FedEx is being recognized for the first time and is the only honoree in the Transportation/Trucking/Railroad industry category in 2023. This year, a total of 135 honorees were recognized spanning 19 countries and 46 industries. “This is a great honor for FedEx, and we are...
Union Pacific Railroad has again been named to Fortune magazine's list of the World's Most Admired Companies and is the highest ranked railroad in the Trucking, Transportation and Logistics category. The recognition highlights Union Pacific’s commitment to operating a safe, reliable, fuel-efficient...
Focuses on railroad mergers that has gone astray in the United States. Admittance of railroad officials from not having learned enough from previous mistakes; Performance monitoring of railroads by Surface Transportation Board; Frustrations of shippers and trucking companies from rail...
A railroad connected New Orleans and the town of Carrollton (the former Jefferson Parish seat and now the Riverbend area of Uptown New Orleans), prompting growth along the route. This is how St. Charles Avenue grew across what was once a row of plantations. This railway is still in use to...
Anacostia Rail Holdingshas announced the creation of an advisory board of individuals with extensive experience in rail to help the company accomplish its objectives. The board's membership includes former Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Administrator Ronald Batory, as well as Ro...
Railroads: Amtrak Names Kummant Its New President.The article reports on the appointment of Alexander Kummant, who held management posts at the Union Pacific Railroad and some non-transportation companies, as Amtrak's new president and chief executive officer. David J. Hughes, Amtrak's interim ...
Origin of Darrington Town Names: Alvord Street –Named after pioneer Lester Alvord Andron –Originally called Dannehar, this was the site of a triangular railroad junction known as a ‘wye’. When the owner of Dannehar Logging Company was found dead of mysterious circumstances at his Tacoma ...
name should be changed to one that was both a nod to Lumpkin's daughteras well as to the railroadthat had established the young city as a transportation hub in the Southern United States. Which is how, on December 29, 1847, Marthasville was officially incorporated as the city of Atlanta....
verb(v. t.) A section of a railroad where the block system is used. See Block system, below. bodocknoun(n.) The Osage orange. breechblocknoun(n.) The movable piece which closes the breech of a breech-loading firearm, and resists the backward force of the discharge. It is withdrawn ...
This name can be inspired by the American abolitionist and political activist Harriet Tubman, who developed the Underground Railroad to rescue nearly 70 enslaved people. Nadia Not only is this a Slavic name meaning “hope,” but this can be associated with Nadia Murad, the first Iraqi woman to...