00006 ~J --....... ~-------------t THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS Its Organization and Activities flORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY I I BR AR Y . SOC\~l\Sl . t~BOR GOLl£C1\O~ 7 \! ,I{ /1 1. ' / Library of Congress Card No. A-39-643 Additional Copies Vi/ill Be Furnished Upon Request by the ASSOCIAnON OF AMERICAN RAILROADS TRANSPORTATION BLDG., WASHINGTON. D. C. TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Introduction I Operations and Maintenance Department 4 Operating-Transportation Division . 4 .Operating Section . 4 Transportation Section . 4 Freight Station Section . 4 Medical and Surgical Section 5 Protective Section 5 Safety Section . 5 Telegraph and Telephone Section 6 Fire Protection and Insurance Section 6 Engineering Division 6 Construction and Maintenance Section. 6 Electrical Section 7 Signal Section . 7 Mechanical Division S Electrical Section . 9 Purchases and Stores Division 9 Freight Claim Division. 10 Motor Transport Division II Car Service Division II Freight Container Bureau 13 Bureau for the Safe Transportation of Explosives and Other Dangerous ~rticles . 14 j \ ) I Page Committee on Automatic Train Control and Signals 15 Joint Committee on Grade Crossing Protection. 15 law Department 15 Patent Division. 16 Traffic Department. 16 Finance, Accounting, Taxation and Valuation Department 17 ~ccounting Division 17 Treasury Division . 18 Valuation Division . 18 Bureau of Railway Economics 18 library, Bureau of Railway Economics 19 Competitive Transportation Research 19 Public Relations 20 Publications ". 20 list of Members 21 ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS Its Organization and Activities The Association of American Railroads is the organization of the principal railroads of the United States. Canada and Mexico. for dealing with matters of common concern in the whole field of ratlroadlng-c-operattons, main tenance. engineering. research. traffic. accounting and finance. valuation. taxation. law and legislation. transportation economics. and relations with the public in general. The name of the Association of American Railroads is new. but the Asso ciation itself is the "lineal descendant" of such earlier organizations as the Time Conventions formed in 1872, and the General Time Convention which in 1883 established the system of standard time by which the whole nation now lives; the Master Car Builders' Association, formed in 1867, which established the standardization of freight cars necessary for their free move ment from railroad to railroad throughout the country; and the Railway Accounting Officers' Association, formed in 1888. which helped develop uniform railroad accounting. These and numerous other organizations of railroad men working together for the better performance of the railroads' job of transportation are now parts of the Association of American Railroads. which was created by the merger in 1934 of the American Railway Association. the Association of Railway Executives, the Railway Accounting Officers' Association. the Rail way Treasury Officers' Association, the Bureau of Railway Economics. and other organizations. 1 Almost every phase of railroading is touched by the work of the Association of American Railroads. In the one field of movement of freight between two or more railroads. for example. the Association. through its appropriate divisions. has set up and maintains the standards which make equipment suitable for wide interchange: directs the daily How from railroad to railroad of freight cars. loaded and empty. or marshals Heets of cars to meet peak demands. such as the movement of a great crop. or coping with a great disaster: establishes and maintains the basis on which cars away from "home" are repaired. and on which such repairs are paid for: arranges rules for the remittance to each road concerned of its proper share of the revenue collected: and determines how claims for loss and damage. if any. shall be paid and apportioned among the different railroads concerned. In addition to these and like activities in almost every aspect of the day-by-day operation of railroads. the Association of American Railroads continues the joint research on common problems which has been going on for more than half a century. At the present time. for example. in a laboratory at the University of Illinois operated jointly by