michigan Central Depot for the Canadian Pacific Railway's eastern network.
		This new freight terminal could be operational early in the new year.
	www.mi.gov /mdot/0,1607,7-151-9620_11057-96429--M_1999_9,00.html (562 words)

	Cleveland Union Terminal Collection (Cleveland's Terminal Tower) at the Cleveland State University Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		He continued to be a avid supporter up to his death and was always available to share his extensive knowledge of the CUT in particular and railroading in general.
		This was a massive urban redevelopment project that foreshadowed the Rockefeller Center, in New York; gave Clevaland the second-tallest building in the world in 1930; and forever changed the face of Public Square and wide swaths of adjoining neighborhoods.
		When the Cleveland Union Terminal was formally opened in 1930 a souvenir DEDICATION BOOK was issued, explaining the new project and showing beautiful drawings of the facility.
	www.csuohio.edu /CUT/tower2.htm (255 words)

	Terminal Railroad Association . Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Since 1889, the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis has played a vital role in the railroad operations and growth of the St. Louis metropolitan area.
		Over 110 years later, the employees of the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis make the same commitment to efficiency, safety and value to our customers, owners, and the public with each new day.
		Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis Copyright MM.
	www.terminalrailroad.com (109 words)

	Railroad Historical Society Index
		It is intended to include the major railroad companies of the 1930-1950 era in alphabetical order, and the historical societies which cover them, where known.
		The railroad list is somewhat arbitrary, and has been augmented with short lines and contemporary railroads for which there are societies.
		It is possible that some of the railroads shown as having no society may be covered a society for a successor railroad.
	www.ribbonrail.com /rrpro/database.html (832 words)

	NY Cross Harbor Railroad Virtual Tour @ OldNYC.com
		One of the railroad companies was the Bush Terminal Railroad company, formed by Irving T. Bush at the turn of the twentieth century.
		The railroad freight terminal contained two large float bridges, several team and layup tracks, maintenance and storage facilities, as well as a building that served as the company's headquarters.
		Freight railroad companies such as the New York Cross Harbor Railroad and the New York and Atlantic Railway may once again become the powerhouses that their ancestors once were, as they help to deliver industry's goods to New York City consumers and businesses.
	www.oldnyc.com /crossharbor_rr/crossharbor_yard/crossharbor_yard_1.html (654 words)

	Need for Intermodal Railroad Terminal Facilities in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Operating Characteristics 25 3 Executive Summary In 1994, the Burlington Northern Railroad, CP Rail System, the Minnesota Department of Transportation and the Metropolitan Council conducted studies to forecast the future growth in intermodal shipping in the Twin Cities area and to assess the capacity of existing intermodal terminal facilities to meet the forecast demand.
		Minnesota Intermodal Railroad Terminal Study Study MIRTS was created to conduct a study of the need for intermodal terminal capacity in the Twin Cities Area and to make recommendations based on the study results.
		Operate at the terminal and participate in an operating association to oversee the terminal 20 Ancillary Studies Land Availability Survey in the Twin Cities Region MIRTS conducted a "desk top" survey of the availability of land for a new, shared intermodal facility.
	www.bts.gov /NTL/DOCS/need.html (4399 words)

	OldNYC.com - Examining NYC's Transportation Infrastructure
		The Cross Harbor Railroad is an active freight railroad, and the railroad is unique in that it is one of the few railroads that continues to operate on New York City's surface streets.
		Much like the freight railroad system that once served New York City, the ship industry experienced a massive decline after the Interstate Highway system was built, as industry utilized trucks to transport their goods and raw materials.
		Like many railroad companies in the 1900's, the Baltimore and Ohio (BandO) Railroad once served the Port of New York with a diverse freight transportation network and infrastructure.
	www.oldnyc.com (2221 words)

	New York Regional Rail Corporation a (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		NYCH is part of the National Rail Transportation System and holds a Surface Transportation Board Certificate of Convenience and Necessity for the movement of rail freight by rail barge across New York Harbor.
		NYCH operates from its 27 acre Greenville Terminal Yard in Jersey City, New Jersey, and its 6 acre Bush Terminal Yard in Brooklyn, New York.
		On the East Side of New York Harbor, the Company interchanges rail cars with the New York and Atlantic Railroad in Brooklyn, NY for railcars whose destinations are Long Island, the Northeast United States or Canada.
	www.nyrr.com (428 words)

	AEI Railroad Terminal Manager Software With AEI Tag Reading Capabilities
		An inexpensive PC Windows program that enables owners of commercial railroad and trucking facilities to easily track vehicle (rail cars, trucks, trailers, etc.) inventory in a yard or terminal.
		The colors of the cars shown in the Terminal display (Figure 1) are defined by the user and can be modified at any time.
		In Figure 5 the search is for cars that have been in the terminal less than seven days and empty.
	www.signalcc.com /terminal/index.html (795 words)

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