Sentences with phrase «largest railroad»

Its economy is based on farming and ranching, and its near center position in the U.S. has made it a major transportation hub with the country's largest railroad yards.

It is known as a railroad town because the world's largest railroad classification yard, the Bailey Yard owned by Union Pacific Railroad, is located in North Platte.

Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd, the country's second - largest railroad, said only one 26,000 - gallon tank car had ruptured, adding it was a mixed freight train.

Canadian National is the largest railroad in Canada.

It is known as a railroad town because the world's largest railroad classification yard, the Bailey Yard owned by Union Pacific Railroad, is located in North Platte.

Hybrid locomotive technologies offer many advantages, but they will come with new obstacles, says Mike Iden, general director of car and locomotive engineering at Omaha, Neb. — based Union Pacific Railroad, the nation's largest railroad company, with a 5,150 - kilometer network.

Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. approached CSX Corp. about a combination that would unite two of North America's largest railroad operators, said people briefed on the matter, as the boom in North American energy reshapes the railroad industry.

We are also fortunate to be served by two Class I railroads and 24 short - line companies, giving our state the No. 7 rank in rail mileage, with nearly 5,000 miles of railroad track, the largest railroad network in the Southeast.

Last week, Canadian Pacific Railway made a $ 28.4 billion takeover bid for Norfolk Southern that would create North America's third - largest railroad by revenue behind Union Pacific and BNSF.

Calgary - based CP, Canada's second - largest railroad operator, launched its takeover bid for Norfolk Southern in mid-November, touting potential savings of more than $ 1.8 billion annually.

• Ferrocarril Mexicano, Mexico's largest railroad operator, is close to reaching a deal to acquire Florida East Coast Railway, a Jacksonville, Fla. - based rail system operator, for more than $ 2 billion, including debt, according to Reuters.

Union Pacific (unp), the largest railroad operator in the U.S., also makes Michael Reckmeyer's «nice» list.

April 23 - Canadian National Railway Co on Monday posted a 16.2 percent fall in quarterly profit as operating expenses shot up during the harsh winter, and the country's largest railroad cut its 2018 outlook as capacity limits strained its ability to meet high demand.

It is one of the largest railroads in the world.

In 2010, many people questioned Buffett's purchase of one of the largest railroads in the US, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, now his most profitable subsidiary.

While completing MBA, served on the accounting staff of one of the largest railroads in America.

One of his most remembered contributions to the growing city was his proposal to change the name from Franklin to El Paso.1 The population was at around roughly 10,000 in 1890 after several large railroad companies moved into town.

Not exact matches

Along with the hardware sellers, railroads, trucking companies, logistics firms and others that make up the supply - chain of the economy also faced the challenge of providing essential goods to Texas, the second - largest U.S. state.

Berkshire has more than 90 operating units, including large businesses such as the BNSF railroad, Geico auto insurance and Berkshire Hathaway Energy utilities, and smaller businesses making Dairy Queen ice cream, Duracell batteries, Fruit of the Loom underwear, Ginsu knives and the World Book encyclopedia.

Largest employers: State of Nebraska, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Bryan Health, U.S. Government, Saint Elizabeth Regional Medical Center, Burlington Northern Railroad, Kawasaki Motors Mfg. Corp. (KWHIY)

Admittedly, after years of acquisitions, Berkshire's bottom line has more to do with the performance of the increasingly large companies it owns — including, for instance, railroad giant BNSF and Heinz — and less to do with the returns of its stock market portfolio.

Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd said on Monday it had scrapped efforts to buy Norfolk Southern Corp (nsc), almost six months after it launched its unsolicited $ 28 billion bid for the fourth - largest U.S. railroad operator.

UPS is the largest customer of the major U.S. railroads.

Berkshire has roughly 90 subsidiaries including Geico car insurance, the BNSF railroad and Dairy Queen ice cream, and has large stakes in companies such as Kraft Heinz, Wells Fargo, Coca - Cola, and IBM.