the Association and the steel companies. experiments are going on to make steel rail stronger and tougher. At the same laboratory, testing machines operating under controlled conditions simulate the stresses set up in track under rolling traffic. while at Elkton. Maryland. at Valparaiso. Indiana. and at Ancona. Illinois. special measuring devices are installed under sections of track to register performance under actual traffic. AIl over the country. electric "detector" cars. developed with the cooperation of the Association. are "feeling" with magnetic fingers for defects hidden within rails. In a laboratory at Purdue University. maintained and operated by the Asso ciation. tests are being made constantly on such parts of equipment as couplings. draft gear. and brakes. It was here that the railroads and the air brake companies. jointly. carried on the laboratory tests which led to the development of the new and improved AB freight car brakes. At the Univer sity of Maryland. a joint investigation into the behavior of boilers is being 2 carried on by the railroads, the steam boiler manufacturers and the United States Bureau of Mines. On a stretch of wack in Pennsylvania. the Association of American Railroads is trying out with a test train the merits of a dozen new types of freight car trucks. Car wheels. freight and passenger. are being tested in laboratories at Chicago and Gary. Indiana. and axles at Canton. Ohio. All over the country, freight cars of increased capacity and reduced weight. developed by the Association, are in test operation. All these are but part of the research carried on by the railroad industry in the development of better. safer and more economical transportation. In addition. the railroads participate in the research carried on by many of the producers of the 70.000 different items of materials and supplies which rail roads use. Altogether. 267 committees in the various departments of the Association are at work on a great variety of problems in the production of continually better transportation. The railroads of the United States. Canada and Mexico which are members of the Association represent 96 per cent of the mileage in those countries. and 99 per cent of the business done by railroads. Numerous other railroads in North America and all over the world are associate members. recervmg the benefit of the reports of the Association's technical and research committees. The member roads of the Association elect annually a Board of Directors of seventeen railroad chief executive officers. The President of the Associa tion is an ex-officio member of the Board. Headquarters of the Association. and the offices of the president. the secretary treasurer and the vice-presidents in charge of its departments. are in Wash ington. D. C. An outline of the organization. location of offices and principal activities of the divisions and sections which make up each department follows: :5 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT The department is organized in seven divisions, two bureaus, and two special committees, dealing with various phases of railroad operations as follows: OPERATING -TRANSPORTATION DIVISION (Headquarters, Chicago) The division is organized in eight sections, as follows: OPERATING SECTION, New York. Organized in 1884 as a committee of the "General Time Table Convention" to prepare a Standard Code of Train Rules. Became the Operating Division in January, 1919. The prin cipal work of this section is the preparation. revision and interpretation of the Standard Codes of Rules for Train Operations, Block Signals and Interlocking. These codes are the fundamental basis for such rules on prac tically every railroad in the country. The section also deals with rules covering handling of interline baggage. TRANSPORTATION SECTION, Chicago. Deals with rules and regulations governing car service. demurrage and storage. and also with rules and rates governing payment by a railroad for use and detention of cars not owned by that road. It assigns "reporting marks" by which cars and other equipment used in interchange are identilied and recorded. The Official Railway Equip ment Reeister. issued quarterly. contains detailed information concerning the nearly 2,000,000 cars regularly used in interchange service. FREIGHT STATION SEC110N, Chicago. Organized in 1888 as the Ameri can Association of Freight Agents. which became part of the American Railway Association in 1920. Deals with the wide range of problems of local freight agents; interchanges ideas as to methods of freight station work: and acts as a point of contact between committees of local agents in practically every large city in the country. 