Sentences with phrase «freight railroad companies»
The effort to purchase standardized equipment is led by the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act Section 305 Next Generation Corridor Equipment Pool Committee, comprised of representatives of interested states, the Federal Railroad Administration, Amtrak, host freight railroad companies, passenger railroad equipment manufacturers and suppliers, and other passenger railroad operators.
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Congress enacted the first national railroad safety legislation that year because the companies had insisted it was too expensive to put automatic braking systems and couplers on freight trains.
It's widely diversified across almost every conceivable industry, is largely immune to the sorts of technological changes that could still wipe Google off the map due to fact profits come from selling stuff like ketchup, jewelry, insurance, furniture, railroad freight services, and more (though management is smart enough to realize this so the technology giant has been making investments in everything from medical to energy companies).
Instead, the company's various divisions — whether it's a freight railroad or a mobile home manufacturer — have their own corporate functions, including things like HR and legal.
An association of major freight railroads in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, Amtrak, and several short line holding companies committed to keeping the railroads of North America safe, fast, efficient, clean, technologically advances, and secure.
On July 6, 2013, a catastrophic railroad accident involving a U.S. railroad company occurred in Lac - Mégantic, Quebec, Canada, when an unattended freight train transporting petroleum crude oil rolled down a descending grade and subsequently derailed.
But the company also is the outright owner of BNSF Railway, the second largest freight railroad network in North America, as well as some other companies you may have heard of, including Dairy Queen and Fruit of the Loom.
Performed conductor duties at Bellevue terminal, home terminal, the second largest rail yard in the United States, coordinating with the railroad, shipping companies, and engineers on the loading and unloading of freight and support for the operation of the train from one stop to the next.