The technologies of railroads inherently gave large operators advantages of efficiency and profitability.

Operating expenses rose 9 percent to C$ 2.16 billion in the quarter as the railroad operator spent more to move larger volumes in harsh winter conditions.

FOUNDED: by Neal A. DeAngelo and Paul DeAngelo in 1978 BUSINESS: Provides weed - control services for railroads, utilities, and large industrial sites START - UP CAPITAL: $ 2,000 ESTIMATED 1997 REVENUES: $ 12 million

The acquisition of Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad remains Buffett's largest deal.

The most important office law business in America such as the law business incidental to banking, insurance, trust - company operation, investment work, railroading, patents, admiralty, and large corporation matters in general is in the hands of non-Jewish firms many of which, even though they have numerous Jewish clients, have no Jewish partners.

His largest acquisition to date was for the 77 % of railroad Burlington Northern Santa Fe he didn't already own, for $ 26 billion.

They structured the largest and most important transaction in their history with the acquisition of Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad.

Its railroad, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, is one of the largest in the country, raking in $ 23 billion in revenue last year by operating on a track network of 32,500 miles in 28 states and three Canadian provinces.

It could also trigger a «final round of major railroad mergers, involving possibly all six of the largest North American railroads» that could result in having just two major transcontinental carriers serving the US and Canada.

Midland County, where the largest number of Midland basin permits have been issued, is currently on track for nearly 1,090 permits in 2017, which would surpass the 1072 permits the Railroad Commission approved in 2014.

When I did big things, some large corporation like the Pennsylvania Railroad Company was behind me and the responsible party.

Yet what sort of «depression» is it which saw an extraordinarily large expansion of industry, of railroads, of physical output, of net national product, of real per capita income?

If you want to move large amounts of goods to or from West Coast ports in the most cost efficient manner the railroads are it.

Then after the 1980s Stagger Act the 40 railroads merged into 8 with four railroads taking the largest share.

These gains should more than offset marginally higher borrowing costs for Berkshire's BNSF railroad and Berkshire Hathaway Energy, which finance their large capital investments with borrowed money.

The land grants to railroad barons after America's Civil War, for example created the largest American fortunes for the ensuing century.

Similarly, railroads and utilities and master limited partnerships build up large infrastructure that is either protected from competition due to having a regulated monopoly, or it simply would be self - destructive for a competitor to try to copy, like building a new set of railroad tracks right alongside a competitor that can't get enough traffic to justify its costs since there's already an established route there.

A railroad station crush left 36 people dead Sunday among tens of millions of Hindu pilgrims flocking to the banks of the Ganges River for the world's largest religious gathering, authorities reported.

More than 75,000 men, women and children crossed the plains in the largest mass movement of people in American History, (until the railroad was finished in 1856) and 6,000 died along the trail.

The D.W. & P. railroad runs to Duluth, with connections to the large Midwest cities, including, of course, Minneapolis and St. Paul.

The change at the controls comes as on - time performance for the nation's largest commuter railroad is at its worst point since the 1990s.

Hills also accused Long of «railroading» the endorsement process by the executive committee at the expense of rank - and - file Conservatives who might not share the chairman's enthusiasm for Lazio, adding: «Nobody should anticipate the outcome of the votes at either party's convention; many of the largest - weighted Conservative counties are squarely behind Steve Levy.»

[14] The state also has a large manufacturing sector, which includes printing and publishing and the production of garments, furs, railroad rolling stock, and bus line vehicles.

ALBANY, N.Y. — After days of avoiding the fray, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is urging unions and transportation managers to restart negotiations to avert a strike on the nation's largest commuter railroad.

Located adjacent to the historic 1920s Railroad Depot Station, the Orchard Park Library serves southern Erie County as a center for reference and homework help with its large non-fiction collection.

NJ Transit reached an agreement Friday evening with its unions that would avert a shutdown of the country's third - largest commuter railroad, which carries more than 300,000 riders on an average weekday.