Belt Railway of Chicago began operations in 1882. Belt Railway of Chicago is a railroad's railroad. Freight trains converge on its Clearing Yards facility to have their cars separated and moved from one rail line to another in order to reach their destinations. To accomplish these tasks, the company operates 28 miles of mainline track and 300 miles of switching lines. Belt Railway of Chicago is owned by six of the largest North American railroads: Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Canadian National, Canadian Pacific, CSX, Norfolk Southern, and Union Pacific. Customers include not only the company's owners but also other railroads that serve the Chicago area, which is one of North America's primary rail hubs.

Network Rail took over the UK's railways with backing from the government in 2002 from insolvent Railtrack Group. Network Rail Infrastructure has taken charge of the UK's rail infrastructure. The company, through subsidiary Network Rail , owns, manages, and maintains 21,000 miles of track and 40,000 bridges and tunnels in the England, Scotland, and Wales. Network Rail Infrastructure owns the nation's 2,500 railway stations but manages only the 18 largest; the rest of the stations are managed by train operating companies, which provide passenger rail service. Passengers aren't all that ride Network Rail's system -- freight traffic has increased 50% under Network Rail's watch.

It would take quite a few Xs to mark all the spots where Quik X Transportation delivers freight. The less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier provides expedited service shore-to-shore within Canada, and to points in the US. (LTL carriers consolidate freight from multiple shippers into a single truckload.) Operating through four divisions, Quik X specialties include trade-show services, high-tech equipment handling, and temperature-controlled transport. Affiliates Quik X Logistics and QuiktraX Intermodal coordinate LTL and truckload transportation, and related freight services in North America. Catering to paper and air cargo markets, Roadfast offers truckload services between Ontario, Quebec, and the Northeastern US.

The Steamship Authority is a quasi-public agency, created by the Massachusetts legislature, that competes with other private ferries but also oversees and licenses their operations. Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority, known to owners of summer homes and year-round residents as the Steamship Authority, provides ferry service from the Massachusetts ports of Woods Hole and Hyannis to the islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, off the coast of Massachusetts. Steamshipauthority operates a fleet of nine vessels designed to carry passengers, vehicles, and other cargo. In 2007, it ferried 2.6 million passengers, 450,000 automobiles, and 153,000 trucks.

Bollore makes paper, but it's no paper tiger. Bollore company operates mainly in the transportation and logistics, manufacturing (plastic films and specialty papers), and fuel distribution businesses. Its largest segment, transportation and logistics, includes freight forwarding services and port operations. (As a freight forwarder, Bollore company buys transportation capacity from carriers and resells it to customers.) Bollore offers logistics services worldwide but focuses on trade between Europe and Africa, where Bollore company is a leading port operator. Financiere de l'Odet, a holding company whose principal shareholder is Bollore chairman Vincent Bollore, owns a controlling stake in Bollore company.

Republic Airways Holdings Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides scheduled passenger services. The company also offers air cargo and charter services. As of December 31, 2009, it offered scheduled passenger services on approximately 1,600 flights daily to 121 cities in 44 states, Canada, Mexico, and Costa Rica; and operated a fleet of 290 aircraft. The company was founded in 1996 and is based in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Sunset Pacific Transportation (formerly Charles L. King & Associates) provides a wide range of freight-hauling services. The company offers truckload and less-than-truckload (LTL) services from terminals in California and South Carolina. (LTL carriers consolidate freight from multiple shippers into a single trailer.) Sunset Pacific Transportation carries freight such as manufactured goods, market fixtures, paper products, and textiles. The company also offers logistics, through subsidiary Sunset Pacific Logistics, and warehousing and distribution services.

Daylight Transport is on the road. The company provides both truckload and less-than-truckload (LTL) services throughout the US. (LTL carriers combine freight from multiple shippers into a single truckload.) Daylight Transport aims to compete directly with airfreight carriers with its Urgent Care expedited delivery service. The company uses two-driver teams for faster transport on long hauls, and it tries to minimize intermediate freight handling. Along with its freight hauling services, Daylight Transport offers warehousing and logistics service in California. The company was founded in 1977.

The BNSF system consists of 23,000 route miles owned by BNSF and 9,000 route miles of trackage rights, which allow BNSF Railway to use tracks owned by other railroads. Freight carried by BNSF Railway includes agricultural, consumer, and industrial products, along with coal. Consumer products, which make up the largest share of the railroad's freight traffic, consist mainly of containerized freight that comes to BNSF Railway from marine shipping lines. The primary subsidiary of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation, BNSF Railway provides freight transportation services over a network of 32,000 miles of track in the western US and Canada.

New England Motor Freight (NEMF) gets the show on the road every day. The company provides less-than-truckload (LTL) transportation services, including expedited freight transportation, primarily in the northeastern and mid-Atlantic US, eastern Canada, and Puerto Rico. (LTL carriers combine freight from multiple shippers into a single truckload.) NEMF operates from about 40 terminals. Alliances with carriers such as AAA Cooper, Midwest Motor Express, and Oak Harbor Freight Lines enable NEMF to extend service to other parts of the US. NEMF is the flagship of several transportation companies controlled by CEO Myron Shevell and his family through Shevell Group.

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