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60 relations: Ahnapee and Western Railway, BNSF Railway, Boiler, Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad, Boone, Iowa, Boxcar, Canadian Locomotive Company, Carbondale, Illinois, Central Vermont Railway, Chemical substance, Chicago, Coal, Common carrier, Covered hopper, Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge, Davenport Locomotive Works, EMD SW1, EMD SW1200, Federal Railroad Administration, Flatcar, Grain, Grain elevator, Heritage railway, Herrin, Illinois, Hopper car, Illinois Central Railroad, Industrial park, Intermodal freight transport, Jackson, Missouri, Knoxville, Tennessee, List of heritage railroads in the United States, List of Illinois railroads, Lumber, Marion, Illinois, Maytag, Missouri Pacific Railroad, New London, Connecticut, Paper, Petroleum, Progressive Rail, Inc., Rail transport, Railfan & Railroad, Railroad classes, Roberval and Saguenay Railway, Rosiclare, Illinois, Semi-trailer, Shortline railroad, Smurfit-Stone Container, Southern Illinois, St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway, ..., Steam locomotive, Steel, Switcher, Union Pacific Railroad, United States, Whirlpool Corporation, Williamson County, Illinois, Wye (rail), 2-4-2, 2-8-0. Expand index (10 more) »
Ahnapee and Western Railway
The Ahnapee and Western Railway (A&W) was a common carrier short line railroad located in northeastern Wisconsin.
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BNSF Railway
The BNSF Railway Company is the largest freight railroad network in North America, followed by the Union Pacific Railroad (UP) in second place, its primary competitor for Western U.S. freight.
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Boiler
A boiler is a closed vessel in which fluid (generally water) is heated.
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Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad
The Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad is a heritage railroad that operates freight and passenger excursions in Boone County, Iowa.
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Boone, Iowa
Boone is a city in Des Moines Township, and county seat of Boone County, Iowa, United States.
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Boxcar
A boxcar is a North American railroad car that is enclosed and generally used to carry freight.
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Canadian Locomotive Company
The Canadian Locomotive Company, commonly referred to as CLC, was a Canadian manufacturer of railway locomotives located in Kingston, Ontario.
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Carbondale, Illinois
Carbondale is a city in Jackson County, Illinois, United States, within the Southern Illinois region informally known as "Little Egypt." The city developed from 1853 because of the stimulation of railroad construction into the area.
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Central Vermont Railway
The Central Vermont Railway was a railroad that operated in the U.S. states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont, as well as the Canadian province of Quebec.
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Chemical substance
A chemical substance, also known as a pure substance, is a form of matter that consists of molecules of the same composition and structure.
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Chicago
Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the third most populous city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles.
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Coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams.
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Common carrier
A common carrier in common law countries (corresponding to a public carrier in civil law systems,Encyclopædia Britannica CD 2000 "Civil-law public carrier" from "carriage of goods" usually called simply a carrier) is a person or company that transports goods or people for any person or company and that is responsible for any possible loss of the goods during transport.
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Covered hopper
A covered hopper is a railroad freight car designed for carrying dry bulk loads, varying from grain to products such as sand and clay.
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Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge is a 43,890 acre (180 km²) National Wildlife Refuge primarily in southwestern Williamson County, but with small extensions into adjacent eastern Jackson and northeastern Union counties of southern Illinois, in the United States.
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Davenport Locomotive Works
The Davenport Locomotive Works, of Davenport, Iowa, USA was formed as the W W Whitehead Company in 1901.
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EMD SW1
The EMD SW1 is a diesel-electric switcher locomotive built by General Motors' Electro-Motive Corporation (later Division) between December 1938 and November 1953.
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EMD SW1200
An EMD SW1200 is a diesel switcher locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between January 1954 and May 1966.
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Federal Railroad Administration
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is an agency in the United States Department of Transportation (DOT).
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Flatcar
A flatcar (US) (also flat car (US) or flat wagon (UIC)) is a piece of railroad (US) or railway (non-US) rolling stock that consists of an open, flat deck mounted on a pair of trucks (US) or bogies (UK), one at each end containing four or six wheels.
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Grain
A grain is a small, hard, dry seed, with or without an attached hull or fruit layer, harvested for human or animal consumption.
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Grain elevator
A grain elevator is an agrarian facility complex designed to stockpile or store grain.
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Heritage railway
A heritage railway is a railway operated as living history to re-create or preserve railway scenes of the past.
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Herrin, Illinois
Herrin is a city in Williamson County, Illinois, United States.
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Hopper car
A hopper car (US) or hopper wagon (UIC) is a type of railroad freight car used to transport loose bulk commodities such as coal, ore, grain, and track ballast.