4 MEDICAL AND SURGICAL SECTION, New York. Organized 1920. Deals with matters of health affecting railroad employees and railroad operations. Prepares recommended physical standards for railroad employees, particularly for those concerned with the operations of trains. providing for periodic physical examinations to increase efficiency and lengthen normal period of service. It was among the first organizations to make concerted efforts to combat venereal diseases in cooperation with the public health authorities. PROTECTIVE SECTION, New York. Organized 1919 as the American Chief
RAIL OPERATORS' REPORTING MARKS February 24, 2010 a AA
RAIL OPERATORS' REPORTING MARKS February 24, 2010 A AA ANN ARBOR AAM ASHTOLA AND ALLEGHENY MOUNTAIN AB ATLANTIC AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY ABA ATLANTA, BIRMINGHAM AND ATLANTIC ABB AKRON AND BARBERTON BELT RAILROAD ABC ATLANTA, BIRMINGHAM AND COAST ABL ALLEYTON AND BIG LAKE ABLC ABERNETHY-LOUGHEED LOGGING COMPANY ABMR ALBION MINES RAILWAY ABR ARCADIA AND BETSEY RIVER ABS ABILENE AND SOUTHERN ABSO ABBEVILLE SOUTHERN RAILWAY ABYP ALABAMA BY-PRODUCTS CORP. AC ALGOMA CENTRAL ACAL ATLANTA AND CHARLOTTE AIR LINE ACC ALABAMA CONSTRUCTION COMPANY ACE AMERICAN COAL ENTERPRISES ACHB ALGOMA CENTRAL AND HUDSON BAY ACL ATLANTIC COAST LINE ACLC ANGELINA COUNTY LUMBER COMPANY ACM ANACONDA COPPER MINING ACR ATLANTIC CITY RAILROAD ACRR ASTORIA AND COLUMBIA RIVER ACRY AMES AND COLLEGE RAILWAY ACTY AUSTIN CITY RAILROAD ACY AKRON, CANTON AND YOUNGSTOWN ADIR ADIRONDACK RAILWAY ADPA ADDISON AND PENNSYLVANIA RAILWAY AE ALTON AND EASTERN AEC ATLANTIC AND EAST CAROLINA AER ANNAPOLIS AND ELK RIDGE RAILROAD AF AMERICAN FORK RAILROAD AG ATLANTIC AND GULF RAILROAD AGR ALDER GULCH RAILROAD AGP ARGENTINE AND GRAY'S PEAK AGS ALABAMA GREAT SOUTHERN AGW ATLANTIC AND GREAT WESTERN AHR ALASKA HOME RAILROAD AHUK AHUKINI TERMINAL RAILWAY AICO ASHLAND IRON COMPANY AJ ARTEMUS-JELLICO RAILROAD AK ALLEGHENY AND KINZUA RAILROAD AKC ALASKA CENTRAL AKN ALASKA NORTHERN AL ALMANOR ALBL ALAMEDA BELT LINE ALBP ALBERNI PACIFIC ALBR ALBION RIVER RAILROAD ALC ALLEN LUMBER COMPANY ALCR ALBION LUMBER COMPANY RAILROAD ALGC ALLEGHANY CENTRAL (MD) ALLC ALLEGANY CENTRAL (NY) ALM ARKANSAS AND LOUISIANA
MSS #015, page 1 Transportation Timetables, 1880-2007 MSS: # 016 Processed by: Jason Freitas, December 2014 Volume: 10 boxes Abstract: Timetables for railroads, bus companies, airlines, steamship, and boat transportation companies comprise this collection. The collection was accumulated over the course of about fifty years by various individuals. Though the bulk of items date from the 1940’s to the 1960’s, earlier and later periods are also well- represented. The majority of the collection consists of both employee and public timetables from railroads of New England, with other items coming from New York and Canadian railroads, a wide variety of smaller New England railroads, bus and steamship companies, and railway companies that preceded the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Collection Creator: Beverly Historical Society, Walker Transportation Collection Provenance: This collection has been amassed through various donors since 1969. Conservation/Processor's Note: The majority of items consist of saddle-stitched booklets and folded pamphlets. Modern items are more likely to be plastic-coated or synthetic paper and in good condition. Items older than the 1960’s are generally more fragile and should be handled with care. Four different box shapes are used to accommodate the variety of shapes and sizes: standard letter-size boxes for booklets and fragile pamphlets, flip-top pamphlet boxes for sturdier pamphlets, flip-top photo boxes for pocket pamphlets under seven inches, and custom-size boxes for unique items. “Folders” in the pamphlet and photo boxes are not actually folders, but dividers that sit in front of the items they describe. Copyright: Request for permission to publish material from the collection must be submitted in writing to the Curator of Collections in the Cabot House of the Beverly Historical Society & Museum.
