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Belt Railway of Chicago
The Belt Railway Company of Chicago, headquartered in Bedford Park, IL, is the largest switching terminal railroad in the United States.
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Bureau of Transportation Statistics
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), as part of the United States Department of Transportation, compiles, analyzes, and makes accessible information on the nation's transportation systems; collects information on intermodal transportation and other areas as needed; and improves the quality and effectiveness of DOT's statistical programs through research, development of guidelines, and promotion of improvements in data acquisition and use.
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Conrail Shared Assets Operations
Conrail Shared Assets Operations is the commonly used name for modern-day Conrail (reporting mark CRCX).
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Galveston Railroad
The Galveston Railroad is a Class III terminal switching railroad headquartered in Galveston, Texas.
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Goods station
A goods station (also known as a goods yard or goods depot) or freight station is, in the widest sense, a railway station where, either exclusively or predominantly, goods (or freight), such as merchandise, parcels, and manufactured items, are loaded onto or unloaded off of ships or road vehicles and/or where goods wagons are transferred to local sidings.
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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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Internal Revenue Service
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is the revenue service of the United States federal government.
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Joint railway
A joint railway is a railway operating under the control of more than one railway company: those companies very often supplying the traction over the railway.
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Kansas City Terminal Railway
The Kansas City Terminal Railway is a Class III terminal railroad that serves as a joint operation of the trunk railroads that serve the Kansas City metropolitan area, the United States' second largest rail hub.
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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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Rail yard
A rail yard, railway yard or railroad yard is a complex series of railroad tracks for storing, sorting, or loading and unloading, railroad cars and locomotives.
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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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Shunting (rail)
Shunting, in railway operations, is the process of sorting items of rolling stock into complete trains, or the reverse.
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Tax incentive
A tax incentive is an aspect of a country's tax code designed to incentivize or encourage a particular economic activity.
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Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis
The Terminal Railroad Association of St.
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Train ferry
A train ferry is a ship (ferry) designed to carry railway vehicles.
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Union station
A union station (also known as a union terminal and a joint station in Europe) is a railway station where tracks and facilities are shared by two or more separate railway companies, allowing passengers to connect conveniently between them.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switching_and_terminal_railroad