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Illinois Central Railroad
The Illinois Central Railroad, sometimes called the Main Line of Mid-America, was a railroad in the central United States, with its primary routes connecting Chicago, Illinois, with New Orleans, Louisiana, and Mobile, Alabama.
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Industrial park
An industrial park (also known as industrial estate, trading estate) is an area zoned and planned for the purpose of industrial development.
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Intermodal freight transport
Intermodal freight transport involves the transportation of freight in an intermodal container or vehicle, using multiple modes of transportation (e.g., rail, ship, and truck), without any handling of the freight itself when changing modes.
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Jackson, Missouri
Jackson is a city in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States.
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Knoxville, Tennessee
Knoxville is a city in the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Knox County.
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List of heritage railroads in the United States
This is a list of heritage railways in the United States.
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List of Illinois railroads
The following railroads operating in the U.S. state of Illinois.
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Lumber
Lumber (American English; used only in North America) or timber (used in the rest of the English speaking world) is a type of wood that has been processed into beams and planks, a stage in the process of wood production.
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Marion, Illinois
Marion is a city in and the county seat of Williamson County, Illinois, United States.
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Maytag
The Maytag Corporation is an American home and commercial appliance brand owned by Whirlpool Corporation after the April 2006 acquisition of Maytag.
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Missouri Pacific Railroad
The Missouri Pacific Railroad, commonly abbreviated MoPac, with nickname of The Mop, was one of the first railroads in the United States west of the Mississippi River.
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New London, Connecticut
New London is a seaport city and a port of entry on the northeast coast of the United States.
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Paper
Paper is a thin material produced by pressing together moist fibres of cellulose pulp derived from wood, rags or grasses, and drying them into flexible sheets.
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Petroleum
Petroleum is a naturally occurring, yellow-to-black liquid found in geological formations beneath the Earth's surface.
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Progressive Rail, Inc.
Progressive Rail Inc. is a shortline railroad operating several separate branches including the Airlake Terminal Railway.
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Rail transport
Rail transport is a means of transferring of passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, also known as tracks.
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Railfan & Railroad
Railfan & Railroad is an American monthly magazine that has been in publication since the 1970s.
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Railroad classes
In the United States, railroads are designated as Class I, II, or III, according to size criteria first established by the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) in 1911, and now governed by the Surface Transportation Board.
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Roberval and Saguenay Railway
The Roberval and Saguenay Railway is a small railway company, wholly owned by Rio Tinto Alcan, a mining corporation.
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Rosiclare, Illinois
Rosiclare is a city in Hardin County, Illinois, along the Ohio River.
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Semi-trailer
A semi-trailer is a trailer without a front axle.
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Shortline railroad
A shortline railroad is a small or mid-sized railroad company that operates over a relatively short distance relative to larger, national railroad networks.
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Smurfit-Stone Container
Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation was a global paperboard and paper-based packaging company based in Creve Coeur, Missouri, and Chicago, Illinois, with approximately 21,000 employees.
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Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois (also known as "Little Egypt" or "Egypt") is the southern third of the state of Illinois.
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St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
The St.
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Steam locomotive
A steam locomotive is a type of railway locomotive that produces its pulling power through a steam engine.
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Steel
Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon and other elements.
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Switcher
A switcher or shunter (Great Britain: shunter; Australia: shunter or yard pilot; United States: switcher, switch engine, or yard goat, except Pennsylvania Railroad: shifter) is a small railroad locomotive intended not for moving trains over long distances but rather for assembling trains ready for a road locomotive to take over, disassembling a train that has been brought in, and generally moving railroad cars around – a process usually known as ''switching'' (USA) or shunting (UK).
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Union Pacific Railroad
The Union Pacific Railroad (or Union Pacific Railroad Company and simply Union Pacific) is a freight hauling railroad that operates 8,500 locomotives over 32,100 route-miles in 23 states west of Chicago and New Orleans.
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United States
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.
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Whirlpool Corporation
The Whirlpool Corporation is an American multinational manufacturer and marketer of home appliances, headquartered in Benton Charter Township, Michigan, United States, near Benton Harbor, Michigan.
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Williamson County, Illinois
Williamson County is a county located in the southern part of the U.S. state of Illinois.
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Wye (rail)
In railroad structures, and rail terminology, a wye (like the 'Y' glyph) or triangular junction is a triangular joining arrangement of three rail lines with a railroad switch (set of points) at each corner connecting to each incoming line.
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2-4-2
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle, four powered and coupled driving wheels on two axles and two trailing wheels on one axle.
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2-8-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle, usually in a leading truck, eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles and no trailing wheels.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab_Orchard_and_Egyptian_Railway