The Official Publication of the Montour Trail Council MONTOUR TRAIL-LETTER Volume 18 Issue 3 May/June 2007 Cycling to the Function at the For your consideration Junction compiled by Stan Sattinger Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can The Function at the change the world. Indeed, it is the only Junction is only a few days away. thing that ever has. Details regarding the event can be found on the enclosed flyer or you can head to http://www.montourtrail.org/function@junction.pdf Margaret Mead for more details. The purpose of this article is to announce several organized bicycle rides that will culminate at the Function, and several walks that will take place prior to the festivities. One ride begins at Mile 0 near Coraopolis at 10:15 a.m., arriving at the Junction at 12:30 p.m. You can join the ride at the beginning or pick up the ride as it passes by. Contact Dennis Pfeiffer at Inside this issue: 412-762-4857 or Dennis.Pfeiffer@PNC.Com 2007 Burgh Run 1 Another ride hosted by Dave Wright, wereallwright@icubed.com, will start at Walkers Mill Function at the on the Panhandle Trail at 11:00 a.m. arriving at Primrose around 12:30 p.m. Junction The Prez Sez 2 A third ride hosted by Ned Williams, 724-225-9856 or ned@washtool.com ,will begin at 1st Day of Trout Season Joffre, on the newly completed section of the Panhandle and head east to the Function. Contact Ned for Friends Meeting Notices 3 more details.
Comparison of Canadian and United States Rail Economic Regulations
www.cpcs.ca FINAL REPORT Comparison of Canadian and United States Rail Economic Regulations Prepared for: The Railway Association of Canada Prepared by: CPCS CPCS Ref: 13381 January 20, 2015 FINAL REPORT | Comparison of Canadian and U.S. Rail Economic Regulations CPCS Ref: 13381 Table of Contents Acronyms / Abbreviations ............................................................................................................. 1 Executive Summary ....................................................................................................................... 2 1 Purpose of the Report .................................................................................................................. 2 2 Scope of Rail Economic Regulation .............................................................................................. 2 3 National Transportation Policy Statements ................................................................................. 3 4 Market Entry and Exit ................................................................................................................... 4 5 Level of Services ........................................................................................................................... 5 6 Pricing of Services ......................................................................................................................... 5 7 Competitive Access Provisions ..................................................................................................... 7 8 Mediation and
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company records 1917 This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on September 26, 2021. Description is written in: English. Describing Archives: A Content Standard Manuscripts and Archives PO Box 3630 Wilmington, Delaware 19807 askhagley@hagley.org URL: http://www.hagley.org/library Lehigh Valley Railroad Company records 1917 Table of Contents Summary Information .................................................................................................................................... 3 Historical Note ............................................................................................................................................... 3 Scope and Contents ........................................................................................................................................ 5 Arrangement ................................................................................................................................................... 5 Administrative Information ............................................................................................................................ 5 Related Materials ........................................................................................................................................... 6 Controlled Access Headings .......................................................................................................................... 6 - Page 2 - Lehigh Valley Railroad Company records 1917 Summary Information Repository:
