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1977: Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) came up with the idea of the first double-stack intermodal car in 1977. [13] SP then designed the first car with ACF Industries that same year. [14] [15] 1984: ACF is purchased by Carl Icahn. 1988: Spin-off company American Railcar Industries (ARI) is founded. [16]
Detail on an American Refrigerator Transit car, 1943. The American Refrigerator Transit Company (ART) was a St. Louis, Missouri-based private refrigerator car line established in 1881 by the Missouri Pacific and Wabash railroads. It is now a subsidiary of the Union Pacific Corporation. [1] American Refrigerator Transit Company, 1900–1970:
On February 3, 1902, the company completed a 18.5-mile (29.8 km) line as far as St. Johns. On entering Lansing trains joined the Cedar Street line of the local streetcar system. The electrical systems were not yet ready, so the railroad was operated by steam locomotives supplied by the Michigan Suburban Railroad. Arnold's account states that ...
By the beginning of the 20th century Michigan's railroad network covered much of the central and southern Lower Peninsula. The decades after the Civil War witnessed a massive expansion of Michigan's railroad network: in 1865 the state possessed roughly 1,000 miles (1,600 km) of track; by 1890 it had 9,000 miles (14,000 km). These new lines were ...
Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway (MSTL) Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad (MKT) (also known as the "KATY") [14] Missouri Pacific Railroad (MP) National Transcontinental Railway (NTR) New Orleans and Carrollton Railroad; New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern Railroad; New Orleans & Nashville Railroad – see Uptown New Orleans. New York ...
St. Louis Refrigerator Car Co. #4466, a bunkerless refrigerator car, AAR mechanical designation RB, passes through Limon, Colorado on November 9, 1951. The St. Louis Refrigerator Car Company ( SLRX ) was a private refrigerator car line established on February 3, 1878, by Anheuser-Busch , the brewer's first subsidiary.
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This would form the seed company of the first class Lehigh Valley Railroad after the 1870s. The DeWitt Clinton as it would have appeared on its inaugural run in 1831. 1831 The DeWitt Clinton locomotive, built by the West Point Foundry in New York for the Mohawk and Hudson Railroad, made its first test run on July 2, 1831.