IMMEDIATE NEEDS ASSESSMENT of Railroad Infrastructure in the Youngstown-Warren Mahoning Valley Region
WRPA Immediate Needs Rail Assessment – Page 1 IMMEDIATE NEEDS ASSESSMENT Of railroad infrastructure in the Youngstown-Warren Mahoning Valley region For the May 31, 2012 Conducted by with Excelsior Transportation Management WRPA Immediate Needs Rail Assessment – Page 2 Table of Contents Table of Contents . 2 Executive Summary . 3 Background . 4 Study Process . 8 Overview Rail Maps . 10 Project Scorecards . 12 Scorecard Criteria Descriptions . 12 1. Ohio Commerce Center, track improvements . 15 2. CSX/Ohio Central RR Ohio Junction rail yard expansion . 17 3. CASTLO/Lally rail service yard repairs/rehab . 20 4. Warren Steel Holdings & West Warren track connection . 23 5. AC&J RR Carson, Jefferson transload expansions . 25 6. Cleveland direct rail to Mahoning Valley via Kent . 27 7. Hubbard Trans-Rail America transload facilities . 29 8. Campbell-Darlington track/capacity enhancements . 31 9. Cleveland direct rail to Mahoning Valley via Kent Bypass . 33 10. Cleveland direct rail to Mahoning Valley via Mantua . 35 11. Ohio River NS Direct Track Connection at Alliance . 37 12. Reactivate State Line ROW from Lowellville to Hillsville . 39 13. Ohio River Y&S corridor restoration Negley to Glasgow . 41 SUMMARY – Rail Project Assessment Table . 43 Funding Options . 44 Conclusion . 48 WRPA Immediate Needs Rail Assessment – Page 3 Executive Summary In February 2012, the Board of Trustees of the Western Reserve Port Authority requested assistance in determining if it should build its organizational capacity to aid or otherwise develop railroad infrastructure projects in the Youngstown-Warren Mahoning Valley region. WRPA engaged RESTORE (Rail Enhancements = Sustainable Transportation, Opportunity, Revitalization & Employment), a rail freight infrastructure research arm of the nonprofit educational organization All Aboard Ohio, to help it determine what might be the best way to build its rail development capacity.
2020_CP_NetworkMap_Large_Front_1.6_Final_LowRes.pdf 1 6/5/2020 8:24:47 AM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Lake CP Railway Mileage Between Cities Rail Industry Index Legend Athabasca AGR Alabama & Gulf Coast Railway ETR Essex Terminal Railway MNRR Minnesota Commercial Railway TCWR Twin Cities & Western Railroad CP Average scale y y y a AMTK Amtrak EXO EXO MRL Montana Rail Link Inc TPLC Toronto Port Lands Company t t y i i er e C on C r v APD Albany Port Railroad FEC Florida East Coast Railway NBR Northern & Bergen Railroad TPW Toledo, Peoria & Western Railway t oon y o ork éal t y t r 0 100 200 300 km r er Y a n t APM Montreal Port Authority FLR Fife Lake Railway NBSR New Brunswick Southern Railway TRR Torch River Rail CP trackage, haulage and commercial rights oit ago r k tland c ding on xico w r r r uébec innipeg Fort Nelson é APNC Appanoose County Community Railroad FMR Forty Mile Railroad NCR Nipissing Central Railway UP Union Pacic e ansas hi alga ancou egina as o dmon hunder B o o Q Det E F K M Minneapolis Mon Mont N Alba Buffalo C C P R Saint John S T T V W APR Alberta Prairie Railway Excursions GEXR Goderich-Exeter Railway NECR New England Central Railroad VAEX Vale Railway CP principal shortline connections Albany 689 2622 1092 792 2636 2702 1574 3518 1517 2965 234 147 3528 412 2150 691 2272 1373 552 3253 1792 BCR The British Columbia Railway Company GFR Grand Forks Railway NJT New Jersey Transit Rail Operations VIA Via Rail A BCRY Barrie-Collingwood Railway GJR Guelph Junction Railway NLR Northern Light Rail VTR
Kansas Department of Transportation Rail Plan 2005 - 2006 Kathleen Sebelius, Governor Debra L. Miller, Secretary of Transportation Kansas Department of Transportation Division of Planning and Development Bureau of Transportation Planning – Office of Rail Affairs Kansas Rail Plan Update 2005 - 2006 Kansas Department of Transportation Division of Planning and Development Bureau of Transportation Planning Office of Rail Affairs Dwight D. Eisenhower State Office Building 700 SW Harrison Street, Second Floor Tower Topeka, Kansas 66603-3754 Telephone: (785) 296-3841 Fax: (785) 296-0963 Debra L. Miller, Secretary of Transportation Terry Heidner, Division of Planning and Development Director Chris Herrick, Chief of Transportation Planning Bureau John Jay Rosacker, Assistant Chief Transportation Planning Bureau ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Prepared by CONTRIBUTORS Office of Rail Affairs Staff John W. Maddox, CPM, Rail Affairs Program Manager Darlene K. Osterhaus, Rail Affairs Research Analyst Edward Dawson, Rail Affairs Research Analyst Paul Ahlenius, P.E., Rail Affairs Engineer Bureau of Transportation Planning Staff John Jay Rosacker, Assistant Chief Transportation Planning Bureau Carl Gile, Decision Mapping Technician Specialist OFFICE OF RAIL AFFAIRS WEB SITE http://www.ksdot.org/burRail/Rail/default.asp Pictures provided by railroads or taken by Office of Rail Affairs staff Railroad data and statistics provided by railroads 1 Executive Summary The Kansas Rail Plan Update 2005 - 2006 has Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. 1654 et seg). Financial been prepared in accordance with requirements of the assistance in the form of Federal Rail Administration Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) U.S. Department (FRA) grants has been used to fund rehabilitation of Transportation (USDOT), as set forth in federal projects throughout Kansas.
Pennsylvania ROUTE The Great American Rail-Trail route through Pennsylvania connects New York—from the shores of Lake Erie to the confluence of the several existing trails with one trail gap just west of Pittsburgh. Three Rivers in Pittsburgh and on to the Ohio River and Appalachian By connecting the trail through Pittsburgh, the Great American foothills. Rail-Trail also connects to the Industrial Heartland Trails Coalition (IHTC), a vision for a 1,500-mile network of trails that is part of RTC found and reviewed 22 plans in Pennsylvania to better RTC’s TrailNation™ portfolio. The IHTC network will stretch across understand the commonwealth’s trail priorities. A full list of these 51 counties in four states—Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio and plans can be found in Appendix A. TABLE 6 GREAT AMERICAN RAIL-TRAIL STATISTICS IN PENNSYLVANIA Total Great American Rail-Trail Existing Trail Miles in Pa. (% of Total State Mileage) 161.3 (93.8%) Total Great American Rail-Trail Trail Gap Miles in Pa. (% of Total State Mileage) 10.6 (6.2%) Total Trail Gaps in Pa. 1 Total Great American Rail-Trail Miles in Pa. 171.9 TABLE 7 GREAT AMERICAN RAIL-TRAIL ROUTE THROUGH PENNSYLVANIA Existing Trail or Trail Gap Name Length in Pa. Along Great American Rail-Trail (in Miles) Great Allegheny Passage 124.3 Three Rivers Heritage Trail 3.6 TRAIL GAP 1 – Pittsburgh to Coraopolis 10.6 Montour Trail 17.5 Panhandle Trail 15.9 Total Miles 171.9 Existing Trail Miles 161.3 Trail Gap Miles 10.6 railstotrails.org 23 24 GREAT AMERICAN RAIL-TRAIL ROUTE ASSESSMENT MAP 3: PENNSYLVANIA greatamericanrailtrail.org GREAT AMERICAN RAIL-TRAIL ROUTE ASSESSMENT PENNSYLVANIA Great Allegheny Passage (gaptrail.org) in Pennsylvania GREAT ALLEGHENY PASSAGE The GAP enters Pennsylvania just north of Frostburg, Maryland, and it will continue to host the Great American Rail-Trail through Total Length (in Miles) 150.0 Pennsylvania for 124.3 miles through rolling hills and forestland Total Length Along Great to Pittsburgh.